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Incompetent fitter pays the price.
A County Londonderry gas fitter is jailed for the manslaughter of two teenagers who died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty boiler.
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submersible pump question.
Need to empty a 50 ft well. Think this could be very difficult as most pumps seem to operate to a max head of around 35 feet. Guess it could be done with two pumps and a buffer tank at 25 feet....
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220-240v lamps
After years of use, the 4 lamps in the oven needed replacement. Ibought some from a local shop which were marked 230v and they lasted just weeks, got another set from ebay listed as 220 - 240v which...
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Cabinet Hinge Choice
Hey! I've built a cabinet and I want to make doors that will be semi-rebated if thats the right term. Anyway, I want them to overlap the front of the cabinet about a 6mm so the 21mm thick cabinet door...
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Combi boiler & Pump for shower
We are having the bathroom revamped and two queries have come to light which I would be grateful for help on. The problems are raised by the guy doing the work for us. First I had choosen a Valencia...
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Roller garage doors. good? bad?
Hi Am in the process of rebuilding my garage and have been looking at roller d oors. Garador and Alluguard have caught my eye after fairly inadequate searching. Does anyone have an experience of them...
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How expensive is tunnelling?
That sounds like an awful lot of work and risk for not much return. :) Yahoo is now a part of Verizon Media
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DIY server: Good SATA HDDs
I'm getting one of the HP Microservers while there's still a cashback on - the older Gen 7 one. Now, HDDs - don't work with loads of desktop PCs at work any more, so I don't have an upto date feel for...
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OT. Fracking and earthquakes.
A man-made earthquake caused by fracking-linked wastewater injection led to the damaging magnitude-5.7 Prague, Okla., quake.
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Interceptor trap for rainwater soakaway
I live in an old cottage without mains drainage. There may well have been some sort of soakaway in the past for downpipes on either side of the cottage but they are no longer functioning and I'm about...
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PIR floodlamps
A couple of days ago, the PIR floodlight at the front of the house stuttered and stopped working. Got a new bulb but that doesn't seem to have sorted it. The old one was definitely blown but maybe it...
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Dismantling disused asbestos (?) cement flue safely
If it's practical and safe to do so, I'd like to remove this flue from the side of the house as it's no longer used and someone's previous botching has left it looking unsightly: 'm assuming there's...
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Simply making taps impossible to steal
Some Lowlife has stolen all the metal taps from our Allotment. Are there any plastic taps to replace tham that anyone would recommend? Presumably metal taps are still the most durable, but is there...
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Quick CO monitor query
A friend has a failed CO monitor - it chirps and display 'err'. It is not supposed to display this as an 'end of life' warning. It is a Kidde 900-0146. I have checked the batteries and they are O.K....
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Humax TV problem
I have a Humax LU23 LCD TV where the FreeView tuner died. The analogue one still worked - but of course no analogue anymore. When attempting to find stations, it would tune through the analogue band,...
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