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OP Amazon Marketplace

A couple of times now, I've found a new marketplace seller offering stuff much more cheaply than everyone else. The ord...
8 comments posted 9yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by NOTsomeone

"Ownership" of a my side of a shared wall

Consider a terrace of three two-storey houses https://s4.postimg.org/4v7w0g9ul/img357.png We own the middle house, numb...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by me
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by me

Fitting oil central heating

OK, I probably already know the answer to this but I need someone to mansplain it in simple terms so I am sure what I a...
68 comments posted 9yrs
posted by narriess
68 comments posted 9yrs posted by narriess

OT Drone video (China)

https://player.vimeo.com/video/107995891
2 comments posted 9yrs
posted by harry130747
2 comments posted 9yrs posted by harry130747

Surface mount shower?

While we're on the subject, I need a surface mount thermostatic mixer shower for my new showeroom. Pipes through wall -...
8 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tw_usenet
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by tw_usenet

Bath panel

Hi, I'm after a simple bath panel - but not a flimsy acrylic one. One option is to paint ply (using a ply with a decent...
29 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tw_usenet
29 comments posted 9yrs posted by tw_usenet

Puzzled by telephone not working

I had to temporarily move my master socket, it worked fine. Now I have moved it back the telephone is dead. I am puzzle...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by messageboards
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by messageboards

Timer Switch for wallwart chargers

I'm looking for a timer switch that I can use with wallwart chargers - press to switch on, automatically turns off afte...
28 comments posted 9yrs
posted by davidm_uk-notme
28 comments posted 9yrs posted by davidm_uk-notme

R. Cott. 17

Installing the underfloor heating has neared the top of the jobs list. Despite much reading of suppliers PDFs and head...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tim
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by tim

Bathroom mirror light with shaver socket

I'm after a light with a shaver socket incorporated, to go over the mirror above the hand basin in the bathroom. But AI...
19 comments posted 9yrs
posted by me
19 comments posted 9yrs posted by me

Wonder Material?

What amazing materials are used to make.......the tall and slender heels of women's fashionable high heel shoes?
15 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Somewhere
15 comments posted 9yrs posted by Somewhere

Small 13A sockets

Someone here was looking for small 13A sockets and the ones that fit in conduit boxes were suggested, however they were...
8 comments posted 9yrs
posted by spuorgelgoog
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by spuorgelgoog

OT: The importance of education.

... in deciding whether "existing student fees" means (a) existing (student fees). (b) (existing student) fees.
8 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tnp
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by tnp

Stone.

I've got a Victorian semi, and the brick walls go above the roof. On top of those walls is a coping of pre-cast concret...
43 comments posted 9yrs
posted by dave
43 comments posted 9yrs posted by dave