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Looks good to me.
Also good was the hand carved trees. Chris
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How strong are chimney stacks?
I have a defunct stack which goes up through the hip face of the roof, is about 2x3 ft wide/deep and projects some 12 ft above the tiles including pots. The reason I ask is tonight we have 63mph winds...
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Biomess?
"Billions of pounds of public money is to be spent supporting ?green? boilers, despite evidence from the government?s own experts and industry that they will do little to help the UK meet its clean...
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Highly insulated homes and Asthma
Some research at Exeter has found that people in highly insulated homes are 50-100% more likely to get Asthma than those who aren't. This research covered housing association homes. The suggestion is...
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9 years ago
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Roofing Options
I have a carport, currently covered in felt (that is leaking). I am considering three options: 1. Remove and replace the felt (cheapest, but shortest life) 2. remove felt and replace with EPDM...
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9 years ago
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BT Freestyle 650 green light flashing
Everything works fine, but the green light on the base unit flashes all the time. According to the manual it should only flash when being rung, during a call, or searching for handsets. I have tried...
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9 years ago
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OT (ish?): British Gas Hive Hub
Just had a hive heating system installed for being able to control the CH & HW from away. So far so good. The Hive has its own 'hub' (it calls it a 'Nano Hub' on the label on the unit) which plugs...
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9 years ago
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OT: MOT reminder
Up until last year, I received a reminder that my MOT was due, and it gave me the first date on which I could have it done, and still preserve the old MOT date. This year, nothing, I just remembered...
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9 years ago
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OT: Stephen Hawking film question
Something that puzzles me about Stephen Hawking's communicator gadget is that he appears to control it with a binary switch, which clearly works but must be as tedious as hell to enter text. Oddly...
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Converting cross slot sizes to Philips
I want to get some Phillips screwdrivers for very small screws. Most suppliers quote something like this: "#0 and #00". However others quote things like this: "7 Heads Phillips 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5,...
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OT Car insurance.
Well yes, there was that too.
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One way mirrors again
This was discussed before - there is no such thing as a one way mirror, it simply relies on the dark side giving off less light, and the light side reflecting more, so the light side cannot see the...
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9 years ago
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Dismantling a bike trailer axle
I need to get at least one drum brake off the end off a chariot trailer axle, in order to replace the suspension parts, which are fubar. The brake apparently attached with a nut/bolt, which I have...
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9 years ago
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Bit of luck.
Had a bulb fail today which tripped the MCB. And the dimmer - which had gone open circuit. I'm more used to the triac failing short circuit, so a new bulb works, but doesn't dim. So had a look inside...
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A small door lock, what's it called?
This is on an outside door to dustbin locker. I'm trying to find out what it's called without much luck. Can anyone help? http://www.tiikoni.com/tis/view/?id=711346b...
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