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Sky HD+ extra channels recording?
Can I record additional channels under Sky HD+? I mean channels that do not appear on the Sky listing but which I have added by giving the frequency, etc.
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Double Glazing Replacement
Does anyone have recommendations regarding replacing double glazed bay windows? Apple Home Improvements are quoting around £6K for replacing 2 bay windows with 6 units each before discount.
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Insulating a cold room
Hi, We have a room in our 1930s house which has 2 external walls. The outside is rendered and there is no cavity, i'm not entirely sure what the walls themselves are made of. brick/block etc. Anyway...
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Plumbed in water filter - recommendations?
We are fitting a whole house water softener. Although some sources suggest that there is no risk in drinking softened water IIUC you are supposed to provide a supply of unsoftened water. So we would...
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Generating Electricity
I was being shown a new hydro plant at our local river a few days ago (From the outside) The Project Manager was saying that the speed was finely regulated by the water flow to give the right...
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is there a long term solution ?
Is there any long term solution to the problem of sealing between a bath and the tile surround. It seems that every couple of years the last magic answer fails and I have to strip it all out and start...
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Creepy experience in B&Q
Hi all, Several times over the last year or so I've been in B&Q looking for odd bit= s that aren't readily available elsewhere. At various times, I've often fel= t that I was being watched. Some...
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Loft Ventilation Conundrum
We have a chalet style 1950s Scottish house with the second floor rooms con= tained within the roof space (not a loft conversion). There is a loft space= above the rooms but also small loft spaces in...
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Fall in guttering
3 rectangular bays to get around, downpipe at each end, direct width about 11m so guttering is about 15m from end to end. Do folk reckon a 1" difference in height bewteen the middle and both ends (so...
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Today's Top Tip
Before picking up your fully laden, 19 compartment trade case of screws - do ensure that the clips are done up. Failure to do so will result in the best part of 3,000 screws spilling into the floor.
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Scrap prices
In case it is of interest to anyone else sat on a pile of scrap that is awaiting a round tuit, I got round to taking the old bits of heating system to the scrap yard today. Copper cylinder (indirect,...
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"I don't know" is not an answer
That isn't adequate when you're using it all day. We have 800W inverters in the van with aux batteries and charge everything that way. Bill
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Bleah & paint
Normally I just repaint, but there's an area of emulsion I don't want to re= paint if it can be cleaned. I've tried a spot of neat bleach on it, and it = cleans it up very well, and the paint seems...
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Time Locks
Hi guys, Anyone know where I can get a time lock from? I'm talking about the kind that you find used in safes that stay locked for so say 3 days or whatever and then release automatically and that...
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Gas grill auto ignition
Double gas oven with the upper oven having a grill in the top. If you turn the ovens or the grill on, they auto ignite. Except an issue has developed with the grill.... Turn the grill on and it...
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