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Mower Matters

I've been taking the ride-on mower out the last few days, in between rain, as the grass had got quite long. So I did it...
26 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tim
26 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim

Reliability of pressure reducing valves

We have always had issues with one of our toilets l. The cistern is mains fed, and I feel that it would be less problem...
12 comments posted 2yrs
posted by chrispvholmes
12 comments posted 2yrs posted by chrispvholmes

Converting a klaxon from 240V to low V DC

An old 2C/GPO mains powered telephone bell outdoor repeater/sounder. To be used outdoors as a portable flooding-imminen...
1 comments posted 2yrs
posted by diverse
1 comments posted 2yrs posted by diverse

Wagons Roll... Automatically.

(Finally got round to reconnecting to Usenet. Forza eternal September!) I'm trying to find some information about about...
16 comments posted 2yrs
posted by robin
16 comments posted 2yrs posted by robin

You won't see a newspaper article like this nowadays

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/commonwealth-migration-since-1945/controversy-over-italians-in-b...
52 comments posted 2yrs
posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012
52 comments posted 2yrs posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

New shed roof covering

The felt roof covering on my shed appears to be leaking. The shed was build by the supplier in 2018 so its only lasted...
24 comments posted 2yrs
posted by alan
24 comments posted 2yrs posted by alan

Toilet/washbasin electrical safety

I suspect I have asked for advice on this before! Current situation is a single place toilet with separate room for han...
8 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tim
8 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim

I broke it again...

Or at least it looks like I have as seeing no new messages or threads for some time. Brian
12 comments posted 2yrs
posted by brian1gaff
12 comments posted 2yrs posted by brian1gaff

OT: Sod's Law (2025 Update)

The brightness of my TV started playing up last week. Top half of the screen was as normal, but in the bottom half the...
68 comments posted 2yrs
posted by me
68 comments posted 2yrs posted by me

Magnetic filters for CH and DHW systems

Three questions: 1. Do they use electro-magnets, traditional iron-based magnets, or neodymium magnets? 2. If the last t...
4 comments posted 2yrs
posted by me
4 comments posted 2yrs posted by me

light and flexible roofing sheet

I am building a beehive, a long hive not unlike the Drayton seen here https://www.draytonbeehive.com/mine is to have a...
18 comments posted 2yrs
posted by timw
18 comments posted 2yrs posted by timw

Lawn protection

About 1 sq metre of my lawn gets a bit trodden down during wet periods as I step onto it to reach the rest of the garde...
15 comments posted 2yrs
posted by chris
15 comments posted 2yrs posted by chris

"Smart" blind motor AM43

(passim) after much research plumped for a cheapy Am43 "smart" blinds motor from the middle kingdom. So far so good. Wo...
4 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jethro_uk
4 comments posted 2yrs posted by jethro_uk

OT: direct debit to DVLA

I am updating my address details for my driving licence and form V5C. According to the DVLA website, You need to 'Updat...
11 comments posted 2yrs
posted by newsgroups
11 comments posted 2yrs posted by newsgroups