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What does R&R stand for?

I've been sent a schedule of works for sorting out a laminate flooring after a leak. It contains a few line that refer...
7 comments posted 9yrs
posted by matthelliwell
7 comments posted 9yrs posted by matthelliwell

Wireless intercom

Can anyone recommend a wireless intercom to speak to visitors after they have rung the doorbell? Sometimes I may be sle...
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posted by invalid
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by invalid

Nextbase 312gw Incarcam

Anyone got one? Just got one for Christmas. Unsure about Parking Mode : I think from manual that it should be switched...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by jmsmith2011
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by jmsmith2011

Ground Penetrating Radar

Good morning. I'm looking for some disconnected clay/plastic pipe-work under an internal concrete base and/or externall...
18 comments posted 9yrs
posted by usenet
18 comments posted 9yrs posted by usenet

This car fault blew my mind in 2015

No amount of logic could solve this which happened to me 300 miles from Rot terdam - Nuremburg in 2015. Limped to hotel...
13 comments posted 9yrs
posted by swldxer1
13 comments posted 9yrs posted by swldxer1

Led lighting

I was about to buy some strip lights for work, 2x 4 foot flourescent tubes, (36x2 watts). I'll be buying 5. Looking at...
26 comments posted 9yrs
posted by rsandr
26 comments posted 9yrs posted by rsandr

USB remote HDD turn off/on

I have my BB modem/router mounted in the loft, to which I have no quick easy access. On those rare occaisions I do desi...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Cars have definitely changed

Having been driving for 40 years ... the most that has ever gone wrong on the Transmission side of things is a slipping...
104 comments posted 9yrs
posted by rick_hughes
104 comments posted 9yrs posted by rick_hughes

Self Build in Norfolk would you like be part of it

I have been looking for a forum, where I could post this in Google but at t he end of the day, I think that the sort of...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by georgewbell
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by georgewbell

For all you electric car fans.

http://sundown.me.uk/technology/mercedes-aa-class.mp4
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posted by dave
10 comments posted 9yrs posted by dave

Backup hot water options for combi owners

In another thread someone made the comment "sensible people have an alternate way of heating and providing hot water an...
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posted by see.my.signature
32 comments posted 9yrs posted by see.my.signature

dead henry vacuum cleaner,,

Hi gent's,I wonder if anyone can help me with some advice,? I've been asked to have a look at a Henry vacuum which was...
17 comments posted 9yrs
posted by stirlinglad
17 comments posted 9yrs posted by stirlinglad

Rheostat / Variable resistor

I have never understood why both ends of the track are connected in a circuit. Can anyone enlighten me?
36 comments posted 9yrs
posted by training.jplant
36 comments posted 9yrs posted by training.jplant

Electric heater efficiency

I'd always thought that electric heaters were all the same in terms of efficiency (ie. s**te) and you get the same amou...
25 comments posted 9yrs
posted by rsandr
25 comments posted 9yrs posted by rsandr