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health and safety

a chap fell off a roof near here but survived.....he has a light fawn suit on ........
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Yet more on Grenfell and panel testing

On the BBC News this morning: The original specifications for the cladding on Grenfell tower was for zinc panels, but t...
52 comments posted 9yrs
posted by me
52 comments posted 9yrs posted by me

Ants! No ants.

10% boric acid, 90% icing sugar, saturated solution absorbed into a cotton wool ball on a sheet of plastic on the kitche...
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Huge
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by Huge

Useful tip or old news?

I was repairing the "trigger" of my litter picker today. It has a large "full hand" trigger as opposed to a single fing...
14 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tim.downie
14 comments posted 9yrs posted by tim.downie

OT: Solar 300+ times as toxic as nuclear...

"If solar and nuclear produce the same amount of electricity over the next 25 years that nuclear produced in 2016, and...
36 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tnp
36 comments posted 9yrs posted by tnp

Unusual shower fixing

Hi In the attached pictures https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B59Hoanc_iitRlNGOVlaSUxBZ1k The plastic connector s...
10 comments posted 9yrs
posted by clive.r.long
10 comments posted 9yrs posted by clive.r.long

Strange loss of sound

This morning there was no sound on my TV system. this is a Samsung TV connect5ed through a Bose Lifestyle System. I als...
14 comments posted 9yrs
posted by messageboards
14 comments posted 9yrs posted by messageboards

emergency light

was at a car boot sale today without my glasses and bought for a Fiver an non-maintained emergency light ...any ideas wh...
76 comments posted 9yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
76 comments posted 9yrs posted by kinvig.netta

8ft Fluorescent tube options ..

Our lounge is lit by 2x8ft fluorescent tubes. After 15 years (and they weren't new when we moved in !) one has packed u...
15 comments posted 9yrs
posted by jethro_uk
15 comments posted 9yrs posted by jethro_uk

Ideas for hanging signs

I am involved with an industrial museum in an old factory. We would like to hang some signs over some exhibits but clim...
8 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Somewhere
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by Somewhere

Sound engineer wanted

Must be conversant with 1975 audio standards and be able to type bollocks on any subject. Reel to reel copying and bigo...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by a
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by a

Dishwasher recirculation pump question.

Our tecnik dishwasher has finally packed in. I'd just go out and buy something else, but the missus is insisting that I...
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by no
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by no

Cooker cable

My kitchen currently has a dedicated cooker circuit, 6mm cable from a 32A MCB. New kitchen planned, I now want a new in...
40 comments posted 9yrs
posted by graham-usenet
40 comments posted 9yrs posted by graham-usenet