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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, succ...
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by robkgraham
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by robkgraham

Ladders

Having moved into the previously mentioned barn conversion, I now find my step ladder is too short and my extending lad...
25 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Huge
25 comments posted 8yrs posted by Huge

Brennan B2 and Raspberry Pi

A friend has bought one of these Brennan devices that records all your CD's to a 2TB hard drive. I've been trying to he...
40 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Billaboard
40 comments posted 8yrs posted by Billaboard

SHower hose screw thread?

Having made a boo boo and overordered some replacement bathroom shower hoses, I wonder what is the screw thread such th...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by headstone255.but.not.these.fiv
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by headstone255.but.not.these.fiv

TIP - Fix a liquid spray bottle

I tend to save a few of the cheap cleaner squirty bottles, to re-purpose these for spraying thin oil and even water to...
17 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
17 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Identify Pressure washer fitting

I have an old KEW Hobby 88 pressure washer A few years back lent it to a friend, came back with broken female fitting ....
10 comments posted 8yrs
posted by rick_hughes
10 comments posted 8yrs posted by rick_hughes

OT: Car making spurious noise

Ford Focus 1.8 2010. I've had the car several years and had a longish run 120miles each way a couple of Saturday's ago....
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nospam
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by nospam

Aluminium tube redux

Some of you may recall me asking about tubing for vacuuming out the spider webs in my vaulted ceilings. Picked up a 5M...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Huge
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by Huge

Attaching Castor to Wooden Bench Leg

I want to raise a workbench up by a few inches, and thought it would be han dy to do this usIng suitable braked castors...
10 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tonkski
10 comments posted 8yrs posted by tonkski

Toilet keeps filling

I've been asked to sort out a toilet cistern that keeps on filling and so overflowing. Photo of offending item here: ht...
20 comments posted 8yrs
posted by stainburn
20 comments posted 8yrs posted by stainburn

gas legal?

Is it legal for me to use a monometer to check the gas pressure at the meter and at the boiler ?
12 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj
12 comments posted 8yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

Pump for boiler descaling

Hi all, I have a intergas boiler with a developing limescale problem on the domesti c hot water side. Taking the heat e...
10 comments posted 8yrs
posted by martin_pentreath
10 comments posted 8yrs posted by martin_pentreath

MagnaClean

For interest only 20 year old CH run with sludge remover approx 10 months ago. Images show the amount of magnetic mater...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by junk
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by junk

OT fruit - oranges

For a few weeks, we have been buying regular small boxes of oranges from the local coop, described as 'grade 1 easy pee...
17 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
17 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt