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How is this brass strip between floor tiles and carpet fixed down?
Please look at these two pics: This brass strip is what the builder put in when the house was being built 15 years ago. It joins the kitchen ceramic floor tiles to the "dining area" carpet. How is...
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Under sink water heater - tank or no tank?
I'm thinking of getting some under sink water heaters at work, I was going to fit a boiler but thinking that as we use hot water merely for hand washing, rinsing cups etc these could be more cost...
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Surge Suppresser for LED Floodlight: High failure rate
I have a 100 watt PIR Floodlight mounted on the gable end of my tractor shed: First one was fitted in August 2017 and the sixth (yes 6th!!!!) replacement is on the way to me as I type. Now my mains is...
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Old Myford lathe: thread size
Hello all. I got myself an old Myford ML8 wood lathe and as with any old tool, there w as a bit of fettling to do before it was ready for work (well quite a lot, actually). Anyway, I eventually...
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Paint flaking on Artex
My bathroom has a Artex ceiling - sort of little stalagtites. I noticed the white emulsion is flaking a bit over the shower. Any suggestions before re-paint?.
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Does anyone have, or know where I can get a fan dog for my elderly Panda 11 Pressure jet boiler. A second hand one will probably do.
Fan Dog connects the fan shaft to the oil pump shaft
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OT: Firstt AP1000 up and running
Unit 1 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province has completed 168 hours of full-power continuous operation. The AP1000 reactor is now deemed to be in commercial operation.
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Cracks in a traditional ceiling
Is there any reason why cracks in a traditional (early 1900's) ceiling can't be treated, at least cosmetically for the medium term, by using the tape which joins together modern plasterboard sheets,...
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Electrically conductive glue
I seem to have a bunch of laptops where the bios battery needs replacing. On these, Acer and Lenovo, the batteries are mounted within a piece of heat shrink sleeving and connected via a tiny plug on a...
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Super tough materials
The heels of womens fashionable high heel shoes must be made of some tough material!
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Built-in Wardrobe kits - Recommendations wanted
As subject, Built-in Wardrobe kits - Recommendations please, and any gotchas to watch out for. I plan to buy a self-assembly kit so wondering if anyone has done a fairly recent survey of what's...
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Power tool battery revival
Hi all, I have a few 18v Graco (same as DeWalt lithium ion) batteries for my paint sprayer which seem to charge well but then die very quickly. Once charged they show just over 20v on the multi meter....
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OT (semi) : Spreadsheets
Before this month, I have only used a spreadsheet for tabulating my books -- no calculation. [[[ Actually, I'd slightly like to total one column, that of prices - but that is variously in current...
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loose fill roof insulation
Has anyone any suggestions for using a loose fill loft insulation for a single storey lean-to porch. The roof is concrete tilesd and I fitted fibre glass wool to one last week but it was quite...
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toolstation
Hose clips generically known as jubilee clips are useful for all kinds of things. I've bought loads in the past from Toolstation. This time round I needed some more 30mm ish to 40mm ish clips to match...
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