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Best equipment for DIY gutter/downpipe cleaning
I've got a blocked downpipe on a 2 storey house which causes the gutter to overflow. I don't want to use a gutter clearing firm, but I don't like going up a ladder nowadays, so I was wondering if...
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Cutting a mattress up
Any tips for cutting up a king sized mattress to make it easier to transport to the tip? Tim
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2 years ago
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Periodic Inspection of Office and Server Room Electrics
Hi all Hoping that someone will be able to give me chapter and verse on the subject matter. The company that carries out minor electrical works for my employer has stated that we are due a 5 year...
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2 years ago
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Looking for meaning of "Strahl- und Schnarrprüfung"
I'm further down my translation of the OM312 engine manual and I'm a bit stuck on a section heading: "Strahl- und Schnarrprüfung". Google translate gives "Ray and snarling test", which is quite fun...
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2 years ago
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Glasses - Near and Intermediate
Most likely one for RDS I think. I'm wondering if there would be any difference optically between glasses ordered as: 1. Intermediate with an ADD of +2 and PD specified as 63 and 2. Near with an ADD...
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2 years ago
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Has anyone adjusted or repaired a recliner chair.
....ours seems to have got very slack at the frame moving joints and the foot rest is lower now.
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2 years ago
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OT: ParcelForce
"Your parcel has, unfortunately, been sorted to the wrong delivery depot. We will forward it to the correct delivery depot and it will be delivered as soon as possible."
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2 years ago
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Strange German (probably old fashioned" units for "acid density", explanation wanted
I am translating an old workshop manual for a Mercedes OM312 engine from German to English. It's fairly easy to do using Google translate (via command line and API) given that I'm moderately familiar...
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2 years ago
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G9 LEDs
I've got to get some more of these for the kitchen. The ceiling light fittings were designed for use with halogen bulbs, and I guess the LED G9 electronics in the bases get too hot over time and...
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2 years ago
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best place for bathroom light switch? - and which type of light?
Where is the best place for a bathroom light switch? by the door? in the room or outside of the room? or a pull cable? is it best to have one with a dimmer, or two: a dim one and a bright one? The...
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2 years ago
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Powered ethernet cable to shed ?
I've dug a long trench for a water pipe so before I fill it I could add an ethernet cable or two, so i can have a wifi hub in the shed, security camera, whatever... £37 for 50 meters at ebay CAT5E...
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2 years ago
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Experience of "creocote"?
Have you experience of using this over years? Is it useful in addition to being a colour for your timber, or is it just a good way of buying contaminated diesel oil? I used some on a shed a while ago,...
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2 years ago
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Oven tripping RCDs
Any tips on helping diagnose what's going on here please? We have a Leisure Range cooker and today, and possibly not for the first time, the RCD tripped when my wife was baking. It tripped out the...
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2 years ago
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Dirty old man
I'm resurrecting an old bicycle and was cycling around on Sunday in the hilly area in which I reside. I was taking lung fulls of air, depleting the oxygen and puffing out carbon dioxide rich exhaust....
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2 years ago
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Energy price cap
When I read about energy price caps if amounts are mentioned it is an annual cost in pounds for both electricity and gas. Why do I never find unit rates which will no doubt vary by location? I can't...
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2 years ago
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