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Seagulls

Over the last year or so a large flock of Seagulls has invaded our neighbourhood. We are on a small hill, so they tend...
40 comments posted 10yrs
posted by no
40 comments posted 10yrs posted by no

SOT: Interesting fast delivery

I'm finally sorting out my 'indoor shed' (a large room I use as a workshop). I decided to order some flooring, and sele...
10 comments posted 10yrs
posted by news0006
10 comments posted 10yrs posted by news0006

Blow torch

Is yours the Rothenberger Superfire 2? http://www.rothenberger.co.uk/en/products/-/1350-super-fire-2-torch-/
5 comments posted 10yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
5 comments posted 10yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Cutting disc expiry date

I bought a pack of five Erbauer metal cutting discs from Screwfix about 18 months ago. Three were used and the rest sto...
4 comments posted 10yrs
posted by JMLayman
4 comments posted 10yrs posted by JMLayman

Petrol lawnmower trouble

I've got a Hayter petrol lawnmower with a Briggs and Stratton 4 stroke engine. In a moment of madness I turned it over...
4 comments posted 10yrs
posted by stainburn
4 comments posted 10yrs posted by stainburn

Salt driveway weedkiller ?

Posted recently about the profusion of weeds *since* having my driveway weeded and re-sanded. Fed up with fiddly chemic...
19 comments posted 10yrs
posted by jethro_uk
19 comments posted 10yrs posted by jethro_uk

Laying slabs question

I've been instructed by HID to lay a slab path. Because the vegetable bed on on side is some 100mm higher than the exis...
5 comments posted 10yrs
posted by robkgraham
5 comments posted 10yrs posted by robkgraham

Leaking roof

A friend has a leak through her roof. It is a 3-storey "town house" and acc ess is difficult, so we have not seen the s...
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posted by stvlcnc43
7 comments posted 10yrs posted by stvlcnc43

That gap around the sockets

I've never really found an acceptable solution to the annoying gap that shows above, below or to one side of a socket/s...
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posted by 0345.86.86.888
1 comments posted 10yrs posted by 0345.86.86.888

OT Not the age of Aquarius after all.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/anthropocene-epoch-new-planet-earth-man-made-what-is-it-a7215116.html
0 comments posted 10yrs
posted by harry130747
0 comments posted 10yrs posted by harry130747

Karcher K4.99 low power.

Hi all, I was just having a tidy up in the shed and found a Karcher K4.99 that I think I was asked to look at with/for...
3 comments posted 10yrs
posted by news
3 comments posted 10yrs posted by news

Riverside Cottage 7

OK so all the plumbing apart from some microbore buried in the walls is stripped out. Radiators in fair order stacked o...
10 comments posted 10yrs
posted by tim
10 comments posted 10yrs posted by tim

Reinforcing the back of a TV or monitor

We have (had) a standard 20" Sony TV in our motor home, mounted on the wall. It has been fine for a number of years but...
13 comments posted 10yrs
posted by wibble
13 comments posted 10yrs posted by wibble