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A toilet anywhere?
There was an ad on the radio the other day which I did not catch but appeared to be saying now you can have a toilet anywhere. Is this true, as I'm considering putting a timber megashed thing near the...
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Replacing services to the property
Hi All, We're having the front of our house re-modelled including new garage, front extension, roof and so on. It's a delightful 70's beast. so BT wire must be getting on. Next door neighbour recently...
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pipe cutters
Hello, The rollers in my pipe cutters have rusted and seized, I will try to unscrew it and lubricate it to bring it back to life, but I wondered about buying a new one. Are there any that are...
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Camera monitoring inside the house
For various reasons, management has requested that we look at alarms and cameras to keep a remote track on the house. It's not a subject I have looked at in any depth, but I have seen a few things...
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OT: Alcohol is an antidepressant or a depressant?
I read here and there that alcohol is a depressant, and find this nonsense. When you drink, you feel good. If it was a depressant, nobody would buy it. Some sites say it's a depressant later. I find...
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OT. The Biplane factory
Interesting. From its workshops in southern England, the British engineering firm Retrotec has become one of the world's leaders in biplane restoration and reconstruction, returning a host of rare...
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Will new brushes fix it?
My 2 month old Bosch Ergoflex lawn mower got seriously abused when cutting grass that was too long and wet. The yooof using it said that it got slower and slower and then stopped. Next day I checked...
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Setting up a powerline network
My Son in law wants to use powerline alongside wifi. He has a split supply CU with separate upstairs and downstairs ring mains, will this cause connec tion problems? At the last house we used...
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[SOLVED] Honeywell CM927 LCD screen fail - common? (2023 Update)
I have a CM927 which is a couple of years old. Individual cells in the LCD screen are starting to fail - still usable at the moment but a bit disconcerting. Google gives a mixed picture. Some posters...
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Now what have I done?
Firefox reported Flash player and Adobe reader vulnerable so without much thought I clicked the button. Adobe download manager (I think) reported a problem and sent off a report to M Soft. Meanwhile...
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EUSSR wants to stop holiday snaps without permission.
Yet more madness from Brussels. "Freedom od Panorama." Clause 46 (formerly the subject of Amendment 421 in committee) of the Julia Reda report on Copyright issues involves the right to publish...
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OT: Royal Mail T&Cs
I received a card from Royal Mail, telling me that I needed to pay £11 for customs duty for a package. The only clue to the origin of this package was that the reference number ended in '..US'. As to...
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Lintel or not?
Just had the boiler changed at Handyman Towers. When the houses were built in the 70s all the heating was oil fired, later changed to gas, and was of he hot air type, this was replaced by radiators at...
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Method of moving gazebo and tables to and from pitch
I am providing a charity stand at the local carnival, to hand out leaflets and make contact with potential new members. This will be a gazebo (about 2.5m * 2.5m), a couple of tables, some boxes of...
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DIY Aircon Daily Mail
Basically a plastic bucket with a fan grafted into the top which blows air over a block of ice to produce cooler air. I'm not convinced that it will cool enough volume, but an interesting DIY...
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