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Getting details from the electgricity supplier
The regs&OSG say you should get max PFC and Ze by enquiry rather than measurement. The Electrician's Guide says that suppliers are required to provide, amongst other things, the PSC, Ze (actually say...
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Anyone after a nice ceiling fan?
Its this one; including the remote The story so far; SWMBO said I could choose which one. I unpacked & assembled it. SWMBO hated it. SWMBO bought another one. I dismantled & re packaged it. Never...
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3M Glass or Ceramic Protector - LIDL
Last week, or week before?, there were smallish plastic bottle of 3M Glass or Ceramic Protector at (IIRC) £3.99. Seemed quite a lot for not a lot - at least in terms of volume. Has anyone tried it?...
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How much to dilute bleach
Want to get the mould off some stone work and paving slabs. Using standard household bleach from the supermarket, what is the best ratio to dilute it with water? Since I read somewhere, a time ago;...
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"Disposable" paintbrush
Just bought some disposable paintbrushes. Why are they disposable? They look like any other paintbrush to me. I fully intend to clean them and reuse them!
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Removing a boiler flue cap
A friend is trying to remove the cover of her boiler flue as ivy has grown into it. Are these all easy to remove? I'm not there myself so I don't know what it looks like. I think if she can get the...
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Friggin cold phone callers
Might I suggest you try the following with grateful thanks to "Paul C Dickie" ... "Come the next election, I'm going to hang some garlic in the porch lest Gordon mac Shite-Features tries canvassing...
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Ideal Home Exhibition, Earls Court
I might as well cut my knackers off as to ask this in public, but I'm going to anyway... Is it worth the bother these days - assuming you live near to London? Or is it all greewash bollocks? Last time...
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plaster skim coat
The skim coat has separated from the wall behind a couple of our radiators. Can somebody kindly give me the *drying* time before a repair can be decorated? Also a WARNING. Two sunny days on the trot...
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Wireless lights
I was looking at this It seems to be a ceiling light with a switch that controls it wirelessly, rather than with a cable looped in. Why isn't that used more? I'm looking at some major electrical...
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Is this asbestos?
I'd quite like to be able to attach things to the garage ceiling but I'm worried it might be asbestos: It's a bit tricky from photos, but does this look like asbestos? As you can see in the first...
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OT: My cat is so LAZY
In message , Sam Plusnet writes More a case of tired and shagged out after a long squark it was 20 it waited for the weekend that both kids came home and died the day after they went back
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Cutting acrylic mirror material - update ...
It's extremely easy and nice stuff to work with. As you've said just keep tool speeds slow to avoid melting it.
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wiring up sockets to a pair of T&E cables...
Can a single piece of earth sleeving be used to sleeve two CPCs from two T&E cables prior to connecting to a socket faceplate or must I use two pieces of sleeving, one for each CPC before connecting...
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Remote temperature sensors - multiple sensors?
At the moment I have three 'weather stations' which are an indoor thermometer and clock and atmospheric pressure sensor, and a remote temperature sensor. The first I bought from Tcibo, and it has been...
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