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Cordless doorbells outdone....
On a list of jobs today; Change print cartridge.... Empty vacuum cleaner....
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Vaillant Turbomax 828 (628?) combi - fault found and fixed - for reference
Just for reference, in case anyone has the same problem, my Vaillant non-co= ndensing Turbomax 628 or is it 828 ? combi, now 9 years old, has been a lit= tle intermittent lately, with hot water...
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Filament bulbs
Tidying out the shed and I've got a wide assortment of filament bulbs. I've been greened enough to swap over to CFLs and so I don't think I will ever use these again. Don't know how many people are...
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Dyson SUCKS!
I wonder what it would be like to put your knob in one of those? Anyone any practical experience of this? Bill
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asbestos story
Perhaps you'll get mauled by a lion :)
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Access to lighting wiring under loft floor
Two issues here. (1) I would like to be able to access the wiring into the ceiling roses from above for maintenance, but I also want to floor in the whole loft with T&G loft panels. At the moment I...
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Perception of the hardness of brick is often at variance with reality
Listen to any DIY man and he will tell you about the extraordinary hardness of the bricks that make up his house. If you were to take these complaints at face value you would believe that most British...
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Multi tools
Any advice from owners as to which brand is best? Bill
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kitchen mixer flexi tails with female "tap connector" on non-tap end
My kitchen mixer tap has flexi tails with the small double o-ring into the = monoblock, and on the other end not compression connectors, but the same fi= tting as a tap connector - a female with a...
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cooker switches
Hi, About a week ago there was an interesting thread about someone looking for a vertical cooker switch with integral socket. I wasn't sure if anyone was still watching that thread, so thought I would...
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En-suite in bedroom... amputee... wiring regs
Courtesy of once-scrapped hospital #2 screwing up Rehab, after Canadian run= PFI hospital #1 did a fantastic Op, a relative will be in a wheelchair for= some time. I redesigned & refurbished much of...
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Replacing loose bricks.
The cause of a loose socket has been traced to loose bricks (or their remains). The socket pattress was held in by plaster around it edges. As the fragments of brick were doing nothing more than...
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Replacement of loose bricks - cast in concrete or point in new bricks?
The cause of a loose socket has been traced to loose bricks (or their remains). The socket pattress was held loosely in by plaster around its edges. As the fragments of brick were doing nothing more...
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No Lions in Essex
why did the police count all the animals at Colchester zoo?. Why not just count the number of lions http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-19391572And
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OT - home network setup and networked Outlook?
I'd like to rejig my home network a bit... we currently have a desktop PC and sundry wifi-linked laptops amongst other things, and the vast majority of our data files reside on the desktop PC, along...
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