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Old T & E cable

Some of my house wiring uses 2.5mm T&E with what looks like white PVC outer sheathing and (red and black) rubber coveri...
8 comments posted 10mos
posted by roger
8 comments posted 10mos posted by roger

Ground anchor - use in wall?

My security chain set up for locking my bicycle on car/motor home racks came with a ground anchor. Around the outside o...
5 comments posted 10mos
posted by wibble
5 comments posted 10mos posted by wibble

Laser thermometer - radiator balancing ?

With the heating bled and today firing up for the first time (SWMBO was "feeling nippy") and now in possession of a poi...
15 comments posted 10mos
posted by jethro_uk
15 comments posted 10mos posted by jethro_uk

Cleaning mortar from brick

I had the external walls repointed with a cement/lime mortar (5:1:1 I think). Generally OK but several 'overruns' and m...
10 comments posted 10mos
posted by patchmoney
10 comments posted 10mos posted by patchmoney

Problems with Octopus Home Mini

I'm having a really hard time getting my Octopus Home Mini connected. I've got to the stage where my mobile (tablet act...
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posted by cl
13 comments posted 10mos posted by cl

Advice needed please - cover for pond filter housing

At one end of my partially raised pond (it's on sloping ground) there is a small brick enclosure which houses a large f...
36 comments posted 10mos
posted by mills37.fslife
36 comments posted 10mos posted by mills37.fslife

Online shops witb late despatch time

You know how it is... you're doing a DIY job and then you find you need a . Everything stops until you can source one....
42 comments posted 10mos
posted by theom+news
42 comments posted 10mos posted by theom+news

UPVC Window Drain

Does anyone know where water that gets inside the frame drains from these windows: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#...
14 comments posted 10mos
posted by patchmoney
14 comments posted 10mos posted by patchmoney

Spanish/portugese blackout

Generation/distribution companies release their own report, critical of the running of the overall system ... though it...
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posted by usenet
1 comments posted 10mos posted by usenet

Octopus Mini help wanted please

I have a recently delivered Octopus Mini and I'm a bit confused about how it communicates with things. It's currently s...
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posted by cl
5 comments posted 10mos posted by cl

Was SMART meter understanding

Continued on: Was SMART meter understanding - Download data
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posted by stuck
0 comments posted 10mos posted by stuck

Window in stud wall

I am in the process of dividing what originally was a bedroom that has had a conservatory added. The wall will span the...
8 comments posted 10mos
posted by tricky.dicky
8 comments posted 10mos posted by tricky.dicky

Cutting large piece of wood . . .

A friend wants help moving a large piece of wood, looks like oak - roughly 1.5m x 0.4m x 0.4m, cut rectangular cube sor...
30 comments posted 10mos
posted by patchmoney
30 comments posted 10mos posted by patchmoney

OT: Petrol pump and zeroising

Today the announcement over the forecourt of the petrol station was: "Pump seven, insert the nozzle in your car" Well,...
53 comments posted 10mos
posted by nospam
53 comments posted 10mos posted by nospam