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LED lighting tape

I am looking for such to put under kitchen cupboards to provide down light. I have looked on-line and there are loads o...
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by me
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by me

anyone have any experience of dyson lighting ?

http://www.dyson.co.uk/lighting/csys.aspx http://www.dyson.co.uk/shop/jake-dyson-lighting.aspx comments that it's blood...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by whisky.dave
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by whisky.dave

Online train booking japes

Trying to book train Rotterdam-Arnhem for 21DEC16,but on NS site you can only pay via a NL bank, so used DB site to boo...
1 comments posted 9yrs
posted by swldxer1
1 comments posted 9yrs posted by swldxer1

OT: India joins the EU!

It must have, or how else could it join CERN as we are constantly told that the price of Brexit is that we will be deni...
143 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tnp
143 comments posted 9yrs posted by tnp

My very first merbile fern kerl

Tried my new IRIDIUM 9555 satellite phone today and although I could get a signal in my conservatory, reception was gar...
2 comments posted 9yrs
posted by swldxer1
2 comments posted 9yrs posted by swldxer1

Zinc guttering for summerhouse

I would like to install zinc guttering for the summerhouse in the garden. Where can I buy zinc guttering for small build...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Steven Higgins
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by Steven Higgins

Another Glue Q

I have 2 plastics I need to glue together ABS pipe which is inserted into Polypropylene cast female sockets. The fittin...
10 comments posted 9yrs
posted by rick_hughes
10 comments posted 9yrs posted by rick_hughes

DC mains (was: Are 3A plug fuses really necessary?)

If direct current electricity supply continued into the 1950s in some areas, I wonder what the practicalities were. App...
63 comments posted 9yrs
posted by newsgroups
63 comments posted 9yrs posted by newsgroups

Calor gas fire not working properly

Hiya I was wondering if anybody could help me, I have a calor gas fire and I've just bought a new gas bottle and it's t...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by lauratrigg1979
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by lauratrigg1979

Shower screen, folding - choosing and fitting

I need to fit a folding shower screen to one end of my bath. I want to get a good quality one that won't leak. In parti...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by performanceandmedia
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by performanceandmedia

Diving board erected on sewer?

This is odd. I looked up the company and it's waste water they deal with. But what on earth is that tower he's stood on...
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by invalid
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by invalid

Riverside cottage 10 (ping Tim W)

I am trying to plan the dormer and loft voids insulation. Is there a practical thickness of PIR foam beyond which savin...
11 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tim
11 comments posted 9yrs posted by tim

2-part wireless thermostat ?

Due to some brain dead design back in the 1960s, our thermostat (plus associated physical cabling) is in the worst poss...
7 comments posted 9yrs
posted by jethro_uk
7 comments posted 9yrs posted by jethro_uk