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Part P for Toilet? And Extractor Fan needed.

I'm fitting a 2nd toilet (ie pan and basin) in an old cloakroom downstairs for SWMBO. Wanting to be legal I applied for...
12 comments posted 9yrs
posted by mitchmunden
12 comments posted 9yrs posted by mitchmunden

blackberries near Peterborough

Go to the Services at the junction of the A1 and the A605. The lorry and caravan parking area is a long thin bit to the...
11 comments posted 9yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
11 comments posted 9yrs posted by wrightsaerials

OT: Hi-vis

I'd always wondered, until today, why British Rail insist on Orange Hi-Vis and won't let you on the tracks with the ind...
16 comments posted 9yrs
posted by newshound
16 comments posted 9yrs posted by newshound

Air conditioning

My 20 y/o Haier monobloc ("portable"!!!) air conditioner has gone bang (well, it went "beep, beep, beep, beep, etc. in...
11 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Huge
11 comments posted 9yrs posted by Huge

Achieving High Torque Settings for Nuts & Bolts

I need to do up a bolt (crankshaft pully) to 220ft/lb, apparently. Not really sure why it demands such a high figure, b...
18 comments posted 9yrs
posted by curd
18 comments posted 9yrs posted by curd

Wall mount cordless (DECT) phone.

I have a wall mount DECT phone branded Wharfdale. Really nice design - the base station is a sort of half ball, and the...
11 comments posted 9yrs
posted by dave
11 comments posted 9yrs posted by dave

Fitting a phone connector

How easy is it to shorten a phone lead? Standard BT connector. Can the old plug be re-used, or do you need a new one? S...
16 comments posted 9yrs
posted by dave
16 comments posted 9yrs posted by dave

OT Policing the internet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEqumUGq5rs
1 comments posted 9yrs
posted by harry130747
1 comments posted 9yrs posted by harry130747

sound-proofing

Hi guys, I bought one of those small compressors recently. Specs are 9CFM/50Litre/116psi. Uses a single phase motor tha...
12 comments posted 9yrs
posted by cbx
12 comments posted 9yrs posted by cbx

Elfin Safety Funny

Quoted in a letter to DT today. Young woman in her twenties went to buy a jigsaw in Smiths. The self-service till insist...
9 comments posted 9yrs
posted by bert
9 comments posted 9yrs posted by bert

OT NHS

http://www.westmonster.com/nhs-waiting-lists-in-crisis-as-mass-migration-rolls-on/
10 comments posted 9yrs
posted by harry130747
10 comments posted 9yrs posted by harry130747

Lidl Meradiso foam mattress

Lidl have some attractively priced foam mattresses in currently. Has anyone any experience of them?
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by rsandr
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by rsandr

Things flying into your eyelid

How come your eyelid can close in time to stop a bit of workpiece hitting your eyeball, yet you aren't aware of seeing i...
11 comments posted 9yrs
posted by imvalid
11 comments posted 9yrs posted by imvalid

R. Cott. 21

Screeding, underfloor heating pipes and wet room decisions approach... Floor heating design shows pipes laid across the...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tim
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by tim