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Dam in Derbyshire - Whaley Bridge
Any updates on its current state and work being done?
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OT: More about the flood
Fishlake isn't news any more, but the drama continues. My daughter and her family are now living in a rented house at Carlton. It's a nice house, old but very thoroughly modernised. Both their cars...
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Which tool bag?
I stood on one of my tool boxes the other day, and went through it. So i'm going to replace it with a bag as i've a couple of others and prefer them in several ways. So if someone had offered to get...
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Thickness of concrete slab - 75mm
I'm having the slab in my kitchen replaced. The plan is: 50mm scalpings, DPM, 50mm Celotex, poly sheet, 75mm concrete with fibre and extra sharp sand, no screed. It will be tiled with porcelain tiles...
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Hook for holding door open
I've been asked to provide a hook to hold a door open. The hook on the attached picture is what's there on a post and I hope to retain that, what I need is the larger bit of hardware that fits on the...
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OT A wireless doorbell
This is not really DIY, not really work and definitely not politics. I have just had a few days off work and a bit of a road trip around the country. The final night was a trip to Blackburn to see TMH...
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Re: The disability industry
I do not think the over pricing of spare parts is exclusive most cars and domestic appliances come immediately to mind but I agree the more niche an industry is the greater the rip off. We like Bosch...
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the 'square' bar in a door
The square bar (the spindle?) should be square in cross section, shouldn't it? I've just replaced a door handle. The handle had a square hole but the spindle was 7mm x 8mm so I had to grind a mil off...
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what switched you off a thread?
For me it is the "Senile;e" alert, what a waste of space!
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Sub Floor vent
I need to install under floor vents that are below outside ground level. I know you can get telescopic air bricks, but that will involve I assume removing a lot of bricks to get the riser bit in. I...
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The disability industry
Prices for a 33V 1A psu as used by stairlifts to charge the battery. Typical Amazon price: £18 Farnell: £26 Medical grade item: £76 Quoted by a stairlift supplier when a replacement was needed:...
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OT: Flavours, Taste, Texture and Evolutionary Biology
Greetings gentlemen, Naturally whenever a recondite question arises concerning evolutionary biology, we turn to uk.d-i-y for an answer. I was just musing only the other day about this conundrum as I...
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The gate lights (continued)
These pdfs might help people visualise what I'm trying to do. The jpgs are just for interest. Bill Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them...
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Useless things found on ebay number 437
apparently changes the plug on the end of a male DVI cable to.... er a male plug about 1 inch further away. So, it's a very small extension lead? Or a gender changer that well.... doesn't.
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Replacing indoor mortice latches
Many of the mortice latches on my internal doors are not as smooth as I'd like. I think they're all about 20 years old, so I'm planning to replace them all at once rather than just replacing the bad...
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