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never try...

.................and fit a double double socket with USB sockets into a standard paten box if you have the ring main in...
38 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj
38 comments posted 8yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

Sheds: Lean-to type and metal ones

Hello all, My daughter has had an extension built, leaving a new windowless brick wall and a bit of ground inside her b...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by cskrimshire
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by cskrimshire

Solar lights ad - fail

JML are advertising on TV, solar powered PIR lights. Their ad shows at least two instances of the lights fixed tight up...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Reglazing a metal window frame

In the old days I would have reglazed a metal window frame in much the same way as a wooden one: scraped out all the gu...
17 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nick
17 comments posted 8yrs posted by nick

Cheap, Nasty Chinese Floodlights

I bought rather a lot of 100W LED lights from Ebay. Rated as IP65 and very effective for a few weeks. The body is alumi...
37 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nastii.snotgobbler
37 comments posted 8yrs posted by nastii.snotgobbler

Bathroom towel radiator bonding

OK, I can bond the flow and return pipes just above floor level no problem, so they meet requirements to be accessible...
7 comments posted 8yrs
posted by peter.fielding
7 comments posted 8yrs posted by peter.fielding

Dripping from condensation on pipes in kitchen

As per title, water is dripping from cold water pipes under a worksurface in cupboards. After drying these pipes water...
15 comments posted 8yrs
posted by fredxx
15 comments posted 8yrs posted by fredxx

Laminate flooring in kitchen

https://www.homebase.co.uk/conniston-hickory-laminate-flooring_p398113 My local Homebase are selling this off very chea...
12 comments posted 8yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
12 comments posted 8yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Cable OK flying between rafters?

Is it OK for an electric cable to pass through the air between rafters in a gap where people couldnt get and clipped at...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by dicegeorge
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by dicegeorge

Bathroom Dos & Don'ts

http://lolman.ru/20-of-the-most-hilarious-and-weird-bathroom-pics-ever/ Some useful guidance there. NT
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tabbypurr
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by tabbypurr

Replacement staircase.

Existing pine string with plywood risers and plasterboard back to hide the wedges. Brown wood stain so lots of work to...
30 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tim
30 comments posted 8yrs posted by tim

[OT] safest method of remote payment?

Looking to take payment from a buyer far away from me within the UK. What is the safest method to do that? i.e. so that...
58 comments posted 8yrs
posted by no
58 comments posted 8yrs posted by no

I've hacked off some tiles ....

Got rid of the old tiles in the kitchen. Some of them were on plasterboard, and I have some holes to mend, but I can co...
19 comments posted 8yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
19 comments posted 8yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Outdoor wall mounted small parcel drop box

I get a lot of small packets in the post but may not be in when they arrive and the packets are usually too big for my...
16 comments posted 8yrs
posted by invalid
16 comments posted 8yrs posted by invalid

Windscreen washer fluid WTF?

Anyone had stuff *grow* in the fluid, especially if it's a bit old? I was topping the car up the other day and saw a co...
13 comments posted 8yrs
posted by timstreater
13 comments posted 8yrs posted by timstreater