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5mm Sliding door seals

I'd like to replace the seal at the bottom of a curved sliding door. The door is 5mm thick glass and around long 700mm....
0 comments posted 8yrs
posted by qprdude
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by qprdude

LED indicator for 240V power

Just starting to work on the extractor hood fan that failed over Christmas. It is a LAM2502/3 as detailed here There is...
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wibble
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by wibble

Spare 13A switch in wall

In our kitchen, there are four electrical things all together. Dual 13A sockets, and two switches below, one with a neo...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wibble
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by wibble

Old smoke alarms recycle ?

I have some old smoke alarms, is there any use for them or must i dump them, if so where to recycle them? [george]
10 comments posted 8yrs
posted by dicegeorge
10 comments posted 8yrs posted by dicegeorge

Central Heating Circulator Pump

My pump has got noisy, it's 35 years old. I propose to replace it. I'm wary of circulator pumps in the £20-£40 range. H...
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by mikes
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by mikes

Mattress, which one?

Friends wants a new very firm mattress....
27 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tabbypurr
27 comments posted 8yrs posted by tabbypurr

Electric Oven Temp Control

I've noticed that over the last couple of weeks, food has been coming out of our oven under-done. From time to time in...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by curd
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by curd

Heating Oil Purity

Anyone know how much water is permitted in kerosene? I bought (just in case of emergency) two 20 litre gerry cans full...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by curd
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by curd

.jpg enlarge -Windows 10

This is a copy of the entire instruction manual for a carcam, just as supplied by the manufacturer. 8x pages of instruc...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Grid's a bit iffy

http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ It's at 45GW and climbing - but we are 3 reactors down according to: https://www.ed...
12 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tw_usenet
12 comments posted 8yrs posted by tw_usenet

OT Bitcoin pyramid

BITCOIN Pyramid A lot of monkeys lived near a village. ??????? One day a merchant came t o the village to buy these mon...
14 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry130747
14 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry130747

Dishwasher pong

Have got complaints of a pongy dishwasher. Washed items come out smelly too. They've tried hot washes with washing up l...
18 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tabbypurr
18 comments posted 8yrs posted by tabbypurr

Re: Shite Decorators

I suspect you're just confirming most posters reasons for preferring to DIY jobs ...
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jethro_uk
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by jethro_uk

OT N. Korea and Winter Olympcis.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42550446 It'll never happen. 99% of them will do a runner when they cross over.
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry130747
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry130747

Sticking rubber patch to car mat

As the title suggets - I've been given a spare mat for my car - usual black carpet-like stuff, obviously synthetic but...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by millerhouse.spamtrap
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by millerhouse.spamtrap