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DIY: Removing fire surround
Anyone any ideas how to remove one of these preferably without destroying i t? Others I have seen usually have two brass plated mirror plates either side which are sometimes sunk into the plaster with...
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Boiler
After lots of checking a Heating Engineer has decided a mate's heating system has a partly blocked boiler heat exchanger. Likely? 12 - 15 years old. Has been pressure cleaned a couple of years ago.
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TV heads up: New materials ...
Maybe an antidote to "Made in Britain" ? Still slightly padded, but quite fascinating. Documentary. Designer and engineer Zoe Laughlin explores the world of material science, uncovering the...
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Landrover series 3 wheel nut threads
Many years ago in 1975 and 1976 I drove on my own, from UK to Abu Dhabi, wh ere I worked for an oil company. I used series 3 Landrovers on both trips a nd, knowing there were a few patches of sand in...
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Best/easiest to D-I-Y glass replacement plastic?
We have a small steel boat and I'm removing and replacing the windows in order to clean up the corrosion around them. The existing windows are laminated glass 4mm thick and they are a pig to replace...
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How many thungs can you do wrong designing an underfloor heating mixer?
Bearing in mind this is the cheapest assembly I could get - and the hydraulic components are all standard (and look of sufficient quality). Other units with similar components cost twice the price...
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Why do cars "bong!" when you crash?
If you've watched a lot of youtube videos of accidents, you'll have noticed some cars tend to make a noise (ping, bong, something like that) as they crash. What is the point of this? To wake you up?...
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Suzy Lamplugh and GPR
How come the police don't use ground penetrating radar for initial body searches, instead of digging - or perhaps they do and it is never mentioned?
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Li-Ion batteries
I've got some very good 18650 Panasonics - 3Ah, but there seems to be nothing worth getting at the 14500 (AA) size. I thought LiIon was meant to hold more power per volume, which is certainly true of...
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Volt sticks+
Searching today, all my volt sticks seem to have diffused away from their usual storage spaces so I need to get some more. Does anyone have recommendations? Not being a professional sparks, I tend to...
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OT: From Twitter today
"Austria abstains on a UN pact on migration. You may think they?re right. You may think they?re wrong. But they?re a sovereign state, entitled to their own decision, right? Wrong, says Juncker:...
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burnt electric car??
Is that an electric car at 0.11????? still going...no it's not being towed ......sorry brian gaff not for you....
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Problem with my Greenstar 24 ri
Changed a radiator on my system and now the heating isn?t working . The flow pipe feels warm but then quickly cools down . I had to drain system to change radiator but I have re filled and bled all...
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Timber and damp report 'needed'. East Lancs.
A condition of a recent commercial mortgage is that we get a timber and damp report done. I might get one done one our home too, as we're thinking of selling in the not too distant future So if anyone...
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Freesat box problem
Check the connectors, cable etc. Also check dish hasn't moved or been obstructed- we've had issues with a bush growing up (our dish is low down).
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