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Bannister nut spanner

Need to tighten up a couple of bannister bolts with the nuts recessed in a tight opening: https://www.jusme.com/perm/ba...
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posted by send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}
23 comments posted 4yrs posted by send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}

SketchUp - Ping John Rumm

Hi John, You clearly make extensive use of SketchUp in visualising and documenting many of your projects, and it's almo...
15 comments posted 4yrs
posted by mills37.fslife
15 comments posted 4yrs posted by mills37.fslife

Pinewood on outdoor table

Replacing some rotten wooden slats with pinewood slats on a very small outdoor table. Yes I'm a cheapskate. Don't wish...
3 comments posted 4yrs
posted by mail.invalid456
3 comments posted 4yrs posted by mail.invalid456

Power supply for lock-up garage

I have a lock-up garage that uses a minimal amount of electricity - electric door, light and trace heating for the wate...
9 comments posted 4yrs
posted by newsgroups
9 comments posted 4yrs posted by newsgroups

Can 2 CH systems run off 1 header tank?

An annex was added to my house prior to my purchasing it, which has its own independent HW & CH system. As a result I h...
1 comments posted 4yrs
posted by DGT
1 comments posted 4yrs posted by DGT

Heat loss from hot pipe??

There is a horizontal 22mm copper pipe containing hot water at 55C; local ambient is around 25C. What rate of heat loss...
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posted by dr.j.r.stockton
10 comments posted 4yrs posted by dr.j.r.stockton

For the angle grinder fans

Who needs all that fancy machine tooling: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Angle_Grinder_precision_engineering_(not!)...
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posted by see.my.signature
6 comments posted 4yrs posted by see.my.signature

Combi CH system

My bungalow has a new (last August) Combi heating system. The Hot Water part works fine but the Central Heating does no...
7 comments posted 4yrs
posted by pinnerite
7 comments posted 4yrs posted by pinnerite

Oil fired boiler running constantly

We have a conventional oil fired HW/CH system, floor standing boiler ground floor, HW tank first floor and cold water t...
6 comments posted 4yrs
posted by News
6 comments posted 4yrs posted by News

How to cool the inside of a portable cabin

We have just had a few warm days and I was for most of it working in a portable cabin. Not really that portable as it i...
13 comments posted 4yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
13 comments posted 4yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Monty Python

Tiring of DIY I put the telly on and discovered that a whole sequence of Monty Python episodes are being shown on Freevi...
8 comments posted 4yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
8 comments posted 4yrs posted by wrightsaerials

OT: Towing a bin lorry

On my way home earlier, I saw a bin lorry being towed. It was being towed backwards with the rear wheels lifted and the...
19 comments posted 4yrs
posted by newsgroups
19 comments posted 4yrs posted by newsgroups

DIY parcelbox ideas

It's quite a long way from our gates to the house so I'd been thinking of buying a parcelbox (like this one https://www...
13 comments posted 4yrs
posted by nothanks
13 comments posted 4yrs posted by nothanks