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Drilling/cutting a 30 mm hole in 0.8 mm aluminium

I need to cut a 30 mm hole in some 0.8 mm aluminium. I have various hole cutting devices such as Forstner bits but they...
25 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wibble
25 comments posted 5yrs posted by wibble

Cherry picker for small soffit repair?

This is for the repair of a small area of soffit on a 3 storey building. The justification was that zip-up towers on whe...
15 comments posted 5yrs
posted by mikehalmarack
15 comments posted 5yrs posted by mikehalmarack

EICR

Hi, I've just had an EICR performed on a property that I let. I wasn't present during the test and my tenant has report...
35 comments posted 5yrs
posted by not
35 comments posted 5yrs posted by not

Steam Gift Card scam?

A friend has asked me to buy £00 worth 0f Steam gift cards as a present for her niece, and asks that I scratch off the...
30 comments posted 5yrs
posted by davey
30 comments posted 5yrs posted by davey

Lapolla

Hi all, I was cold called by someone trying to get me interested in spraying foam called "lapolla" onto the underside m...
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posted by invalid_unparseable
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by invalid_unparseable

Strange (and very annoying !!!!!) lockup

Any known bugs here? ... W10 with FireFox Usually in the evening. I'll look at both of my gmail accounts, but when sign...
23 comments posted 5yrs
posted by headstone255
23 comments posted 5yrs posted by headstone255

Ceramic Sink rust appearing

We have a very old white ceramic sink and draining board unit. Rust is beginning to appear between the white enamel sin...
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posted by mail.invalid456
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by mail.invalid456

Ventilation

Got a vent in the floor for 20years is it still legal
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by kenny
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by kenny

Optically transparent covering?

I have added an ambient light level sensor to my Home Assistant setup and it seems to work very well (snapshot taken ju...
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posted by news
22 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

Moving appliances

I need to move some heavy appliances - washing machine, fridge freezer etc - by a few dozen metres (hard surface), incl...
29 comments posted 5yrs
posted by theom+news
29 comments posted 5yrs posted by theom+news

Re: Virgin Media ...

> > >> In article snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, >>   John Armstr>>> On Wed, 26 May 2021 00:10:17 +0100, John Rumm >>> sn...
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by kinvig.netta

OT - priced to sell in bulk

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ROD-GORTUB42-Muck-Buckets-Builders/dp/B000X2962S 1 for £10.90 2 for £24.99 3 for £39.99 No, I d...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wibble
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by wibble

Cutting Copper Beech Roots for a trench?

Advice please on possibly cutting a trench through up to a fifth of this tree's roots please... Is there a way to do th...
9 comments posted 5yrs
posted by dicegeorge
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by dicegeorge

Re: New Heating System

I was surprised to see the radiator distribution manifold made up with 22mm pipe and 15mm cross couplings.
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posted by abcd
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by abcd