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mahogany of plastic conservatory ?
SWMBO insisted 12 years ago on getting a mahogany framed conservatory. Maho gany my arse. "Philippines Mahogany". The sort you can sink a thumbnail int o. The inevitable has happened. A combination of...
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Cheap SDS Drill
I've had occasion to use one for a while, and now I've got some plug sockets to fit, light switches to rebate, and possibly a couple of holes to make in a 9" brick solid wall to fit extractors. Would...
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anybody in london familiar/able with these instructions on silencing a humming/buzzing/whining transformer?
I once had a bit of electronics, (happened to be a power supply board, AC to DC), that looked like this But it made a noise. I guess it was the component with the wire coil around the metal? The...
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water based satinwood paint on alkyd undercoat?
Does water based satinwood paint work with "normal" oil based undercoats? I have some old glossed woodwork and new mdf next to it to paint with satinwood (crown) I also have some recent alkyd Leyland...
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Squirrels digging in plantpots - how to stop them
A few days ago, I found that a plantpot containing a lovingly rescued plant (nearly killed last year, by vine weevil) had been half emptied, and with the soil and pieces of the plant scattered all...
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What might be wrong with my microwave?
Working perfectly this afternoon, tonight it runs for twenty seconds and then switches the cooking process off (without the usual end-of-sequence beeping) and there's no evidence that the food has...
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OT: software to calculate and record annual leave
The voluntary sector organisation I work for needs some software for calcul ating staff annual leave entitlements and recording leave taken. We use Exc el but need something better. The problem is a...
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Wiring Up Garages
I have a 100 Amp supply into the house and at peak use we maybe get to 25 Amps in the house. No electric showers or hob. I want to take a 40 amp supply to the garage via a 10 sqmm three core SWA cable...
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Re: Ping Bill Wright ...
Does anyone know what is going to happen to It is carrying Bills site at the moment and most Google searches are favouring the PARAS version over the domain.
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20th anniversary of WWW today
Twenty years ago today, the organization that created the World Wide Web made its underlying technology available to everyone on a royalty-free basis. To commemorate that occasion, the very first...
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Splutter! How many pieces?
He is some expert with the saw, shame he was not so good at the stands!
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Nitrogen Gas Bottle...rent free?
Hi chaps, looking for a large nitrogen gas bottle solution rent free as it's just do i have the gas handy should i need it so wont use much. Obviously i don't want to be paying rental so a rent free...
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Wall Trellis
Hello. My better half would like this stuff - - more interesting link - fitted to the front of our house, for the encouragement of plants. My question for the assembly is; are there any damp...
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Fuel bills
One to watch out for. My fixed price gas/electricity deal is coming to an end shortly and I have been sent a new proposal. Basically they want to charge £100/year "meter rental" (regardless of how...
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OT: how the hell..
can you drown in a poxy hotel swimming pool unless you actually wanted to? I cant even think of a cocktail of party chemicals that would make you so drongoed that you didn't realise...
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