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Mobility scooter reverse beeping

I have an older Solax Geni mobility scooter that I use in house, the reversing alarm is so loud that even my neighbours...
5 comments posted 3yrs
posted by Kimbo
5 comments posted 3yrs posted by Kimbo

Fixing a dishwasher all wrong

Just to show how romping off down a line of enquiry can lead you astray... SWMBO said, the dishwasher stopped mid wash,...
29 comments posted 3yrs
posted by see.my.signature
29 comments posted 3yrs posted by see.my.signature

Premium bonds

just found two £10 premium bonds taken out in 1981 is there an EASY way of finding out if they have ever won anything?
30 comments posted 3yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
30 comments posted 3yrs posted by kinvig.netta

worth money?

just found two ticket stubs for a beach boys concert my brother and I went to on May 9th 1967 Odean Glasgow...worth mone...
1 comments posted 3yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
1 comments posted 3yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Best alternative to cresote

Up intil fairly recently we could buy creosote in 5 gallon drums but now it is totally banned. In the past I tried alte...
20 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tpmccann
20 comments posted 3yrs posted by tpmccann

Short term paper shredding

We have a couple of boxes of A4 plus lots of little bits which need shredding. All confidential. Far too many to do thr...
59 comments posted 3yrs
posted by red.pug
59 comments posted 3yrs posted by red.pug

New Brit Workshop and Festool Domino

in this video Peter Parfitt show how to assemble a strutted joint. What he doesn't show is how he cut the Domino slots...
2 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tpmccann
2 comments posted 3yrs posted by tpmccann

car exhausts

can you buy one piece exhaust systems as fitted at the factory to most cars these days or do you have to replace in bits...
7 comments posted 3yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
7 comments posted 3yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Well, that was silly

I spent most of today restructuring, reordering, and largely renaming a considerable number of data files on an externa...
68 comments posted 3yrs
posted by mail
68 comments posted 3yrs posted by mail

Temporary removial of solar panels

I have some solar panels on my roof which need to be moved to aid a flat roof repair. I was thinking of covering those...
3 comments posted 3yrs
posted by steve.jones
3 comments posted 3yrs posted by steve.jones

Iceland 10% off

well had to use the barcode on the app on an android phone to get the 10% off this morning so there
3 comments posted 3yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
3 comments posted 3yrs posted by kinvig.netta

RCD Tripping

I have an RCD for the upstairs ring and a separate one for the downstairs ring. Lights, oven, boiler are on their own f...
13 comments posted 3yrs
posted by jgnewsid
13 comments posted 3yrs posted by jgnewsid

Clamp for washing-line post

The houses here have concrete posts for the clothes line. They're about 2m to the cross-rods for the line (and about 75...
17 comments posted 3yrs
posted by giraffenos.pam
17 comments posted 3yrs posted by giraffenos.pam

v for frequency?

Since when did we start using v for frequency? v is velocity, f is frequency, lambda is wavelength. Using v for frequen...
1214 comments posted 3yrs
posted by CK1
1214 comments posted 3yrs posted by CK1

Semi-Seized Tap Cartridge

Hi Fellow DIYers I have a monobloc-style mixer tap with two quarter turn taps. The cold tap is stiff-to-seized. My thou...
7 comments posted 3yrs
posted by Phil
7 comments posted 3yrs posted by Phil