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replacing radiators
Hi everyone, I'm looking to have my 35 year old radiators replaced with modern ones. A lot of the panels are only a single panel, and will be replaced with double panels where there is a need for more...
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Grades of Steel
Hi all, Does anyone know which grade of steel hammers are typically made from? Better still, a website where various grades of steel are matched up to their ideal applications? cheers, cd
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Indesit fridge freezer
Our Indesit fridge freezer seems to have popped it's clogs. Light comes on, so I know there is power to it, but it's getter warmer inside and there isn't any noise coming from it. Any ideas?
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Protective goggles: has anyone tried this?
Hi all, We all know goggles don't last 5 minutes before they become so scratched up they're impossible to see through. These scratches typically arise as a result of us wiping "dust" off the lenses...
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Ovens with simple controls
Does anybody make electric ovens with simple controls these days? Our old tricity built in double oven is really obvious : One knob with temperature for the main oven, one knob with temperature for...
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Knots tutorial
The other day I was thinking about tying a cover over a hole in an outbuilding, but I had no rope etc, but even if I did, i have no suitable knots in my brain to tye things tightly with. Great I...
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RCDs and PPE
Page 22. I hope she had done a proper risk assesment and was wearing a hi viz bikini - anything else would be dangerous. http://www.greenbrook.co.uk/generator/assets/rcd_handbook_dec_2010_498361.pdf
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TOT Dolly Parton at Glastonbury
I watched that last night on BBC 4. Anybody know why the drummer was surrounded by clear plastic screens? Were they expecting somebody to shoot at him? Was it some form of acoustic screening? Was it...
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Elecktrickery 3
Ceiling fan in lounge, wired to lighting circuit. When switched off at night, the outside security light comes on. Whys that then?
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Electrickery 2
Recently bought some of those remote control sockets so we can turn table lamps on/off. There I was, in the kitchen, trying to work out which button controlled which socket. The nearest handy item to...
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Electrickery
Replaced a garage consumer unit in my SILs shed last weekend. Easy enough because we could kill the breaker in the house. But I wondered, how is it done if you change the CU in a house? There isn't an...
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Quick home swimming pool
Here's one built by a couple of teenagers in a few minutes... (As the article points out, the building was probably not designed with that weight in mind.) You can't afford a trip to the seaside in...
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PVA woodglue interior/exterior?
At the hardware megastore, I noticed 2 grades of PVA: interior and exterior. Does the exterior version have some additive? I know that PVA glue can turn white when exposed to high humidity for several...
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Taiwan explosions - was this a cyber attack?
Propene from petro-chemical plants was introduced to sewers, by over-pressu rising pipes, cause unknown, causing them to leak, and then detonate as hu ge bombs, destroying an entire city. China is the...
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French Door UPVC - Hinge Bolts
I have just realised after comparing my french door with some replacement windows that they are lacking any form of "Hinge Bolts" so are vulnerable to having the hinge pins knocked out. I am wondering...
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