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BT, again
Phone busted again. Three times in 19 days. And yet the 4 day wait starts *again*. Total Care doesn't start until the 23rd. Never in my life have I had to do business with an organisation as shit as...
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ply suspended ceiling ......
I want to tidy the cellar ceiling area. Currently flaky old whitewash etc painted joists, covered in ch pipes, wiring etc etc. So I need to suspend the ceiling by 5 inches and have it removable /...
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OT Driving licences
I recently looked at a renewed driving licence. It appears to show that a car driver can now drive a motorcycle with no test. Is this correct? The person concerned cannot ride a bicycle!
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Exploding Pavements
There was an item on the Jeremy Vine show on R2 last week about people who'd been injured by exploding pavements! I never got to hear the segment in the end and have been wondering ever since what on...
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Hardwood predrilling
I need some info for a quick simple general guide for beginners. The questi on is what hole size to predrill hardwoods before nailing. If at all possib le it needs to be a single size for all hardwood...
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Support for camera in window
I'm looking for a neat way to support a camera in a window about 6 inches above the windowsill. The windows are large single-paned casement windows. I'd like it if the camera could be moved from one...
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Heavy Duty Metal Cutting
Greetings all, I just had a thought before I commence this power hacksaw project: would I be better off getting a chop saw instead? I am going to be doing a fair bit of cutting up RSJs and box section...
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Manual for Aldi 650watt generator
I am looking fo r a manual for a Aldi 650 watt generator to get part numbers for return spring on choke and petrol turn on off buttoning is a power craft portable serial no 041537k 2004
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Vax Rapide XL: cleaning the cleaner
Our Vax Rapide XL has accumulated a lot of soggy fluff in the narrow channels of the transparent plastic assembly that transports the used water from the carpet surface to the dirty water tank. I've...
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Whilst on the subject of Plumbing
In my friends house all taps leave behind a green/blue residue overnight if one of the kids or a visitor fails to turn the taps off completely. (The taps "will" turn off properly but have...
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Marquee power Feedback - and more questions
Hi All, As some of my regular readers will remember, I was I/C of Electrics and PA at our church weekend camp recently and a bit concerned about only having 45A main breaker (Turned out i'd remembered...
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Painting rough render
Time to paint our recently-rendered external walls. Trouble is the render is pretty rough and we are having difficulty getting the first coat to cover, even with those raggy rollers. You have to...
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Paging a real plumber
Do British plumbers use silver solder (copper silver phosphor alloy)for joining copper pipe in the uk or are they stuck with the old fashioned methods . May be joints are not soldered as much in the...
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Sharpening garden shears with an angle grinder?
I recently saw a couple of youtube videos showing variations on sharpening garden shears with the type of thin disk used on angle grinders. The first video mainly shows how to build a metal jig for...
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Wireless sensors for wired house alarm
Hi all, I have a wired house alarm that i fitted some years back. A while back I added a wireless panic button for SWMBO. This has a single h and held button pad and a powered receiver next to the...
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