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Cable tie fixings for painted concrete outside?

I want to fix something to the external "fence" which is in fact stacked concrete gravel board, painted with external p...
12 comments posted 2yrs
posted by wibble
12 comments posted 2yrs posted by wibble

3D printer.

I need to get one. Main use will be cases and frames and possibly scale parts. Probably polylactic acid only. Would lik...
10 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tnp
10 comments posted 2yrs posted by tnp

Vehicle Electronics and Water[1]

Is it my imagination or do there seem to be many more drownings in motor vehicles than there used to be? People caught...
66 comments posted 2yrs
posted by nickodell49
66 comments posted 2yrs posted by nickodell49

Fragile wired doorbell cable (a diy question)

I'm trying to replace a wired doorbell but after nearly 40 years of (concealed) expose to extremes of temperatures the...
8 comments posted 2yrs
posted by peter
8 comments posted 2yrs posted by peter

Mother nature knows best... (2026 Update)

https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1772466901345599716 What's left of a Texas solar farm after a hailstorm...
31 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tnp
31 comments posted 2yrs posted by tnp

OT: Baltimore bridge replacment

There’s already talk of replacing the bridge (which was undoubtably an elegant structure), but surely at the mouth of a...
131 comments posted 2yrs
posted by timdownieuk
131 comments posted 2yrs posted by timdownieuk

Whoopeedo

OpenReach have just notified me that *ultrafast full fibre* is now available to my premises! With 6 months left on my c...
27 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tim
27 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim

40mm waste pipe into 110mm branch

I need to connect a 1.5m length of 40mm plastic pipe using a rubber boss connector into the 60mm opening on a 110mm bra...
12 comments posted 2yrs
posted by patchmoney
12 comments posted 2yrs posted by patchmoney

OT Changing Mobile Phone provider

We are considering changing mobile phone provider. I understand we need to obtain the ‘code’ from our current provider...
6 comments posted 2yrs
posted by noinv
6 comments posted 2yrs posted by noinv

Any idea what caused these?

I cut the lawns for the first time this year and found this series of 4 holes at the edge of the side lawn beside a ret...
18 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
18 comments posted 2yrs posted by tricky.dicky

OT Advice

Back in 1995 or so, when my daughter got me signed up with Demon so she could communicate easily from university, I had...
52 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tim
52 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim

Volume difference between TV channels

Having connected up my new TV (see earlier thread on controlling a Panasonic TV with a Humax controller), I find that t...
5 comments posted 2yrs
posted by me
5 comments posted 2yrs posted by me

Strange behaviour of cistern inlet valve

The toilet cistern has a Fluidmaster bottom inlet float valve I fitted about 13 years ago which has been fine until thi...
5 comments posted 2yrs
posted by nomail
5 comments posted 2yrs posted by nomail

OT: Security wheel bolts

Had new tyres put on the car today (2018 reg Peugeot 208), which I bought a couple of years ago. It's the first time I'...
7 comments posted 2yrs
posted by office
7 comments posted 2yrs posted by office