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Phone based SatNavs, redux.

To all those arguing that phone based satnavs were as good as dedicated ones, because you can always download the maps...
24 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Huge
24 comments posted 8yrs posted by Huge

combi boiler

does anybody make a gadget that keeps the pressure up in a combi?
15 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj
15 comments posted 8yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

Electric Heating for a house

I have a friend who has asked me advice on his heating. The house has no ga s, and has a mixture of storage heating and...
28 comments posted 8yrs
posted by steve.jones
28 comments posted 8yrs posted by steve.jones

Google is too clever

All I said to my phone was "Navigate to ******** swimming pool. It then tells me that I last visited the place twelve mo...
31 comments posted 8yrs
posted by aXXXwadsworth
31 comments posted 8yrs posted by aXXXwadsworth

Screw spacing for plywood overboarding

I have now reached to point of laying 12mm plywood over the underfloor heating grooved chipboard. Any suggestions for su...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tim
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by tim

Source for cap for CH pump auto air valve

as per title. Having suffered a leaking (and then some !) AAV after flushing and inhibiting my Vaillant boiler ... I re...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jethro_uk
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by jethro_uk

Fitting shower elbow

Hi All I have a threaded elbow in the wall and need to fit the shower hose connect or using a threaded bar. I have out...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by leenowell
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by leenowell

Which Walkie Talkie can be the best?

I saw that there are some kinds of walkie talkies on ebay, but I don't know which brand can be the best? And I saw that...
12 comments posted 8yrs
posted by 2bigteamsesr
12 comments posted 8yrs posted by 2bigteamsesr

How to screw toilet to floor

Hi All I have a new toilet to fit and it came with no fittings or instructions. Judging by it, it should be screwed dir...
22 comments posted 8yrs
posted by leenowell
22 comments posted 8yrs posted by leenowell

OT: PPI's and the cancer risk ITRW?

Hi all, Not sure where else to run this past anyone and I know there are people here who understand this field better t...
14 comments posted 8yrs
posted by news
14 comments posted 8yrs posted by news

Any DALI experts out there?

I have a dimmer problem but will not bore you with the details unless someone knows something about DALI.
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by aXXXwadsworth
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by aXXXwadsworth

Replacing battery operated smoke alarm

My battery operated smoke alarm is quite old. Replacing it with a mains powered device would not be very difficult. Any...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by mUNDERSCOREnews
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by mUNDERSCOREnews

OT speed limit signs

On the A55 in North Wales near LLandudno and Colwyn Bay there are stretches where it has a 50mph speed limit and that's...
37 comments posted 8yrs
posted by stainburn
37 comments posted 8yrs posted by stainburn