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Newsgroup usage down
In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to almost nothing. From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or anything like that and the news servers are still working. So has...
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Making a ladder stand off
Hi all, I need to get up to roof level and don't have a stand off to get the ladder off the wall enough to get over the gutter. It would need to push the ladder around 10"/ 12" off the wall. I was...
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Drayton Tempus 7 probs after New boiler fitted
We had a new boiler fitted recently & programmer worked fine but yesterday had to have boiler position moved. Power was off 6 hrs+ and now clock is running but 26 mins out ( how do you adjust...
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Painting outdoor cables
I have a widget with a low voltage multicore cable, that I want to mount outside. It'll be exposed to sunlight pretty much all the time. The cable is black and I'd like it to be white. So my options...
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[OT] Exclusion zone set up as wind turbine bursts into flames
A 100-metre-tall wind turbine has dramatically burst into flames, sending black smoke billowing into the sky. An investigation into the fire is now underway. An exclusion zone had to be set up while...
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Electric Fire Fault
I've an old school (but fairly new and lightly used, maybe 50 hours) 2 bar electric fire. One of the bars failed to come on a few months back, and recently started playing up, with half a bar lit, and...
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2 years ago
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Plumbing Job
I have an unbalanced heating system in this 2 bed bungalow. I have a quote to help me sort it which consist of putting a new 2 metre (appx) radiator in the lounge with thermostatic valves, replacing...
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Fitting new SSD - mission accomplished
Thanks for all the advice about fitting a new SSD. I decided to stick with what I know (Windows) so copied my existing data drive to an external drive then swapped over the hard drive for the SSD. I...
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Oil Change?
My car was due a service last year but it had only done 4k miles since the one 12 months prior so I didn't bother. It's coming up to another 12 months and has done fewer than 1k further miles. I read...
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2 years ago
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Intriguing water level in our garden pond
We have a large pond, maybe about 50 feet diameter, in our garden. It isn't lined, so it relies on the natural impermeability of the chalky ground to retain (some of) the water. The only inlets are...
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Where are we with geothermal energy as a viable option in the UK?
Idly browsing I came across this. Seems to be a greeny production but there's some core food for thought in it. - Science tells us there's enough energy in the first 10 kilometres below our planet's...
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2 years ago
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over-egging AFDDs?
<>the "mandate" he's talking about for them is pretty narrow in the types of property that require them. The use of AFDDs (Arc fault detection devices) will increase with the latest version of the UK...
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OT Wii to tv via HDMI
My Nintendo Wii unit worked fine with my old Samsung 4k TV via the AV input cable. I now have an LG 4k OLED TV which doesn't have the AV inputs but does have a spare HDMI input. I got an HDMI adapter...
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2 years ago
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Bandsaw purchase
I need a bandsaw for general DIY work. Any advice re makes, models, etc? Bill
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2 years ago
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Plastic coated steel roofing - expected life of coating?
Over 10 years ago we built the Mother of All Sheds. The roofing was corrugated steel sheet with a green plastic coating. This last year the coating has started to lift off the areas which have been in...
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