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Wall chasers worth it or not?
I have been busy chasing walls for cables with quite a bit still to do. With my right arm beginning to feel it bashing away at a bolster with a lump hammer so was thinking of easing the job somewhat...
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Will these flexible tails connect to 15mm Plastic pipe?
Got the low pressure tap on order. hope the connections can be made to 15mm plastic pipe, or else I'll be ripping out tiled trunking. Shop Rio Mono Basin Sink Mixer Tap (DOM) for LOW PRESSURE 40MM....
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refund oddity
Not so long ago, I bought a mains lead on ebay. I found, by a lucky chance, the there was no earth connection, so I arranged to send it back. I took it to my local post office, got a receipt, then a...
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I broke a gate valve.
In my fumbling enthusiasm to get out from under the kitchen sink, I overdid the leverage and broke the spindle of a seized gate valve. So now it can be turned forever in any direction with no effect....
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OT: Anyone seen this?
<>O tempora, O mores (I think that's correct, but no doubt Latin expert michael adams can help). The cyclist ran a red light in the City of London, narrowly avoiding hitting a pedestrian who was...
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Tracing path of jointed arm
Not even sure that's a good title - google didn't seem to find anything relevant. I've got a TV mounting bracket, with 3 pivot points: - one on the plate that fixes to the back of the TV (it's...
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Worcester Danesmoor 15/19 Bentone B9B burner
The Bentone B9B burner requires replacement. Bentone do not manufacture it anymore. What if any has worked as a replacement, EOGB, Riello, or NuWay ST35 S1S 63. For example? Each has a different blast...
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where to buy chairs of this type used in Starbucks?
Hello, I hope this question is on-topic for uk.d-i-y. I am refitting my kitchen and there's a small area in it in which a couple of these chairs would go very nicely. The only place I've seen these...
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evo-stik timebond repositionable ?
I liked the idea of an adjustable contact adhesive. But some tins of timebond say instant, and some say adjustable. Are they the same product ? I would have thought "timebond" implies the adjustable...
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9th August 2019 Power Cut - Final Report
Report https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/152346/download https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/152351/download
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Slugs
Green (recycle) and black (general) bins sit side by side in a shelter outdoors. This morning was green bin day and after emptying I spotted no less than 12 slugs inside the bin. None at all on the...
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What's it called (AKA replacing a 1/4" brass hinge pin)
I'm restoring a 30s steel window and need new 1/4" brass hinge pins. The hinges are external so I need to make the pins tamper-proof. The originals were plain rod with a 1/8" round disk riveted on...
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Uneven floor/skirting and kickboards
I've just spent half a day pissing around with the router to get a 3m length of kitchen unit kickboard fitting reasonably tidily on a quite uneven floor. The floor doesn't look that uneven, but when...
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Ideas for 3tb external DD
So many and cannot make up my mind. Help TIA
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preventing a 2m x 0.95m wooden table from warping
I am planning to make a dining table, dimensions 2000mm x 960mm x 40mm, in either beech or oak. The company selling me the timber suggests this would need 9 legs, which is ridiculous. (I don't think...
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