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what is it you catch only from having intercourse with a dead body?
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Roof Insulation
To follow up on my post about sloping ceiling insulation and the possibility of using Celotex I bought one of these from Amazon (if Brian is listening it's a hand held infra red thermometer by...
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Solar PV / current sensing
HI Folks Recently had a solar photovoltaic system installed - 14 panels on the roof, and inverter which charges about 5kw of batteries, and a clever little box (called, cutely, 'eddi') which diverts...
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25mm MDPE blue water pipe - slightly over size
Just a quick sanity check. My digital calliper shows my blue MDPE mains water pipe as about 25.3mm external diameter. Is this within tolerance, do I have a dodgy calliper, or what? Just doing a sanity...
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Very OT - which is more environmentally friendly?
Blow your nose on a tissue. Options are: (1) Flush down the bog to enhance the beach (2) Put in the bin to go to landfill (or incinerator) Which is more environmentally friendly? Or should you use...
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OT: CBD - miracle or snake oil?
I was talking to a guy in his shop about this that and the other (mood/sleep/BP/pain etc.)and he asked if i'd tried CBD, it was just about on my radar but he apparently swears by it but then again he...
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Espagnolette window handles - hopeless design
We have a conservatory with 15 fanlight windows, opened using espagnolette handles. It's 8 years old, and so far I have replaced 13 of the 15 handles! These things are of stupid design. They *always*...
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Insulating the man cave
I have just finished a floating floor on 75mm Celotex and also used the same to create an insulated ceiling, all the joints have been taped with foil tape. I am now about to start on the walls but...
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how has the fix held up? 8 months later?
has your repair held up? Any tips would be appreciated, I am about to repair mine. Thanks for any info
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Embra
Embra was hotching today....lift doors opened at Waverly and I couldn't get out for the bank of american tourists with suit cases wanting to come in....ferkin' alarming...so I just stood there ubtil...
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Screw cable clips
I need to run some cables in the loft but for noise reasons I don't want to use hammer cable clips (not least, the wood is very hard and takes a lot of banging). Are there any suggestions for regular...
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Fixing thread bar into wall
Hi all I need to fit some stainless steel thread bar into an outside wall to fasten a stainless steel chimney to. I am thinking of using resin (( e.g. so was looking for some top tips and have a few...
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Re: What do you do if a brexiteer comes too close?
On Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:43:04 +0100, Andy Burns wrote: It was a typically brilliant joke from Milton Jones. Given the gammion density here it's hardly surprising id didn't go down well.
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OT: Is cultural diversity possible?
Many years ago there were a handful of 'Asians' in Blackburn, and apart from the hassle they'd get from the more staunch of racists I don't recall a massive amount of bother. We had one single...
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petrol prices
how come our local Jet station can do unleaded for 1.60 while everybody else is 1.67 ?....is jet rubbish fuel...
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