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uswitch gotchas
I'm looking at using uswicth to change gas supplier. I don't want to play this game but just had another hike in my direct debit to brit gas - so thought I see if switching words (ie results in...
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Drill bit meets hidden flex
I put a drill through the wall into the garage yesterday and hit a flex that had been buried in the garage ceiling and which ran between the security light and the PIR that feeds it. The fuse on the...
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Another two towers down at Thorpe Marsh power station
I knew two were coming down this morning but I was mislead about the time. As I pulled up at my friends house 4 miles from the cooling towers we heard the first one fall at 5.50am:-( We raced through...
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Triton shower pressure relief valve
I have a Triton Aquatronic 2 Ultra electric shower where the pressure relief valve has operated. I can see that the device can be removed from the shower and is listed as a replaceable part. It may be...
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Bostin day for Team GB.
9 medals today puting us 3rd behind Murica and the Chinks. Oh yea, ozzie cobbers down at 19.
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Cleaning Helibond Grout
I'm just about to do a bit of brick stitching using the Helifix kit (Screwf= ix 34894). Since I'm doing it a bit at a time, I need to be able to clean = the tools (especially the gun provided) to...
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Leather top desk
The leather is badly torn - computer monitor and printer go on it, then get moved around, and the leather has torn. It probably wasn't well enough glued down. There are loads of people offering...
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How to fix an oven and start an argument
Not my argument. A simple oven failure. A blown element. All I said to the couple was "I'll fix it now if you go and fetch the part" I then spent ages explaining where the shop was that sold the part....
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heat reflective tape
Need heat reflective tape to protect worktop cutout from hob. Any difference between this (apart from the prices which seem to be back to front) Simon....
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And you thought I was mad for using petrol in the garden
Firefighters responded to an explosion at a house in Mosgiel, New Zealand. The explosion was so forceful that it shot a candle from the home into a car across the street -- smashing it through its...
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Drain clearing
The basin in the bathroom empties more slowly every week, but I'm not sure how to go about freeing it up. The pipework has a P-trap and a couple of inaccessible bends in the area of the basin, then a...
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Buying non-standard-sized windows & building regs.
I need to buy three non-standard sized (960mm x 1290mm) replacement windows for my house. Can anyone recommend a good-value supplier? I may opt for upvc or timber, depending on cost. I am also trying...
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Meter tails
When I've fitted tails, I've sized them to match the main cutout, e.g. 25mm² for 100A cutout. Even when tails are split at a service connection block and load on one side can't get anywhere near...
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Can I use wet-or-dry fine paper instead of a stone for honing chisels?
The DMT stones are incredibly expensive, so I thought, why not use a sheet of, say, 600 grit wet-or-dry - with soap and water - on a plate glass sheet? MM
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Source of toroidal LV transformners?
One of these has gone and I cant seem to source another one..anyone know where to get a 50W LV (12v) mains transformer...
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