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Neff Microwave.
It's quite old, but a match to the double Neff Oven. The time display goes blank after use. Otherwise it works normally for setting the operating time. Press stop, and it appears at 12.00. Can then be...
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Recommendations for hand held researchable vacuum cleaner/
Any one please?
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Replacing a two-sided shower frame
How easy is it to replace a two sided shower frame onto an existing tray. The one there now is badly damaged at the base by limescale and is beyond rescue. The tray looks OK. I have measured the tray...
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shed base
Putting in a concrete floor for a small shed (4m x 4m). This obviously involvee removing soil and if I go down 150mm this would give 2.4m3 of waste to dispose of, which might present a...
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Thunderbird 78.4.0
Presumably after a recent upgrade the 'buttons' shown in a newsgroup posting are shown in the following order reply, followup, forward, delete, more Previously I had configured "reply" out of the way...
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recommend a carpet cleaner/shampoo
Can anyone recommend a carpet cleaner. Have a puppy dog, 95% of toilet is done outdoors, indoors is on paper pads. Although spot cleaning is currently done I would like to shampoo / clean carpets Once...
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Boiler banging noises - worse after using F3 cleaner
When the weather turned colder I turned up the heating but the boiler started making kettling noises and then banging - it turns itself off and restarts later, with the same noises. I thought there...
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Two devices wired into a single BS1363 plug?
A multi-occupier building has, in a communal service cupboard, a single standard 13A surface-mounted switched socket into which is plugged a normal-looking plug. Entering that plug are two different...
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Identification problem
From time to time i am requested identification paperwork. the problem is that most companies not want you to go paperless, so how can you do this?
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replacement TV advice
I cannot receive a decent terrestrial signal so am connected to Freesat via a dish. I also have a sound bar and a Humax. It is fine but overly complicated to use. If I am not around my wife has...
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OT: slideshow in Photos
Until recently, while a Microsoft Photos slideshow was running I could right click any photo and set the speed to slow, medium or fast. However, this functionality now seems to have disappeared. Any...
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Any idea what this is?
am not certain, but it could possibly have come with a wall clock.
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Glasses for close-up work?
I had about 4 pairs of those glasses that have little LED lights in the arms (that I rarely used the light bit on) and were about x4 magnification that I use when I want to do anything that requires a...
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Alarm V instructions
I wont go in to the back story but a neighbour has a home burglar alarm installed about 5 years ago. He was never left any instrucions but it was set by the installer. Not only do I think that was...
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Boiler controls/efficiency
It is that time of year... I was a bit taken by surprise when someone recently suggested that condensing boilers work best at 65 deg. C. My thought was that it does not leave much room for DHW at...
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