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Earth needed?

I have purchased, online from Amazon, a wall lamp. It has a metal frame. and it has a two-core wire pair coming from th...
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posted by davey
50 comments posted 5yrs posted by davey

The price of sticky foam!

GAH! £10 a tin, Screwfix. I can buy a box of 12 online for just under £80 delivered. By 'eck! Twice the price of "ordina...
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posted by chris.p.bacon
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by chris.p.bacon

Replacement sink drain flange

Sink drain flange is my best guess term for what I am out to replace. My kitchen sink has a 55mm hole. The plug-hole se...
2 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jon
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by jon

can't find

Well I found the Australian sifi serieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stranger_(Australian_TV_series) https://www.yo...
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posted by kinvig.netta
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Saving! Moderately on topic

I have reached an age where saved seconds are a significant part of remaining life. As an example my self catered break...
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posted by tim
34 comments posted 5yrs posted by tim

Black & Decker U-88 sander

I've got an old Black & Decker U-88 sander which has done many years good service. However it's now stopped working. Th...
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posted by dummyemail
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by dummyemail

Changing headlights to drive on the right at night.

My car has separate headlights for main beam and dipped beam. I am told that there is no need to make any changes if I w...
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posted by mUNDERSCOREnews
21 comments posted 5yrs posted by mUNDERSCOREnews

Tilly

well Tilly IS chubby....
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posted by kinvig.netta
12 comments posted 5yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Satellite LNB issue?

Suddenly lost signal on some Sky channels and got the message "Mini TV Unavailable No Satellite signal". I checked the...
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posted by letshaveit
1 comments posted 5yrs posted by letshaveit

Combi boiler dripping

I?ve got an Ideal Logic Plus combi boiler and last night it started dripping water from the area in the region of the p...
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posted by stainburn
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by stainburn

EPF (polystyrene insulation) & fire.

It burns.So does PIR. Rockwool does not. If I abandon the idea of using rockwool in my new "workshop" and storage, and...
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posted by chris.p.bacon
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by chris.p.bacon