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Three-year-old loft conversion suddenly very noisy
Just over three years ago I had a major loft conversion done on my semi-detached sixties bungalow: the process included removing and replacing all the existing ground floor ceilings and building above...
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How are you supposed to fix/terminate flexible conduit?
I have just bought a chimney fan which has a spiral metal flexible conduit containing the wires that supply the fan. (This is a mains powered fan to sit on the top of a chimney, not a heat powered one...
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3 years ago
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LED lamps
I was shopping on Amazon and E-Bay for some G9 LEDs. Reading the reviews and I was shocked and amused that someone had posted a review slating the supplier as the bulb had melted in their oven!
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Building cabinets - how to square them
Hi all, Firstly thanks very much for all the info on the other thread. Study now designed so now in build phase :) I have cut the pieces for the first cabinet out of 18mm ply so now looking to put it...
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3 years ago
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News Reader recommendation - Attn Brian Gaff
Often see Brian commenting on people answering very old messages. I realise my reader doesn't show a date. What reader should I consider trying. I only use the D-I-Y group.
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Removing Leatherette Surface
I sometimes repair and refurbish Roberts DAB radios as a sort of hobby. I do a few minutes a day while waiting for simulations to finish, or just thinking. There are a few fairly common faults and I...
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3 years ago
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De-ice the car properly!
I had a new job on top of my to-do list yesterday morning. Ice and frozen snow on the screen, snapped my scraper jabbing away at it, so I poured some tepid water on it and hit the wipers upon which...
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Telegraph Posts
(are they still called that) BT Openreach have been doing some work in my area (Fibre?) and on my daily walks I have noticed some poles have at the base a 20mm diameter rod or tube abutting the post...
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3 years ago
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National mourning?
Who decides that everybody should be sad for eight days over Prince Philip? I'm not gleeful, but I can't say that I'm properly glum, either. How do I get into the mood?
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3 years ago
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Intermittent kettling from heating boiler
Why would a heating boiler make frequent kettling noises lasting a week or two and then they stop completely? Perhaps returning after a couple of months. Is scale and gunk accumulating in the heat...
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3 years ago
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OT: more PC insanity
From "The Week": University tutors are being told not to mark down work for spelling mistakes because insisting on correct English could be seen as ?homogenous north European, white, male, elite?. The...
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3 years ago
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ANAGRAM of Franklin Delano Roosevelt:
ANAGRAM of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Frankenstein, or a love doll?
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3 years ago
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Climbing plat recommendations
Since spring is nearly here, I could do with getting something planted in the raised beds I built when I stuck the patio back together last year: would be interested in some planting...
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3 years ago
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App connected pressure washer?
Karcher are advertising an app connected pressure washer - I cannot imagine what purpose that might serve?
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3 years ago
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Further expansion vessel issues
I recharged the expansion vessel on my unvented HW system the other day and since then we?ve had occasions when we?re getting a ?water hammer? that lasts for about 5-6 seconds. Starts off at a lowish...
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3 years ago
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