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Shelf Bracket Screws

I have just taken delivery of the following brackets: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08SGYR3LC?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product...
21 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jgnewsid
21 comments posted 2yrs posted by jgnewsid

Octopus price rises announced

Apparently, from January, my electricity bill is estimated to rise by £40 a year, and gas by £100. The cheapest Octopus...
14 comments posted 2yrs
posted by aero.spike
14 comments posted 2yrs posted by aero.spike

Do zone valves get “tired”?

Just had to replace a CH zone valve that has probably been the cause of my CH system’s intermittency. It looks like the...
26 comments posted 2yrs
posted by timdownieuk
26 comments posted 2yrs posted by timdownieuk

Gone quiet again

Either that or my newsfeed is mucking about. Brian
32 comments posted 2yrs
posted by brian1gaff
32 comments posted 2yrs posted by brian1gaff

Replacing spectacle lenses

My wife has a pair of relatively cheap reading specs that our new dog got hold of the other day. Somehow the dog manage...
7 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tim.downie
7 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim.downie

Snapped Bolt

While fitting a component to a computer case the small bolt (the fine threaded HD type) started to get very tight so I...
9 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jgnewsid
9 comments posted 2yrs posted by jgnewsid

Enclosed fireproof shoe rack/box?

After spending a sizeable chunk of my savings on carpeting my flat and being a bit of a muddy gardener I requested to b...
16 comments posted 2yrs
posted by mikehalmarack
16 comments posted 2yrs posted by mikehalmarack

OT. News!

Our gracious government have just notified me of a 25p per week pension upgrade! Any printable suggestions how I might b...
50 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tim
50 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim

Industrial Battereis

I tend to buy industrial batteries (AA & AAA) because they are a fair bit cheaper than consumer batteries. I am beginnin...
22 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jgnewsid
22 comments posted 2yrs posted by jgnewsid

EDF Beat the Peak anyone?

Has anyone managed to sign up for EDF's Beat the Peak or equivalent schemes of other energy companies? These give you a...
12 comments posted 2yrs
posted by usenet
12 comments posted 2yrs posted by usenet

Air Source Heat Pumps: Grant and Costs

Looking into an ASHP while the £7500 grant is on the table - it seems to be pretty universal with very few eligibility...
24 comments posted 2yrs
posted by patchmoney
24 comments posted 2yrs posted by patchmoney

Electrolysis?

I think someone didn't read the press pack... "An electric arc furnace uses electrolysis to melt scrap metal"
12 comments posted 2yrs
posted by usenet
12 comments posted 2yrs posted by usenet

Boiler PRV outflow pipe

I may have mentioned this before but our CH boiler is situated in the bathroom airing cupboard on an internal wall with...
5 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
5 comments posted 2yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Repair an executive leather covered office chair

This was purchased from Costco over five years ago and I was very happy with it. Until the leather started pealing from...
4 comments posted 2yrs
posted by pinnerite
4 comments posted 2yrs posted by pinnerite

OVO plan offers

I have just received an offer from OVO to fix my electricity rate for a fixed term, of 1 or 2 years. They estimate my m...
66 comments posted 2yrs
posted by davey
66 comments posted 2yrs posted by davey