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Initiate a phone call remotely?
I've just renewed my BT Line Rental Saver contract for the line in my holiday flat (including free evening and weekend calls) and BT now seem to be imposing monthly - rather than quarterly - billing...
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uPVC beads with end square end and one mitred end
Hmm - slightly confused... Last windows I fitted had all mitred beading - the only trick was to get top + bottom in first, then the sides. New windows, every bead is mitred at one end and square cut...
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It does not take the pikeys long does it?
I put my old gas cooker outside on Sunday night. Gone at 7.55am Monday.
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Insulating effect of curtains
Patio doors - double glazed, but HID removed the heavy curtains in the summer as they were old. Perfectly valid they were, but just how much contribution to the room insulation did they give, as I...
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upvc push fit union just failed for no apparent reason!
Anyone else had this problem with push fit? In my case the 15mm pipe (cold water feed to washing machine) was also pvc.= The pipe just popped out of the union for no reason I can find and spewed =...
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Thunderbird bug - Question
When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to prevent this happening? A setting somewhere perhaps? It...
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Cutting inuslation
Hi I have a bunch of 2" polyisocyanurate left over, so of course I need twice the amount of 1" for a job, and no, 2" won't do. Before going out and spending money, is there any practical way to slit...
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Win7 printer hint
Talk of the WinXP printer woes reminded me of a problem I had to fix recently. We have a printer attached to a WindowsXP box but we wanted to access it from a new Win7 box. Try as I might I could not...
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pumped water supply and megaflow?
Does anyone know if these are any good please, if used in conjunction with a pressurised hot water system such as Megaflo? I'm going to test our incoming pressure/flow rate before going much further,...
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Penetrating damp coming through brickwork (I think)
Dear All, Might someone (or even, many people) advise me on a damp issue I have at my= 1950s detached, brick-built house? Specifically, it affects the internal w= alls at first-floor level,...
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Polo rear washer blockage
the front washer is fine but the rear has not enough umph, it does little more than trickle out. any suggestions for clearing it? I tried inserting a needle and adjusting the angle, but no go. It...
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WC over-flows
Hi all, Do modern WC systerns still need an external overflow pipe? I've been wonde= ring for years why they don't just overflow down into the soil exit pipe an= d save boring extra holes through...
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XP networked printing
Anyone happen to know the trick to sharing a printer across the network in XP so that non-admin users on the client PC can print to it? I've got two machines at home running XP pro, one with a...
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angle drills
Hi, All this talk of people buying themselves impact drivers for Christmas has tempted me too. I've not had one before and thought they were only for loosening stuck bolts. It was a revelation that...
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Will these stop us all .....
..whinging about cfls? will they turn out to be completely useless when/if they ever appear on the market? ;-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20553143Or
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