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Price for a new double gaze window

Looking for a ball park figure as I have no idea if it should cost £100 or £500. Window apprx 46 x 70 inches wooden. Wa...
6 comments posted 10yrs
posted by noname
6 comments posted 10yrs posted by noname

Saw Blade

Is it possible to get or fit a grinder blade to an electric saw. I have apair of saws that I am unlikely to use much in...
8 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Weatherlawyer
8 comments posted 10yrs posted by Weatherlawyer

Lawnmower engine

I have a Mountfield (aka B&Q) HP454 with a V35 motor (though the spec probably isn't important). Had it for 4 - 5 years...
12 comments posted 10yrs
posted by GlMiM
12 comments posted 10yrs posted by GlMiM

Replacement lamp

I've been looking online for a replacement lamp for one of our floodlights. The one that has blown has Crompton SUN 70i...
7 comments posted 10yrs
posted by news
7 comments posted 10yrs posted by news

Tefal Aquaspeed 5370 steam iron

How the hell do you get one opened up? I think the thermostat is playing up and decided to have a look with an eye to e...
6 comments posted 10yrs
posted by rmoudndgers
6 comments posted 10yrs posted by rmoudndgers

USB power distribution

Having an older car (12yrs), I have no USB sockets to charge/power the multiplicity of tech that I and the family carry...
0 comments posted 10yrs
posted by bob.minchinREMOVE
0 comments posted 10yrs posted by bob.minchinREMOVE

Obsolete Fluorescent tube?

I don't need one but was just wondering what happened to the tubes that used to have a metallic strip along their length...
22 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Somewhere
22 comments posted 10yrs posted by Somewhere

OT: Study confirms BBC bias

http://news-watch.co.uk/bbc-brexit-collection-strong-bias-against-leaving-the-eu/ Thus neatly leaving the impressions t...
3 comments posted 10yrs
posted by tnp
3 comments posted 10yrs posted by tnp

Where's the paint tubs?

My son, at work: "Where's the paint tubs?" Other bloke: "In the van, but only my wife's allowed to call me that."
5 comments posted 10yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
5 comments posted 10yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Screws - what do I need to buy?

I have made a temporary shed-like structure. Every year, it gets erected, used for around a week, then dismantled and s...
10 comments posted 10yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
10 comments posted 10yrs posted by NOTsomeone

OT - for any email gurus

Just received some SPAM (gasp!) to a Hotmail account. I looked at the message headers and stuff, and saw (small part):...
8 comments posted 10yrs
posted by wibble
8 comments posted 10yrs posted by wibble

Rising damp

Yes. I know this has been done before.... and the consensus that silicone injection not worth the money. However. I hav...
11 comments posted 10yrs
posted by tim
11 comments posted 10yrs posted by tim