UK Do-It-Yourself Forum

Expelling Bees in flat roof

Whilst checking the discolouration of the plasteboard ceiling in the shower enclosure I decided to push a bradawl up ju...

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posted by nospam

20 comments posted 10mos posted by nospam

Firewall upgrade linked to three deaths after Australian telco cut off emergency calls

Wasn't that warned of here ? https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/21/optus_emergency_call_incident/ Australian telco Opt...

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posted by jethro_uk

0 comments posted 10mos posted by jethro_uk

OT: Amazon age verification

I'm trying to order a utility knife from Amazon. They've put in a new system of age verification at the point of sale,...

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posted by NOTsomeone

8 comments posted 10mos posted by NOTsomeone

Worst Message From Windows?

Disk D:\ does not contain a recognisable filing system. Oh dear, it used to contain the drivers for a re-install, all o...

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posted by jgnewsid

21 comments posted 10mos posted by jgnewsid

Was SMART meter understanding - Download data

So, the gas reporting stopped the evening the smart meters were installed: 5th August 2025 The electricity reporting st...

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posted by stuck

34 comments posted 10mos posted by stuck

Foil behind radiators

Opinion sought. How much difference would putting foil between a radiator and a outside wall (9 inch without cavity). S...

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posted by junk

50 comments posted 10mos posted by junk

Solve the fitting of a back-box

One side plasterboard, the other a stud. https://ibb.co/MxXMFB55 Is there an easy way of solving this? I have a multi-t...

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posted by fredxx

12 comments posted 10mos posted by fredxx

Graphite powder or silicone spray for door locks, padlocks etc. ?

I've seen recommendations for both graphite and silicone. What does the team think? Cheers Dave R

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posted by wibble

13 comments posted 10mos posted by wibble

Old timer plumbing trick to the rescue

So I needed to "move" and outside tap very slightly - so it was in the same place but projecting about 10-15mm further...

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posted by see.my.signature

9 comments posted 10mos posted by see.my.signature

What's happened to my Thunderbird?

For many years I've used Thunderbird with no problems, but recently it's caused nothing but problems. * Insisting that...

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posted by max_demian

46 comments posted 10mos posted by max_demian

SMART meter understanding

Can anyone make sense of this, please? I got up about 0645 this morning. Had a cooked breakfast. At about 0715 I went t...

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posted by stuck

57 comments posted 10mos posted by stuck

wiki rehosted

Since the wiki performance was getting every more patchy, I have moved it from the 123-reg "Deluxe" shared hosting to a...

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posted by see.my.signature

13 comments posted 10mos posted by see.my.signature

OT: Is the internet broken today?

I've just had a series of weird experiences with search. I duckduckgoed a question about butter. Asking why some brands...

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posted by nickodell49

25 comments posted 10mos posted by nickodell49

Anyone in here interested in electronics

As per the header, I am but dues to health problems and failing sight, I am not able to continue this hobby much more....

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posted by rob

34 comments posted 10mos posted by rob

Using Octopus Home Mini from Linux - how?

I'm pretty sure I have seen odd messages here about getting data from an Octopus Home Mini by other means than connecti...

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posted by cl

4 comments posted 10mos posted by cl