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Freezing pipes.

If you think your pipes might freeze, leave a tap dripping. The one furthest from the stop tap.
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry130747
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry130747

OT snow

I've not set foot outside today but the snow on our side streets must be bad as the taxi drivers are only traveling at 2...
18 comments posted 8yrs
posted by junk
18 comments posted 8yrs posted by junk

Inhibitor for aluminium heating boiler?

After a couple months heavy use our central heating boiler has once again filled its condensate trap. This is an IDEAL...
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by invalid
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by invalid

Glue 21.5mm overflow pipe

I want to glue some of this pipe, which I presume is uPVC. It's a pinhole. The solvents in the usual solvent weld thing...
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tabbypurr
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by tabbypurr

Leaking soldered joint on copper pipe

Just a quick(!) question, why would a weeping soldered fitting continue to weep at the same rate when the supply is tur...
12 comments posted 8yrs
posted by cyberwitch
12 comments posted 8yrs posted by cyberwitch

Condensate drain

Just been on my mate's garage roof, removing ice from his condensate drain. Hopeless positioning, pipe run is about 12...
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by newshound
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by newshound

Combi boiler DHW oddity ?

Weather related ? Turned on HW tap in bathroom sink for first time today, and there was a reddish taint to the water fo...
0 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jethro_uk
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by jethro_uk

Gas deficit today

On the news just now... Apparently gas consumption today would be 400M cubic metres, but there's only 350M cubic metres...
69 comments posted 8yrs
posted by andrew
69 comments posted 8yrs posted by andrew

Tricity Bendix Washer AW 1400 W stopped working

Our 18 year old WM[1] refuses to run[2] any program and flashes/beeps the "End" lamp with an "error code" of 8 which is...
12 comments posted 8yrs
posted by johnny-b-good
12 comments posted 8yrs posted by johnny-b-good

Gridwatch

The grid may not be breaking records for demand, but the number of people watching it certainly has. http://gridwatch.o...
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tnp
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by tnp

SOT: electric vehicle cars

I assume domestic chargers for electric vehicles are single phase. If you had access to a three phase supply could you g...
73 comments posted 8yrs
posted by newsgroups
73 comments posted 8yrs posted by newsgroups

win 7 downloads

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/where-are-downloaded-files-stored-with-windows-7/d4a0c...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tnp
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by tnp

OT Adobe acrobat

Idly poking around my desktop (gently snowing outside) I came across a huge download file of every Acrobat pdf looked a...
15 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tim
15 comments posted 8yrs posted by tim