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Nailing solid floors

I'm laying a new solid oak floor in the lounge over the existing 20mm Victorian pine floorboards. The new oak is thinne...
15 comments posted 10yrs
posted by me
15 comments posted 10yrs posted by me

OT: Ramblings on Tidal Power (long)

I've been doing some calculations on tidal power. There are two locations of immediate interest ATM, Swansea Tidal Lago...
101 comments posted 10yrs
posted by me
101 comments posted 10yrs posted by me

Removing screwed-on plasterboard

Some over-hasty plasterboarding has to be redone in order to re-route some cabling. I've never had to do it: can the bo...
11 comments posted 10yrs
posted by mail
11 comments posted 10yrs posted by mail

Protecting garden furniture

We have a wooden garden swing mode from treated softwood which has been outside throughout the year since we bought it....
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posted by wibble
2 comments posted 10yrs posted by wibble

Sharpen angle for wooden plane

Never used this wooden plane (had it 40 years) but have decided to tidy it up and start using it. The plane is 14 inches...
14 comments posted 10yrs
posted by noname
14 comments posted 10yrs posted by noname

DIY Surgery

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-37361456
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posted by cpb
1 comments posted 10yrs posted by cpb

Power Banks - Buy Power Banks Online

To keep your phone, tablet or other USB gadget going throughout the day you require a force bank.
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posted by oreva.fedanng
3 comments posted 10yrs posted by oreva.fedanng

A tiny screw was all it took

Been driving me mad for weeks. http://bit.ly/2ccbvn3
2 comments posted 10yrs
posted by swldxer1
2 comments posted 10yrs posted by swldxer1

Trustatrader.com

Does anybody have any comments on them? I have to arrange for somebody to replace a ceiling in a town in Essex, whereas...
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posted by davey
11 comments posted 10yrs posted by davey

Consumer Unit top and bottom connections

Is there a convention or rule on which wires should be should be connected to the top and which to the bottom of the ma...
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posted by dicegeorge
3 comments posted 10yrs posted by dicegeorge

Wireless thermostat

Any recommendations and/or don't touch with the proverbial?
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posted by nomail
20 comments posted 10yrs posted by nomail

Driveway sensor alarms?

We can't see the mailbox from the house - it's down at the end of a fairly long drive. I'd like to know whether the pos...
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posted by firstname
5 comments posted 10yrs posted by firstname

Where is the best place to buy robot parts?

Looking for some toothed pulleys and belts to motorise an N gauge turntable and finding compatible parts on Amazon is ha...
11 comments posted 10yrs
posted by dennis
11 comments posted 10yrs posted by dennis

Re: Car Panel Paint Damage Grrrr

> OK so some twonk has apparently run a bumper along the side of the > near side front and rear doors of my ford focus....
2 comments posted 10yrs
posted by charles
2 comments posted 10yrs posted by charles