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Chim Chiminee Chim Chiminee...

Gradually working my way round my new (to me) bungalow when I noticed the chimney in the lounge was blocked off. I remo...
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posted by jgnewsid
1 comments posted 3yrs posted by jgnewsid

Water treatment for plasma cutter

Do we have any chemists her with experience of treating the water bath/bed of a plasma cutter? My grandson has started...
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posted by johnjessop46
3 comments posted 3yrs posted by johnjessop46

Time setting on Electrical Meter

Have a house electric meter (it''s not a smart meter) with the time on the clock being many hours wrong. We use the eco...
38 comments posted 3yrs
posted by kirbyx95
38 comments posted 3yrs posted by kirbyx95

RIP RDS

I received a message today to say that Rick Sanderson our resident optician passed away in June. Rick was a decent blok...
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posted by adamwadsworth
16 comments posted 3yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Questions about Apple products.

On 20/08/2023 23:37, David Brooks is *seeking advice*! > >> Hello! >> >> Which Internet website(s) would you choose to...
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posted by David
12 comments posted 3yrs posted by David

Replacement baskets in Lamona (Beko) dishwasher

Our dishwasher is over 10 years old now. The pegs/fingers/whatever in the upper and lower baskets/drawers, which hold t...
4 comments posted 3yrs
posted by wibble
4 comments posted 3yrs posted by wibble

Car MOT

I am sure this will have been done elsewhere but I suspect this will be quicker:-) General experience of vehicle tester...
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posted by tim
59 comments posted 3yrs posted by tim

[OT] Euro ‘hangingby thread’)

> Eh? Of course the government needs debt - for capital projects like hospitals, > roads, schools, er, HS2. So the repa...
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posted by vir.campestris
2 comments posted 3yrs posted by vir.campestris

Ground source heat pump with a twist.

[Didn't show up when I posted yesterday, so apologies if this is a repeat.] We're thinking of buying a house. It's a te...
10 comments posted 3yrs
posted by clive
10 comments posted 3yrs posted by clive

DIY qn: "he clad(ded)", "he has clad(ded)"?

Just a quick language question to do with cladding, for example the cladding of walls. I am not asking what is "correct...
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posted by anonline
35 comments posted 3yrs posted by anonline

Video doorbells - Eufy ?

May be in the market for a video doorbell. Key requirements are nothing requiring a subscription, and the ability to mo...
7 comments posted 3yrs
posted by jethro_uk
7 comments posted 3yrs posted by jethro_uk

Fridge, cost to run

A few weeks back someone mentioned a faulty fridge freezer where the compressor may be running 100% with an estimated a...
11 comments posted 3yrs
posted by junk
11 comments posted 3yrs posted by junk

Filling concrete slab indentations

Hi all, I have a concrete slab which in places has some small shallow (say a couple of mm) indentations. I need to fill...
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posted by leen...
5 comments posted 3yrs posted by leen...

Replaceable batteries

This video suggests that the EUs legislation on the "layman" being able to replace the battery in a phone, laptop or ta...
8 comments posted 3yrs
posted by junk
8 comments posted 3yrs posted by junk