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Changing an oven element

One oven has ceased to function. The neon shines, the fan spins and the light works, so I imagine it must be replacemen...
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by News
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by News

Anyone used a "Sandglider" on Parquet flooring?

One of the many jobs here is to restore a herringbone Parquet floor. I don't want to use a drum sander on it and can't...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nothanks
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by nothanks

Cheapo Chinese Dash-cams

Does anybody have any first-hand experience of cheap Chinese Dash Cams? On paper the specifications seem very good but...
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nick
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by nick

While the brain was ticking

While chatting to our decorator who was waiting for an application of something to dry my mobile rang. Female: 'I'm cal...
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by pinnerite
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by pinnerite

Is it OK to borrow an earth?

My 89 y/o mother can no longer reach the switch above the mirror and I want to change it for a LED pullcord light. The...
35 comments posted 8yrs
posted by steve
35 comments posted 8yrs posted by steve

A tap with a mind of its own

I have a perfectly standard mid-range kitchen mixer tap. Just recently, it's taken to releasing a short (around one sec...
17 comments posted 8yrs
posted by mail
17 comments posted 8yrs posted by mail

strange problem with disability scooter suspension

This is a Pride Gogo traveller.The ride was very hard, It turned out that the buggy was fitted with seat suspension (th...
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by wrightsaerials

OT: Mixing tyres on an axle - good or bad?

For a total of about 15 years, I've been running around with an LPG tank in the spare wheel well instead of the spare w...
19 comments posted 8yrs
posted by x
19 comments posted 8yrs posted by x

Another con?

These sound too good to be true. Anyone with any experience of them?...
24 comments posted 8yrs
posted by pfjames
24 comments posted 8yrs posted by pfjames

OT:WTF happens to roads in snow/ice ?

Round here (Brum) the roads look like the place has seen a return visit from the Luftwaffe. We are talking 50/60 pothol...
19 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jethro_uk
19 comments posted 8yrs posted by jethro_uk

DPD parcel.

Got an email from them saying they'd tried to deliver and I was out. Fairy nuff. It took you to their site where you ne...
60 comments posted 8yrs
posted by dave
60 comments posted 8yrs posted by dave

NatWest - home card reader?

Yesterday evening, I decided to make a transfer from my NatWest account, to a TSB account, via online banking. A transf...
132 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
132 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt