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Flexipipe connection to toilet cistern

I need to make a temporary connection from the supply pipe to my old toiler cistern which unfortunately has a bottom fe...
22 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
22 comments posted 2yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Energy payments by direct debits

I've said many times there are *no* checks, despite what is supposed to happen. It'll be interesting to see if anything...
11 comments posted 2yrs
posted by Jeff
11 comments posted 2yrs posted by Jeff

Roller Blind

My lounge windows is 235 cm wide with a 135 cm drop. I had a fairly cheap roller blind which collapsed round my ears a...
1 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jgnewsid
1 comments posted 2yrs posted by jgnewsid

Rigmorole of setting up Smart devices

I spent much of yesterday evening, trying to get a Sonoff inline, USB switch connected to Alexa. I tried a variety of s...
10 comments posted 2yrs
posted by a
10 comments posted 2yrs posted by a

small generator

Hi all I got a second hand generator cheap with a view to 'tinkering it up'. I thought it was 3kW but the stator says 1...
15 comments posted 2yrs
posted by joe.blogs
15 comments posted 2yrs posted by joe.blogs

Compact flush unit

Hi, I imported a compact toilet from overseas 20+ years ago. The internal flush valve eventually broke and I had to rep...
1 comments posted 2yrs
posted by cirianon
1 comments posted 2yrs posted by cirianon

Utterly Stupid Idea ?

Or is it just me ? https://pimpmykey.co.uk/ If I were an insurance company, I'd invalidate the policy of any customer th...
46 comments posted 2yrs
posted by mark
46 comments posted 2yrs posted by mark

OT: Cold Weather Kills Electric Cars

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/business/tesla-charging-chicago-cold-weather.html
2 comments posted 2yrs
posted by cd
2 comments posted 2yrs posted by cd

Wanted: Ground penetrating radar for gardeners

SWMBO had bought six new rose plants (bare rooted) and has been trying to plant them near a large silver birch. She dec...
20 comments posted 2yrs
posted by not
20 comments posted 2yrs posted by not

Workshop heating - success!

I've finally found the tuit to get a cheap Chinese diesel air heater running in the workshop - it's great! They have a...
11 comments posted 2yrs
posted by nothanks
11 comments posted 2yrs posted by nothanks

"Air Fryers"

Are selling like Dutch tulips did 300 years ago. If the manufacturers were honest, and described them as what they real...
123 comments posted 2yrs
posted by cd
123 comments posted 2yrs posted by cd

Smart Meters: Should You Get One?

Channel 5, Wednesday 31 January 21:00 - 21:58 or again Saturday 3 February 17:55 - 18:40 Had mine for over two years now...
32 comments posted 2yrs
posted by me
32 comments posted 2yrs posted by me

Solar Panels . . .

I'm due to have a new roof in the next month or so, and the roofer has told me he can install some solar panels 'while...
56 comments posted 2yrs
posted by patchmoney
56 comments posted 2yrs posted by patchmoney