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My cynicism of new builds continues ...
The full list of issues he claims ran into the hundreds, including visible plasterboard joints, cracks appearing in the walls and ceilings, damaged roof joists and drainage issues to the front garden....
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windy at the moment. Hope the gearboxes don't freeze up
What powers Great Britain? Find out at Electric Insights | #energy #tech
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HP 350 G2 Laptop.
Have one of these laptops. One thing about it drives me crazy. It has a conventional keyboard. When typing a number I always use the number pad. Now it does boot up with number lock on, but somewhere...
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RC model glider sets new mach 0.7 world speed record
Strong Santa Ana conditions on Jan 19 2021 provided enough wind for Spencer Lisenby to bring the dynamic soaring speed record back to its birthplace of Parker Mountain, CA. Wind gusted to 65mph and...
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Toilet vent
My bungalow doesn't have a toilet vent. Other identical properties in the area do. The position where the vent could have been is now a drain for the basin and bath, with the other properties don't...
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Felted flat roof, moss and chippings
Over the past year or so quite a lot of moss has grown on my garage roof. It is pretty much a very big sponge. I've had some success by shovelling a few spades at a time into a big container full of...
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Leak into roof of attached garage
The house is a detached bungalow, late 1960s build, with the length of the roof running from front to back so that the gutters run also front to back. Similar to looking from the front. A brick garage...
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3 years ago
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Kerosene vs diesel
Our oil burner was recently converted from diesel to kerosene. Due to a faulty level gauge the tank ran dry. By mistake I threw a couple of gallons of red diesel into the tank. I can get some kerosene...
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3 years ago
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Three phase wiring
While I was on the TLC website I was doing a thought experiment. Twin and earth cable comes in a variety of sizes: 1, 1.5, 2.5, 4, 6, 10, 16 mm2. But what if you want to wire three phase? TLC only...
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101 uses for a FLIR camera
Check the feline .. would very tempted to switch to Octopus(sy) just to be able to borrow one of these things, but then I would a smart phone too. Damn. Andrew FLIR Thermal Camera - Energy Stats UK
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Anyone with experience of Stovax Stockton wood burner?
I'm trying to work out why the secondary air jets which are supposed to help the clean burn aren't currently working. I've got as far as this. The air jets are in a plate in the back of the stove....
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3 years ago
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Win10
The PC which is part of this pair suddenly lost internet access. It is cabled to the router. This old machine from the same hub, OK. It was reaching the router OK, but no internet access. It's on a...
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OT: Donating laptops etc
It's all very well donating unwanted laptops to families with kids who don't have a computer, but they also need an internet connection to access their school lessons etc. A friend has just waited...
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Shower head extender - anyone used one?
Standing in the shower I was thinking that it would be nice if the shower head was a bit further out over the bath to give more room away from the mixer and the wall. I wonder if...? <>Apparently they...
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Knowledge experience with Water Jet Flossers
I am looking at getting one of these but are they any good? I would appreciate and advice positive of negative. TIA
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