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OT Migration and housing shortage.

What we all know already. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5083647/Migration-report-builds-pressure-new-housing.h...
54 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry130747
54 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry130747

Pipe insulation

It seems quite hard to get 6mm pipe insulation for 22mm pipe. Even Armaflex don't go that thin above 15mm pipe. Found s...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tw_usenet
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by tw_usenet

Tarmac driveway?

We had a major water leak under the pavement right in front of our driveway one night a couple of months ago. A failed...
25 comments posted 8yrs
posted by no
25 comments posted 8yrs posted by no

OT: A lovely example of (sort of) JIT

I came across this recently. I thought it was a lovely efficient operation. I went almost *under* it every day on the w...
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by news0006
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by news0006

LED bulb failed - and replaced free after 3 years

Nearly 3 years ago I bought several 13W LED bulbs from Messrs Ryness lighting in Old Compton St in London. They were ex...
20 comments posted 8yrs
posted by usenet
20 comments posted 8yrs posted by usenet

OT: Honda and the EU

Reports on the news yesterday that Honda have concerns about UK car production if we don't reach a free trade agreement...
108 comments posted 8yrs
posted by dave
108 comments posted 8yrs posted by dave

Prop planes over Scotland

(Aberdeenshire) Quietly standing in the garden yesterday, hanging out washing, when I heard an unusual noise and, looki...
22 comments posted 8yrs
posted by News
22 comments posted 8yrs posted by News

Phone mute - how does that work

Waiting to get through to Plusnet's support, they play music whilst waiting. If their is any noise in the room, the mus...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Fixing a back box in lath and plaster wall

We have a double socket about three feet above floor level, set in a lath and plaster wall. Never been right since we m...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by News
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by News

Eternal-september ... Again

Has ES gone t*ts-up again? It's been running ok since the changes of a few weeks ago. I'm suddenly being asked for usern...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by iain.gordon46
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by iain.gordon46

bloody Ikea

In 2009 I installed a complete Ikea Faktum System kitchen....I now find I need new doors on most of the units.....went...
39 comments posted 8yrs
posted by james.stewart497
39 comments posted 8yrs posted by james.stewart497

Reattaching a wall cupboard to plasterboard wall

I have been asked to reattach a kitchen high up wall cupboard that has fall en off the wall The cupboard was attached t...
11 comments posted 9yrs
posted by stainburn
11 comments posted 9yrs posted by stainburn

Adhesive over pipe

Hi Can I use plasterboard adhesive over copper pipes to cover them with plasterboard (dot n dab) after boiler relocation...
12 comments posted 9yrs
posted by wojtasescobar
12 comments posted 9yrs posted by wojtasescobar

Aqualisa 099301 diverter

I have had the Aqualisa shower diverter for several years and recently it h as started to leak quite badly. I called Aq...
1 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tl.1tbag
1 comments posted 9yrs posted by tl.1tbag