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A messy loft

We re-roofed a few years ago, and employed idiots that made an mess of the old loft by littering it with bits of smashe...
5 comments posted 5yrs
posted by email
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by email

OT. Can you hear that laughter?

My fixed price dual fuel tariff with Scottish Power ends this month. I'm currently (no pun intended!) paying £93.99 pm...
12 comments posted 5yrs
posted by nomail
12 comments posted 5yrs posted by nomail

Saniflo replacement - The how to

I was present for much of the process. That was mainly because I intended to be present at the end of the job, but it t...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Whole home heating with air/air heat pumps

Every time I look into conventional ASHP for domestic heating I?m put off by the enormous complexity of the systems, th...
35 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tim.downie
35 comments posted 5yrs posted by tim.downie

Watching the telly

Since I was sorting the kitchen out I, put the telly on. Then, because I don?t like to watch things where the performer...
48 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
48 comments posted 5yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Re: OT: Matt Ridley on energy

> newshound snipped-for-privacy@stevejqr.plus.com> wrote >> TimW wrote >>> newshound wrote >>>> TimW wrote >>>>> newsho...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by newshound
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by newshound

Symbio bust, how to avoid a Smart meters.

I joined Symbio Energy not long ago following a post in this news group. One benefit was that I did not have to have a...
34 comments posted 5yrs
posted by mUNDERSCOREnews
34 comments posted 5yrs posted by mUNDERSCOREnews

Re: OT: Matt Ridley on energy

> newshound snipped-for-privacy@stevejqr.plus.com> wrote >> >>> >>>> https://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/the-root-of-...
11 comments posted 5yrs
posted by newshound
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by newshound

Electrical diy

Installed an external socket off a (new) fused spur from an an existing socket. Surprised myself when it worked first t...
58 comments posted 5yrs
posted by peter
58 comments posted 5yrs posted by peter

FTTP on demand

Out of curiousity I asked for a quote from Cerberus for an on-demand FTTP install to replace FTTC. The cabinet is about...
58 comments posted 5yrs
posted by theom+news
58 comments posted 5yrs posted by theom+news

OT: isolating electricity

I remember as a child we used to turn off the main switch for the power supply when we went on holiday. I cannot imagin...
23 comments posted 5yrs
posted by newsgroups
23 comments posted 5yrs posted by newsgroups

EDF called

To try and book me for a Smart Meter. I told the almost English speaking bint at the far end that I didn't want it and p...
22 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tnp
22 comments posted 5yrs posted by tnp

OT: Chickens coming home to roost?

Future Renewables Eco, a wind farm investment company, goes bust, in spite of all the subsidies. What will it be like w...
2 comments posted 5yrs
posted by me
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by me