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Lithium battery fires

They provide their own fuel and oxygen from what I understand, and are near-enough impossible to put out. What about dum...
65 comments posted 3yrs
posted by pastedavid
65 comments posted 3yrs posted by pastedavid

Loft Latch how?

Toolstation 97670 loft latch fitted as per instructions, it closed & latch but won't unlatch. Presume it needs alignmen...
29 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tabbypurr
29 comments posted 3yrs posted by tabbypurr

Fruugo Shower of b******

If you haven't heard of them you're lucky These people pose as local suppliers but having placed and order for spare pa...
4 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tpmccann
4 comments posted 3yrs posted by tpmccann

Rat!

I zapped this with 6000 volts and caused it to squeal. Dunno how it got in my house. It won't be doing it again. It's a...
11 comments posted 3yrs
posted by CK1
11 comments posted 3yrs posted by CK1

OT: Word security settings

I have just encountered a situation I have never encountered in my life (at home or at the workplace). I wondered if th...
12 comments posted 3yrs
posted by newsgroups
12 comments posted 3yrs posted by newsgroups

Schematic drawing

It occurs to me that, in case I forget how it all works, or to help anybody else who might have to dive in and sort it...
32 comments posted 3yrs
posted by chris
32 comments posted 3yrs posted by chris

Anyone having problems with NHS app

I have tried twice on separate days to order a repeat prescription using the app on my iPad the initial screen opens wi...
7 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
7 comments posted 3yrs posted by tricky.dicky

uk.d-i-y

The toxic right wing nutjobs have basically taken over the group. These days it's mostly daycare for elderly blowhard lo...
14 comments posted 3yrs
posted by steve
14 comments posted 3yrs posted by steve

haha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APQ6RG3JRX4
0 comments posted 3yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
0 comments posted 3yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Overflow/waste pipes cut off but left in the wall

Hi We had a full bathroom renovation, and I noticed afterwards that the remains of the now-unused toilet overflow and b...
19 comments posted 3yrs
posted by a24061a
19 comments posted 3yrs posted by a24061a

Luton Airport fire: EV involved?

What’s the betting that this fire has an EV at the heart of it…
160 comments posted 3yrs
posted by aero.spike
160 comments posted 3yrs posted by aero.spike

Leaking galvanised steel water tank in loft ??

My wife noticed a slight discolouration on the bathroom ceiling above which is the water tank. We had a survey warning...
47 comments posted 3yrs
posted by nospam
47 comments posted 3yrs posted by nospam

Neat finish for a hole through sheet material.

I have to feed some cables through a 1" (or thereabouts) hole in a cabinet. In normal use only one side of the hole wil...
8 comments posted 3yrs
posted by mail
8 comments posted 3yrs posted by mail

Which grease for plastic gears?

I have a need to re-grease plastic gears in old CD players, etc. I have some "silicone lubricant" which seems very thin...
7 comments posted 3yrs
posted by pastedavid
7 comments posted 3yrs posted by pastedavid

Bonding cement on cement

Hi all, I am doing some patio renovations and have 2 related questions. 1. We have a rendered wall and the bit along th...
3 comments posted 3yrs
posted by lee
3 comments posted 3yrs posted by lee