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OT: Disposable tools
I've noticed that many builders and other tradespeople view tools as disposable: used for one job then discarded. I'm talking about hand-tools like saws, brushes and the like; not power tools. It...
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Calling the tiling experts.
After much trepidation I have decided to attempt a d-i-y effort to lay 300x300 ceramic floor tiles in a new ground floor entrance lobby and shower room. The existing surface is screed over a wet piped...
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Has my central heating got a big leak?
Hello uk.d-i-y world. Yesterday, I thought I'd put the heating on... it being June and all. There was a bit of gurgling from a radiator that usually gurgles, so I bled it and put a bit more water into...
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Superquilt R-values
I'm considering getting YBS Superquilt (40mm or 1.5inches) for a house build and see R-values quotes around 2.7 or R-value of 1.8 per inch. Is this right? That this high-tech, high-spec insulation...
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What's a good boiler these days?
Hi, My combi boiler is very much on its last legs. Over the years I've patched up the microswitches with other switches or even strips of bent copper, replaced water-carrying parts (sometimes with...
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speakers in multiple rooms?
Hi all. Wifey wants speakers in several rooms fed off the same hi fi system with independent room volume control Problem is current Hi Fi can only support 6 ohm load speakers. The current speakers in...
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Re: Heating won't come on all the time.
Presumably the water side is calling for heat when you can get the heating to work with the water on as well. Why? Together with the above it indicates the room thermostat has a fault to me. Either in...
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Re: Weird radiator filling - or rather non-filling
Just a thought, we're you doing it with the pump running? Could I theory (depending on positioning) have been drawing water and air down into the rad with bleed valve open. Try again with pump off....
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Mini Review: Stanley Anti Bacterial Beaded Hand Gel
Mini Review: Stanley Anti Bacterial Beaded Hand Gel (1 Litre clear tub, gel bright yellow) It's crap, don't waste your money. Minor car work done, hands pre-protected with barrier cream, used per...
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Re: Can't post a thread?
Why do you want to post via somewhere else when you can post direct without any so called moderators?
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sawboard
Hi, I followed the instructions to make a saw board: have found it very useful, thanks. The one I made was 8' long but sometimes there isn't room to use it. I wonder about making a second, shorter one...
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Dremel "instructions"
I have just bought my first Dremel, a Model 4000 kit, and the instructions are totally weird. All pictures, the only text is 'warnings', a CD with lots of useless information, and hardly anything in...
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What do you call
Those small metal plates designed to be fitted into a slot rebated into the back of something. The plate has a hole and a slot machined in it to allow you to hook it over a protruding screw head as a...
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Great Wall
I wouldn't want to repoint that. "According to the study, which was reported on Xinhua, the wall is 21,196.18km (13,170.6956 miles) long, rather than an estimate of 8,850km given in a 2009 study."...
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PC Case fan
Hi Have an ageing PC to work on ( a bespoke unit built by a local shop). Some years old, XP based, Athlon X2. The case fan that sucks air out has packed in. Need advice on replacing it. It is 8cm...
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