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Building regs in retrospect - worth the trouble?

I've had two lots of remedial work done on the house due to gross ignorance of previous owners: 1) Re-introduce roof pu...
20 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nospam
20 comments posted 8yrs posted by nospam

CH - we don't have room thermostat

Combi-boiler at the rear utility extension of house and there is no room thermostat so have to go and turn the temperat...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nospam
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by nospam

Using all the ballance on prepaid cards.

How would you use all the balance on a prepaid Mastercard which you can't top up? Do supermarkets in general allow mult...
17 comments posted 8yrs
posted by mUNDERSCOREnews
17 comments posted 8yrs posted by mUNDERSCOREnews

Fireplace Restoration?

We're moving into a house with this fireplace. It looks like it has been over-painted many times and so it's lost any d...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Shauna
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by Shauna

Top tip

If like me you wear disposable rubber gloves whilst painting, here's a way you can make the box last longer. When the p...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Floor tiles for bodge job

We have a new washing machine coming next week to replace the old one which has been leaking for years. The floor tiles...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Billaboard
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by Billaboard

Continuity between neutral and earth

Hi All I have broken into a ring main to extend it to another room. Essentially cu tting the return from one socket and...
28 comments posted 8yrs
posted by leenowell
28 comments posted 8yrs posted by leenowell

Bad smell from washing machine

We have a 4 year old Samsung washing machine (Eco Bubble Quiet Drive WF0804W8E I think it is called). It has been used...
44 comments posted 8yrs
posted by no
44 comments posted 8yrs posted by no

Fuses, dimmers and energy-saving light-bulbs

I have a dimmer, with a slow-blow T1.6A fuse; the fuse blew when connected to a lamp with an energy-saving light-bulb. I...
14 comments posted 8yrs
posted by real-not-anti-spam-address
14 comments posted 8yrs posted by real-not-anti-spam-address

[OT] Maths GCE O-Level text books from 70s-80s ?

Can anyone remember the name and/or author of their GCE Maths books? I'm interested in O level and AO (Additional O) le...
69 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tw_usenet
69 comments posted 8yrs posted by tw_usenet

OT. Why you get Dehli Belly on cruise ships

Cheap Asian cooks in the Galley http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/12/05/muslim-school-inadequate-not-supplying-toilet...
21 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry130747
21 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry130747

OT Tour de Yorkshire 2018

Could in not be run somewhere more appropriate - like say in France.
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by aXXXwadsworth
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by aXXXwadsworth

Traditional Materials?

Where I live I have seen a cycle that goes like this: Extension built - using timber for things like facias. A few year...
20 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Somewhere
20 comments posted 8yrs posted by Somewhere