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Building next to house wall

Hi All, I am building my brick/ block built BBQ "against" my outside house wall. I am trying to decide whether to leave...
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posted by leen...
4 comments posted 4yrs posted by leen...

Remote management of rental garages

I'm looking at setting up a battery of 10 rental garages on a vacant site. The site has a solid stone wall perimeter wi...
27 comments posted 4yrs
posted by letshaveit
27 comments posted 4yrs posted by letshaveit

JFK (1917-1963)

JFK (1917-1963) His father's business had kept him away from the family for long stretches of time, and his ventures we...
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posted by imbibe
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by imbibe

Messing about with a DIY TDR

This probably needs a better title (and possibly more or less detail depending on what you want from it!) http://wiki.di...
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posted by see.my.signature
18 comments posted 4yrs posted by see.my.signature

OT Female mechanics

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-61249974 Useless - not one of them said "That's going to cost you":-)
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posted by adamwadsworth
106 comments posted 4yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Cost of travel to work - which car to use?

So Lou is saying it now costs her around £12.50 to work and back. 80 mile round trip if using the M1 and 72 mile round...
56 comments posted 4yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
56 comments posted 4yrs posted by adamwadsworth

B&Q self service checkout

At the local branch of B&Q for the first time in several months the other day, I saw that self-service checkout equipmen...
15 comments posted 4yrs
posted by peter
15 comments posted 4yrs posted by peter

Miele DA269-4cooker hood/extractor

Lights have failed on this ( yes all bulbs replaced with new.) Just the lights all else is operating normally. I've had...
3 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tpmccann
3 comments posted 4yrs posted by tpmccann

OT: shipping goods from China

I read somewhere that due to a legacy agreement there is a special arrangement that provides cheap (possibly subsidised...
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posted by newsgroups
10 comments posted 4yrs posted by newsgroups

Question about energy cost

I was listening to the radio about rising energy bills then I had my breakfast. This got me thinking. I have a combi bo...
97 comments posted 4yrs
posted by newsgroups
97 comments posted 4yrs posted by newsgroups

Upholsterer wanted

50 years ago I bought 6 polypropylene shelled chairs on chrome cruciform bases as dining room chairs. An upholstery cli...
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posted by pinnerite
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by pinnerite

Trend router cutter part number decode?

I've just wasted too many of whatever minutes remain to me trying to buy a C121GX1/4TC cutter for next day delivery at...
3 comments posted 4yrs
posted by nothanks
3 comments posted 4yrs posted by nothanks

Removing old asbestos cement garages

I may not strictly be a DIY job but I am faced with the task of removiong a pait of old garages built in I guess the 19...
3 comments posted 4yrs
posted by letshaveit
3 comments posted 4yrs posted by letshaveit

building insurance query slightly OT

A coach has damaged the front boundary garden wall (not the house wall) of both self and a neighbour. I am hopeful of g...
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posted by timw
4 comments posted 4yrs posted by timw

10mm pipe on rolls

I wanted to add a radiator and reckoned i'd get away with hiding the pipework behind skirting if I used 10mm. I've alwa...
2 comments posted 4yrs
posted by rsandr
2 comments posted 4yrs posted by rsandr