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Need a chimney

I have an external structure I?m using to House my smoker. The roof is 20mm plywood (shed felt on outside) ... I really...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by rick_hughes
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by rick_hughes

Roof woes ... (fingers X'd ...)

So last November, we sprung a leak from our roof (let's ignore the "warranty" it came with in 2014). A trek up (thank g...
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jethro_uk
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by jethro_uk

Gas consumption, CH versus no CH

Whilst our boiler has been inoperative, we have had to make do with just the living room radiant gas fire. With door cl...
22 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
22 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Question for Dyson fans: filters

[This is addressed to fans of Dysons ... Dyson knockers: nothing for you here!] I've had a DC25 for 3.5 years now, and...
7 comments posted 8yrs
posted by lalaw44
7 comments posted 8yrs posted by lalaw44

Anyone got a Bosch strimmer?

If so, what the hell is this? http://i63.tinypic.com/2ia6ixu.jpg The monochrome manual is no use of course
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by stuart.dot.noble
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by stuart.dot.noble

ARRIL FOOL?

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/939466/big-ben-bongs-bell-renovated-french-british-symbol-passports-contracts-westmins...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry130747
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry130747

OT: cargo ships and ropes

Anyone ever thought of tying ropes round these things? https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cargo+ship+fail&tbm=isch
15 comments posted 8yrs
posted by imvalid
15 comments posted 8yrs posted by imvalid

OT:I really, really want to like Linux ...

but it's hard to avoid the conclusion "it's a bit s*it innit ?" I'm sure it's a zillion times better than windows at ma...
115 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jethro_uk
115 comments posted 8yrs posted by jethro_uk

Boiler overrun

My electrician is busy elsewhere so I am running the boiler in manual mode. It has crossed my mind to wonder about the...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tim
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by tim

Flat rate electricity like water?

If we can have flat rate water (pay a fixed fee for as much as you use), why isn't the same true of electricity? Both co...
40 comments posted 8yrs
posted by imvalid
40 comments posted 8yrs posted by imvalid

Very low car tax on big cars?!

Am I reading this wrong? If I buy a 3.5 litre V8 4x4 that's 1 year old, or a Nissan Micra that's = 1 year old, both hav...
22 comments posted 8yrs
posted by imvalid
22 comments posted 8yrs posted by imvalid

OT Those crazy Crazy Californians

Coffee sold in California must carry a cancer warning, a court has ruled. The judge in Los Angeles said Starbucks and a...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by smithski
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by smithski