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BBTF26300 grill element

(Dual over with grill in top oven) Have notived that this element seems to be curving downwards at the front. Given how...

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posted by jethro_UK

3 comments posted 5mos posted by jethro_UK

Keeping kitchen cabinet hinge from working loose

One of our kitchen cabinet doors occasionally drags at the bottom (on the side away from the hinge) because the screws...

14 comments posted 5mos

posted by a24061a

14 comments posted 5mos posted by a24061a

One for the Russ Andrews fans

"Blind Listening Test Finds Audiophiles Unable To Distinguish Copper Cable From a Banana or Wet Mud"...

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posted by richard

4 comments posted 5mos posted by richard

Dyson DIY?

I have a Dyson handheld vacuum cleaner - I think V8 but it does not seem to have any model number. The high/low power s...

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posted by newsgroups

23 comments posted 5mos posted by newsgroups

New OR NTE5C faceplate, does it have a filter

As per subject The whole front of the new NTE5C master sockets unclips a bit like the lower part of the earlier NTE ver...

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posted by Andrew97d

11 comments posted 5mos posted by Andrew97d

Wickes Discounts

Last time I got stuff from Wickes I looked online and must have put items in my Basket without actually paying for them...

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posted by timw

7 comments posted 5mos posted by timw

3D printing question - first layer, and filament age

I've had a Prusa printer for quite a while, but have always struggled with first layer adhesion - so much so that I gav...

33 comments posted 5mos

posted by nomail

33 comments posted 5mos posted by nomail

Pneumatic fittings

I'm building some 3D filament storage boxes (£5ea for cereal boxes vs £30ea for "proper" ones sold by the manufacturer...

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posted by usenet

2 comments posted 5mos posted by usenet

Sheet metal cutting service

Sometimes 3D printed plastic isn't enough and only metal will do. 3D printed metal is rather expensive and not necessar...

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posted by theom+news

5 comments posted 5mos posted by theom+news

OT: Rod was right about one thing

Rod Speed would refer to the UK as "That soggy little island". This winter, he is right, it is very soggy.

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posted by davey

10 comments posted 5mos posted by davey

Radiators

I'm looking at redecorating my hallway and looking at slightly larger radiator to replace one that's been there 25+ yea...

4 comments posted 5mos

posted by junk

4 comments posted 5mos posted by junk

Re: Key cutting without a blank

On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:19:36 -0000 (UTC), Chris Holmes snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote: > > >A friend has a padlock...

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posted by peter

2 comments posted 5mos posted by peter

SOT: WhatsApp settings (privacy)

I was invited to join a WhatsApp group. I am concerned about my contact number being disseminated to an entire group of...

1 comments posted 5mos

posted by newsgroups

1 comments posted 5mos posted by newsgroups

TOT: food hygiene

I know this group if very knowledgeable about many subjects so I wondered about thoughts on this: I bought a carton of...

63 comments posted 5mos

posted by newsgroups

63 comments posted 5mos posted by newsgroups

Insulation advice

My house attic is large, and almost fully boarded with narrow'ish floorboards. There is very little insulation, and lif...

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posted by nomail

19 comments posted 5mos posted by nomail