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Recommend a toilet

I need to buy a new toilet, so is there a brand which people would recommend please? I’m after something close-coupled...
18 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tonkski
18 comments posted 4yrs posted by tonkski

scrap metal

Finally got round to taking my scrap to get weighed in ... all nicely sorted into tubs, total 150kg worth 117 quid the...
5 comments posted 4yrs
posted by usenet
5 comments posted 4yrs posted by usenet

Fitting Onduline - specifically the verges.

I've used these bitumenous corrugated sheets on a number of occasions but this time it is the pitched roof of the garag...
5 comments posted 4yrs
posted by robkgraham
5 comments posted 4yrs posted by robkgraham

Thermostatic bath/shower mixer taps

It would be connected to mains cold and hot from a combi. And it would need to attach to the bath rather than the wall....
1 comments posted 4yrs
posted by rsandr
1 comments posted 4yrs posted by rsandr

OTish: FAO ARW

Is this one of your lads? https://www.facebook.com/ftechnical/photos/a.595729867594132/1424628664704244 For the visuall...
4 comments posted 4yrs
posted by nospam
4 comments posted 4yrs posted by nospam

Kaboom! (not exactly a d-i-y job)...

A few weeks ago Western Power replaced the transformer in the substation across the green with a shiny new one. On Tues...
26 comments posted 4yrs
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26 comments posted 4yrs posted by send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}

OT: plastic milk bottles

Can someone settle an argument here? Is it okay to refill plastic milk bottles (eg, to use as a water bottle)? I seem t...
6 comments posted 4yrs
posted by newsgroups
6 comments posted 4yrs posted by newsgroups

New air con invention, but how does it work?

Hi, Someone mentioned this to me, but all I can find on the idea is lots of hype, but no details at all about how it mi...
25 comments posted 4yrs
posted by a
25 comments posted 4yrs posted by a

duplicate file finder (2026 Update)

I have finally decided to sort out my photo files. They are scattered over 4 hard disks and I'm gathering them all into...
13 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tpmccann
13 comments posted 4yrs posted by tpmccann

software to view SFF files from a CCTV hard disc?

I have a CCTV recorder that appeared to have some missing recordings according to the CCTV management software on some...
15 comments posted 4yrs
posted by i.love
15 comments posted 4yrs posted by i.love

Triton shower mixer bar

We have a Triton shower mixer bar that doesn't always start when turned on. Turning the temperature control quickly to...
8 comments posted 4yrs
posted by home
8 comments posted 4yrs posted by home

OT: Caravans

We've been mulling a motorhome (converted van type) over but the prices being what they are (because so did everyone el...
68 comments posted 4yrs
posted by rsandr
68 comments posted 4yrs posted by rsandr

Water shortage

In the areas being supplied by tanker is the bottled water supply free ?
37 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tpmccann
37 comments posted 4yrs posted by tpmccann

Self Preservation

There’s growing evidence that regular exposure to man-made “forever” chemicals, which are used in a variety of househol...
16 comments posted 4yrs
posted by jon
16 comments posted 4yrs posted by jon