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Industrial archeology question

In the NE, there is a wood, through the middle of which was an ironstone mine, workings and various remnants of associa...
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Impressive shelf life of Fischer Fast Bonding Foam

I bought a tin of this in Screwfix 10 years ago but have only just got round to using it. I didn't expect it to be any...
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posted by Andrew97d-junk
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Armoured cabling run

I have a need to run 25m of 10mm armoured from house to shed. Is it necessary to get 3-core (LNE) or is it still alright...
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6 comments posted 5yrs posted by a

Roofing membrane

Am I right in thinking that membrane should overhang the masonry/barge board on the gable? What should happen at the bo...
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posted by bblaukopf
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by bblaukopf

somewhat OT - car windscreens

I am passing on an old car to a young adult son. A month ago I had noticed a stone had chipped the windscreen in two pl...
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posted by timw
24 comments posted 5yrs posted by timw

Online Chat rant

"Fun" with online chat. 1. I have been looking for years for an episode of Parkinson, with Phil Silvers and Oscar Peter...
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posted by davey
12 comments posted 5yrs posted by davey

That sinking feeling. Height adjustable chairs.

I set out to do a web search on remedies for the sudden descent of 3 of my telescopic, height adjustable chairs but coul...
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posted by mikehalmarack
54 comments posted 5yrs posted by mikehalmarack

Shocking day

Having a loft conversion done. For the sake of convenience, I'm getting them to do the electrics, even though I have a...
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posted by bblaukopf
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by bblaukopf

Another apprentice late for work

Pulled up outside his house at 6.40am and left at 6.46am. Got a text at 6.53am asking if I was having problems finding...
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posted by adamwadsworth
28 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Bloody agency electricians

We are pulled out at work and so using agency electricians. If they turn up you have to sort the wheat from the chaff....
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posted by adamwadsworth
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Weird Iphone SE

I have had this around three years and bought at a refurbed. It's the older version of the SE. Issue is it seems rather...
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9 comments posted 5yrs posted by a

OT Today I was late for work - quiz

That is not me. It usually has to be a broken down van, closed motorway, mass flooding, locked up for the night etc to...
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posted by adamwadsworth
17 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth

OT there's a gas pipe running through our drain!

We've had some problems with our drains I got a drain cleaning expert in and he sent a camera down - there's a bright y...
18 comments posted 5yrs
posted by stainburn
18 comments posted 5yrs posted by stainburn

Replace partitioned hard disk with SSD

The too-frequent Win10 updates are now taking ages to install and most of the time my hard disk light is on, and not ev...
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posted by Andrew97d-junk
75 comments posted 5yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk