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Kitchen carousel units

...specifically, the one made by Ninka and sold by B&Q: http://www.diy.com/departments/it-kitchenswhite-plastic-storage...
16 comments posted 9yrs
posted by mail
16 comments posted 9yrs posted by mail

Chimney Pot Identification

'evening This photo shows two chimneys on the same wall. https://www.dropbox.com/sc/mmwxn1omdorqt2t/AABO5-VRbEI1G4Fg3x1...
21 comments posted 9yrs
posted by usenet
21 comments posted 9yrs posted by usenet

no earth and other woes

My son bought his first house ..... and my list of jobs to be done increases weekly. Last week he bought several new ce...
22 comments posted 9yrs
posted by rick_hughes
22 comments posted 9yrs posted by rick_hughes

Conducting concrete

Somebody in one of these two groups recently said that a concrete based house means you're earthed. Concrete is a bloody...
29 comments posted 9yrs
posted by imvalid
29 comments posted 9yrs posted by imvalid

Idle musings on water softeners

We have one which uses bags of tablets. At the time of purchase we rejected the more expensive ones which used blocks o...
11 comments posted 9yrs
posted by wibble
11 comments posted 9yrs posted by wibble

Clock Radios

My present device is now approaching 20 years old, and I am wondering about getting one which does its tuning using som...
115 comments posted 9yrs
posted by chris
115 comments posted 9yrs posted by chris

Milling drill bit?

I need to drill out a 10mm diameter hole to a depth of 3mm in a piece of brass. I want a `flat` hole not conical as a n...
30 comments posted 9yrs
posted by noname
30 comments posted 9yrs posted by noname

More green lies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38391034 A carbon capture plant that takes CO2 from the coal fired plant and makes b...
57 comments posted 9yrs
posted by dennis
57 comments posted 9yrs posted by dennis

Bugger

Before Xmas the plug in shower pump electronic count down timer stopped counting down. As it was 15 or so years old, I...
1 comments posted 9yrs
posted by spam
1 comments posted 9yrs posted by spam

[OT] Xmas artificial snow from the 40s

Saw this on a BBC how we used to do Xmas over the decades programme (probably still on iPlayer, forget the title). 1940...
14 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tw_usenet
14 comments posted 9yrs posted by tw_usenet

OT Advert on the box

Some sort of plug-in smelly device that drugs your dog/cat? How does this work? What effect has it on humans? Is anyone...
27 comments posted 9yrs
posted by harry130747
27 comments posted 9yrs posted by harry130747

fitting pigs ear handrail

how to fit 4 mtr length of pigs ear handrail to a solid wall with a plaster coat advice on size and length of screws, si...
8 comments posted 9yrs
posted by lencrissell
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by lencrissell

Heating system cover

I've just cancelled my heating system cover from Corgi Homeplan as they have increased the premium by 21% and removed r...
10 comments posted 9yrs
posted by news
10 comments posted 9yrs posted by news

Dyson DC24 pcb.

My mother's Dyson DC24 brushbar motor has died and clearly all is not well with the pcb that supplies it. https://www.d...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tim.downie
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by tim.downie