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How do I find a good and efficient tradesman?
I have a lot of hedging and would like it kept trimmed as sharp as my hairdresser does hair. I am having enormous difficulty, I have had peeps come, give me an estimate, promise to return at a later...
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Water meter stopcock hex key (2023 Update)
Hi all, We're in the Thames Water region. About four years ago we had a water meter installed. It's under a plastic cover in the pavement outside the house. I t has built into it a stopcock which has...
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Using Wago lever connectors in a non-Wago box?
I've been very impressed with Wago boxes & lever connectors [1] so far, but on the TLC website I've only seen the one kind of box, which takes T&E (or similar). Is there any reason not to use the Wago...
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Copper pipe - seam???
Never noticed before, but some pipe from my 3 year old stock (BES sourced IIRC) shows what looks like a seam: Curious... I *thought* copper pipe was drawn. Is that a welding seam or just a mark from...
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9 years ago
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Bending 22m copper - annealing?
Well - I guess I've been mostly bending 15mm with a pipe bender. Had to do some 22mm today - boy does it need some welly. Someone (Andrew G IIRC) mentioned something about annealing pipe before...
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Well, sometimes you have to see it for real to know it looks crap
Working out how to take the water main through the ceiling, been testing some dry-fitted pipes: Wrong: Better: "Wrong" seemed like a good idea - until I tried it... Why so far forward? Well: (Above...
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Radiator brackets - which way round?
I've never been sure about this one... ordinary radiator brackets have an 'L' cross section (eg and are obviously intended to be able to be fitted either way round so that the radiator hangs 'nearer...
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Today's DIY cockup
12V halogens do not last very long when connected to the mains.
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9 years ago
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OT Internet Status
This morning, virginmedia cable service down. 3 mobile internet access - down. O2 mobile internet access down. EE mobile internet access down. (3 transmitter is not located at the same place of O2 &...
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OT: SoGA stuff
I remember seeing it here on several occasions in the past, but Google brought nothing... A friend bought a top-of-the-range TV from Curry's last year, and it now died - 15 months after he bought it....
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Power shower: Something one can install oneself?
I can wire a plug. Before it became illegal, I put in 13A spurs (extra sockets) in my own house. I've put in new sinks, soldered Yorkshire fittings. I am a concientious DIY-er. But a power shower? It...
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Has anyone built a lightbox?
I've been asked to build an A3 size lightbox by a lady who is doing a botanical art course and has need of such for tracing leaf shapes and the likes onto paper. I can get what is billed as suitable...
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9 years ago
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cartridge v. wire fuse?
There is an fault in the mains supply to the electric heaters in the community hall for which I am responsible. The heaters are fed from an off-peak meter via a time switch. This switch is not...
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working on gas.
My gas supplier has turned the gas off at the meter saying there's a a leak or the system needs tightening. Currently there's a 0.5 milli bar 'leak' in 2 mins. which he says is within limits but...
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TV/HD/Sky Qs
Hi all I have a Sony Bravia 32" TV and have been watching the Free-to-View standard Sky channels. The DIY bit is that I set the dish and cabling up having inherited it from emigrating friends! The TV...
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