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Cordless "Dremels"

Aldi have just got them in, they look quite similar to the one I had from Lidl a few weeks ago. That seems more than ade...
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by newshound
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by newshound

OT: Gold hallmarks

Any of you smart guys know anything about those? Daughters bought a ring from a charity shop for pennies, and later fou...
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posted by no
12 comments posted 5yrs posted by no

Supplier's customer service.

We have an elderly Sebo vacuuum cleaner that began behaving intermttently. Being a psychic genius I decided it must be...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by pinnerite
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by pinnerite

Using wireless bell push for a wired doorbell

We've just had all our windows and doors replaced and I'd rather not make holes in the frames just yet (until the novel...
7 comments posted 5yrs
posted by toxorebel
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by toxorebel

another win

another £25 from ERNIE that makes six wins and £150 since February
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posted by kinvig.netta
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Another wiring question

Yep, I'm still re-wiring the house. My lounge shares an internal wall with the hall. To save on chasing out for new lig...
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posted by not
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by not

Workshop insulation.

Concrete prefab, inside approx. 5.8m long, 4.8m wide, 2-2.3m high. Cheap insulation would be Jablite, perhaps. How to c...
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posted by chris.p.bacon
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by chris.p.bacon

Facebook questions

I have been persuaded to sign up to Facebook to allow me to follow an event tomorrow. Does anyone know how to make Face...
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posted by newsgroups
30 comments posted 5yrs posted by newsgroups

Shampoo won't stop coming out

I cannot stop the shampoo of my Vax carpet shampooer coming out once I have squeezed the handle, it seems stuck on open...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by baker.dianac
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by baker.dianac

Internal insulation and BC

There was some reference in a previous thread to the notion that although one ought to be able to add internal insulati...
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posted by timstreater
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by timstreater

Pence per unit? And I hate energy companies.

I appear to be on Bulb's 'vari fair' tariff, the 'fairness' element seems to be that it keeps going up. I presumably ch...
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posted by rsandr
21 comments posted 5yrs posted by rsandr

Internal walls of a bare brick shed - paint?

Hello all, I am in the middle of clearing out the brick outhouse which is about 2.3m x 3.2m internal. I want to turn it...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by news
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

Covers on 13A 3-poin plugs

Can anyone enlighten me as to why new 13A 3-pin plugs, or devices with integral plugs such as mains timers or pluggable...
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posted by jmlayman
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by jmlayman

CAT5e wiring error?

A few days ago I completed the wiring of half a dozen plugs to the T-568B configuration and two wall-plate sockets acco...
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by pinnerite
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by pinnerite