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Bathroom refit water leak

Hi we are having an ensuite bathroom replaced. After day one, the bloke left a weeping isolation valve. Overnight water...
12 comments posted 3yrs
posted by dontspamme
12 comments posted 3yrs posted by dontspamme

Pipe Thermometers - Recommendations

In an attempt to set up my condensing boiler [WB Greenstar 24Si] to run at optimum flow temp, I'm looking for any recom...
30 comments posted 3yrs
posted by kev.holohan
30 comments posted 3yrs posted by kev.holohan

Circular chip in Double Glazed window

A round chip about a one Cm in diameter on the outside pane in a first floor window has penetrated the external pane. L...
22 comments posted 3yrs
posted by kirbyx95
22 comments posted 3yrs posted by kirbyx95

High pressure area over Europe, renewables failing

At 0920 Templar Gridwatch is reporting that Wind is producing 1.62% of demand and Solar is at 0.38%. OCGT and Coal are...
4 comments posted 3yrs
posted by Aero.Spike
4 comments posted 3yrs posted by Aero.Spike

Please help me get my fountain working again

My porch has a fountain in it! It looks a bit like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blumfeldt-L%C3%B6wenstein-Circulation...
20 comments posted 3yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
20 comments posted 3yrs posted by NOTsomeone

RICS Home Survey

We're buying a bungalow and had our offer of £300k accepted. The bungalow and the surrounding properties were built in...
23 comments posted 3yrs
posted by a
23 comments posted 3yrs posted by a

OT: RAC, cynical? Me?

Last year I was wondering when my RAC cover was due to renew. I had bother logging in, forgot about and it renewed shor...
12 comments posted 3yrs
posted by rsandr
12 comments posted 3yrs posted by rsandr

the new smart tv

Not so smart it is the only telly where you have to push 01 on the remote for channel one...load of piss
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posted by kinvig.netta
6 comments posted 3yrs posted by kinvig.netta

"MOES Home" smart thermostat oddities.

Possibly connected to an "app" update. Woke up this morning to a cold house. My Smart thermostat was offline. After an...
5 comments posted 3yrs
posted by jethro_uk
5 comments posted 3yrs posted by jethro_uk

Strange USB PSU issue and a merry dance

USB wallwart, supplied power to a RPi, which subsequently fed USB power to my weather stations display. RPi logs data a...
7 comments posted 3yrs
posted by a
7 comments posted 3yrs posted by a

DIY mains power consumption meter

Since it was mentioned in another thread, and I had the spare parts to hand, I built one. The project is here: http://wi...
36 comments posted 3yrs
posted by see.my.signature
36 comments posted 3yrs posted by see.my.signature

Blowing air into dusty laptop keyboard or hoovering it?

My laptop keyboard is dusty AF. I have a powerful hair dryer but I have no hoover. What could possibly happen if I blow...
13 comments posted 3yrs
posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012
13 comments posted 3yrs posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012