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OT HS2 site entrances and muddy roads?
An awful lot of roads near me seem to have "site entrance signs" to fields and lots of mud on the road. Started about a week ago. Is this really the HS2 starting? Most roads around Hemsworth on the...
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Smart meter and meter reader this AM
I have had a smart meter for yoncs, which I know is feeding regular readings back to base, but this morning had a meter reader appear at the door. The last reading the received was just the Sunday...
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Free Book (copied from uk.tech.digital-tv)
Just to let people know that I have now made freely available a PDF version of the book I wrote mumble years ago on Information and Measurement. Can be obtained from The explanations use various...
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Hole for rotary airer clothes drier.
I need to replace a rotary airer clothes drier. The old one fell down probably in a strong wind because the bottom of the post had corroded. The drier is in the middle of a tiled patio. There is a...
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Grenfell Tower fire
Interesting read. Grenfell Tower fire - Wikipedia
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Boiler recomendation - again :-) (2023 Update)
Guys, The time has come (as the walrus said) to replace the old condensing _non_-combi gas boiler. N.B. non-combi Even though I know none of the pipes will be in the right place, it will be just a...
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Did extension cable
Hi guys I'm needing an extension lead as my old 1 from years back is lookin tired and old. I have plenty 1.5mm & 2.5mm grey twin & earth left over from previous property. We are in a rented property...
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6 years ago
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Bleach in a bath
The plastic splash strip under the glass (?) door of our over the bath shower is looking a bit manky. I have tried to clean it with limit success. I would like to soak it with Domestos in the bath. I...
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One here Pounder will love
This is the dramatic moment a cyclist is sent flying after he collides with a car, that was turning into a police station in Dublin. The cyclist smacks into the passenger door of a Toyota.
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Crowbar design
Most crowbars are like this, and utterly useless, the long end is always in the way of a wall: Let's say you're trying to remove a nail from near a corner on a ceiling, you try to hook the short end...
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Floor tiles - to seal or not to seal ?
Next job in the never ending book is tiling the floor of the front extension (finished screed at the moment) and continuing along the old hall and into the shower room which are/were Khars engineered...
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Country lanes - no curbs
Was thiunking as I drove along a lane with deep ruts where the tarmac met the grass - and wondering what damage it may have done to the vehicle - that such lanes are a problem - the tarmak crumbles at...
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Multi Tool suitability for electrical back box installation
Hello, I am about to refurbish a 1960's flat. Walls therefore are plaster on masonry (brick) and I intend to install 8 "new" double sockets so will need to recess that number of steel back boxes. Not...
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Replacing an oil CH boiler myself?
I did a Camray oil boiler installation myself over 20 years ago, and have t wice had to rebuild the baffle plates, successfully in that the last re-bui ld was some 5 years ago, but the machine is...
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Ladders
Having moved into the previously mentioned barn conversion, I now find my step ladder is too short and my extending ladder is too long. I need to be able to get on the roof, into the "loft" and up...
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