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IBC tanks
I am fed up with my normal tubs springing leaks around the connectors, I have three in series. So I am looking for a low cost IBC 1000 litres container. However I wish to place a submersible pump in...
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Fixing to Thermalite blocks
Anyone had any experience of fixing into rendered 'Fermalite' (as the builder called them) blocks? I'm guessing resin is the method?
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Solar Roof Panels
Just a thought - as the panels have a lot of metalwork and are presumably at earth potential what are the added lightning risks?. Will they "attract" lightning? If so, then should they have a heavy...
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isolator switch for built-in appliance
This gets discussed from time to time but it seems hard to get a proper sta tement of what is permitted according to current electrical regulations. Ca n someone advise please? I am fitting our new...
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OT : - insuring old houses.... (long)
[Default] On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 06:19:37 -0700 (PDT), a certain chimpanzee, Jim K , randomly hit the keyboard and wrote: The belly in the gable is common, and (as the surveyor's report bears out) is...
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10 years ago
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LED PIR Floodlights
I'm sure this has been covered before but doesn't come to hand in a search: Can anyone recommend from personal experience a modestly priced LED PIR floodlight. I have many of the conventional 150 watt...
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10 years ago
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Wind mended ?
I see that wind is now producing some 2.5GW after 3 weeks of producing less than a GW. They've obviously mended it, it must have been broken. What I want to know is what arrangements there are for a...
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10 years ago
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Stainless Splashback...Perfect cleaner found!
Chip oil splattered up the back of the range on the splashback. "Someone" didn't bother to clean it off and it semi-solidified.... Brake cleaner, Mr Muscle, and other kitchen cleaner stuff just didn't...
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10 years ago
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(probably a bit OT) Laser question
Being as a laser maintains its power in its beam. Does anyone know if a laser beam is infinite in how far the beam shines or is there a limit?
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10 years ago
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Creaking waste pipe
I suspect this is expansion it sounds like an expansion noise that from zero accelerates as water runs out then deaccelerates as it cools, noise stops after a couple of minutes. Thats what I think it...
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10 years ago
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Central heating - heating comes on even though only water on (according to controller)
Very strange. Got a heating controller that, basically, you set separate times from heating and water. At the moment, heating is off. But we still need hot water. Trouble is radiators still come on...
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10 years ago
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Wells well again!
As mentioned last week my well pump packed up leaving me watering with expensive metered mains water. All is well again now, a the replacement pump arrived today and is now installed. I would like to...
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OT: Who still prints 35mm photos?
Used one of these on holiday: It is disposable. Now looking to have the photos printed. Haven't done this for years... Any idea where? High street preferred if not ridiculously expensive.
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Drill bit question ...
Dead easy one, I hope, for thems in the know ... I need to drill about 4 or 5 holes of around 3 to 4 mm in some stainless. It's not very thick - 0.5 mm perhaps ? Certainly not more than 0.75, anyway....
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Help removing light bulb
I have a strip light in a cupboard. See (a bad picture): I cannot work out how to remove the bulb which has gone. The plastic clips at the end are screwed to the central portion from behind and I...
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