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Ground source heat pump with a twist.
[Didn't show up when I posted yesterday, so apologies if this is a repeat.] We're thinking of buying a house. It's a terrace with a fairly large garden/jungle in front which needs clearing and might...
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DIY qn: "he clad(ded)", "he has clad(ded)"?
Just a quick language question to do with cladding, for example the cladding of walls. I am not asking what is "correct". I am interested in what people actually say who do this kind of work or are...
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Video doorbells - Eufy ?
May be in the market for a video doorbell. Key requirements are nothing requiring a subscription, and the ability to move video to storage under my control. Eufy seem to look likely. So has anyone any...
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Fridge, cost to run
A few weeks back someone mentioned a faulty fridge freezer where the compressor may be running 100% with an estimated annual cost of around £100. I have a 20 year old under counter larder fridge that...
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Filling concrete slab indentations
Hi all, I have a concrete slab which in places has some small shallow (say a couple of mm) indentations. I need to fill them to make it flat (doesn't need to be smooth just flat) and was wondering...
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Replaceable batteries
This video suggests that the EUs legislation on the "layman" being able to replace the battery in a phone, laptop or tablet etc. also appli4s to EVs. the video is about batteries in smart phones check...
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dashboards
are all dashboards now just a tablets ...
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Hotpoint Helpless Line
I recently bought a new Hotpoont dishwasher, to replace the old ne, which was in the house when I moved in in late 2010, and had reached its time limit. It had no problem accepting and washing my...
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PING! power cuts and a 12 volt UPS module.
There was a thread some time back about powering ONTs, routers and Wi Fi points during a power cut if fed by fibre to the home. Soemone pointed out usingf a mains UPS was inefficient as its 220V mains...
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Disposing of a mattress
I bought a new mattress from Emma, and very foolishly I didn't take up their offer (for £45) to dispose of the old mattress. The good news is that I could saw up the old foam mattress into reasonable...
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Ideas for kitchen splashback ... ?
The kitchen renovation continues (slowly!) and now I need to decide on the splashback behind the cooker, which is set in an alcove (an old fireplace) about 1900 wide. I'd prefer to avoid tiles and...
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Majority Internet Radios
anybody else having problems with majority internet radios recently not connecting and getting kicked off ?
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"Ring" Doorbells
I was idly looking at these on Amazon when I saw the rather astonishing statement that the battery powered versions cannot be heard inside your home, only outside. How will I know if somebody is at...
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Size of soakaway
Scenario: Double garage built 20yrs ago at the bottom of a garden, with proper planning permission. But instead of digging a soakaway as on the plans, just sent the rainwater from the roof into a...
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Punching out tabs in thin metal
I plan to create a dozen prototype items that use a platform made from 1.5mm thick mild steel sheet. The bit I need advice on is how to punch out the tabs as shown in this link. that at, this stage,...
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