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More Garage Headroom
I want to increase the headroom in my garage to use a car lift. No, I do not want a pit so please do not suggest one. I have 2.4 mtrs under the trusses and would like nearer say 3.6 mtrs under the...
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Now this did make oi larrf
Someone having a go at Rod Speed for being a tard, but look who it is...
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Be careful buying Cat5e cable
I would be very interested to hear the particulars of this case. Was it a cable sold as a brand or did they know they were getting something sub-par, just not how bad it is? I imagine you are...
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What is this item called - drainage
I have a plastic one with an inlet for the bath. I think it's been used because if the bath drained into the top of it, there would be no fall on the pipe. This plastic one has a piece of plastic you...
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Why house insurance is/will be going up.
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OT Skegness
My parents have a holiday home in Filey. They had this picture in their hallway couple of years ago when I took the gf there for the weekend I swapped the picture for this one Dad decided the new one...
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The problem with idiot proofing
Is that someone will design a better idiot. Brian
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Re: Wiki: Cable clip
Latest version: [[image:Cable clips |300px]] =3D=3D=3DNails=3D=3D=3D [[Cable]] clip [[nail]]s are hardened, and usually go into [[masonry]]. If getting them in proves impossible, [ pin plugs] may be...
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The problem with arguing with an idiot is....
... that from the outside, it's not alway obvious who the Idiot is. So why, given that Rod is the most obvious blatant troll this group has seen for a long time, do folk expend so much time arguing...
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Misc bathroom refurb questions:
Hi All, Long - short. Mum (82) is finally getting round to getting her bathroom revamped with the kit she bought from Homebase in 2005. Right, so, the big airing cupboard and cylinder have been...
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Roofing material for a carport: corrugated plastic or felted exterior ply or what?
My (painfully slow) carport rebuild now has all the joists in place and I a= m wondering whether to roof it with corrugated plastic - as before - or som= ething different. The original structure...
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Pressure washer problem
Howdy, My "Powercraft" pressure washer (an Aldi product, bought 5 years ago) has just started to "hunt": a pretty un-technical term, but it resembles that phenomenon in an engine, and it also echoes...
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Kitchen lighting
My new house has a 20' x 12' kitchen with 12 x 50w MR16 halogen downlighters in the ceiling. That's a staggering 600 watts of power which no doubt helps to keep it warm in winter but does bugger all...
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Another oops to amuse you.....
This was a Nvidia aswell. It broke when it reached the low 90s C when in use (poor cooling design by Inno3D). Radeons don't break like that. They run at 100C for hours without breaking, they just...
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Reporting SPAM Blogs
Regarding the Algerian IP spam of stolen magazine copy. 's a simple cut'n'paste of the URL, ye don't have to leave any other details....