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Switch with neon indicator

I've got some lights in the loft with the switch in the passageway below. It's not unknown for the loft lights to be le...
38 comments posted 10yrs
posted by me
38 comments posted 10yrs posted by me

DAB antenna problem

Bloke is going to fit my SONY DAB car radio into my 159 and fit the antenna to the windscreen, but he says that he canno...
48 comments posted 10yrs
posted by swldxer1
48 comments posted 10yrs posted by swldxer1

Push button booze coming?

http://www.alphr.com/science/1004567/scientists-accidently-convert-co2-into-ethanol
1 comments posted 10yrs
posted by dennis
1 comments posted 10yrs posted by dennis

OT: Odd medical (?) head protuberance

I was in a tea room recently (Blue Pool, Dorset) and the chap on the next table had a very odd 'appendage' sticking out...
6 comments posted 10yrs
posted by andrew
6 comments posted 10yrs posted by andrew

Damaged Chipboard carcass on bathroom unit

We have a bathroom cabinet which still looks nice with the exception that part of one side of the cabinet has the chipb...
4 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Woody
4 comments posted 10yrs posted by Woody

'Double locking' a DG front door?

Hi all, Trying to help an elderly neighbour with what may or may not be an actual issue. She has an Everest fitted Unio...
17 comments posted 10yrs
posted by news
17 comments posted 10yrs posted by news

Electrical, but needs painting!

I need to paint the soffit boards but there are 3ph + N cables mounted there (overhead mains power). I can make up a se...
4 comments posted 10yrs
posted by supportnik
4 comments posted 10yrs posted by supportnik

Electronics question

To provide backup during power cuts (to my shame I can't live without broadband) I'm thinking of buying one these: http...
27 comments posted 10yrs
posted by dmarsden
27 comments posted 10yrs posted by dmarsden

Combi microwave question

I have a Sharp Combi Microwave oven (R-959MA) which has always given good service. However, recently when using it on C...
0 comments posted 10yrs
posted by h.macguire
0 comments posted 10yrs posted by h.macguire

Oven extractor outlet into passage

I'm about to fit an oven hob filter/extractor (of the non-recirculating typ e) and would prefer to have the outlet exit...
7 comments posted 10yrs
posted by mitchmunden
7 comments posted 10yrs posted by mitchmunden

covered passageway

I wonder if I'll get any response to this one? My daughter wishes to have the 1.5m wide passageway between her house wa...
17 comments posted 10yrs
posted by news
17 comments posted 10yrs posted by news

OT: blushing

Does anyone actually blush? I thought this was an old wives' tale. I've never, and have never seen anyone else, change...
19 comments posted 10yrs
posted by invalid
19 comments posted 10yrs posted by invalid

OT The Holy Day

Saturday the 15th of October 2016. The Day of all Days. Not one phone call or one text. The first time that this has ha...
2 comments posted 10yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
2 comments posted 10yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Cleaning oven exhaust fan

Have an electric fan oven which has an vent fan mounted above the grill element. In terms of construction it resembles...
6 comments posted 10yrs
posted by cyberwitch
6 comments posted 10yrs posted by cyberwitch

Burglar alarm bell box

Probably a daft question, but I wanted to check... I noticed earlier today that the top of the alarm bell box is missin...
15 comments posted 10yrs
posted by news
15 comments posted 10yrs posted by news