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Royal Mail delivery scam

I'm expecting a couple of parcels from Amazon. Had an email this morning saying RM couldn't deliver, no safe place to l...
72 comments posted 5yrs
posted by me
72 comments posted 5yrs posted by me

shocking dogs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56063449 The report says that the property had no earth wiring but I would have thou...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tim.downie
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by tim.downie

Worcester Bosch horror story

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/katie-investigates/leaky-worcester-bosch-boiler-left-mothers-home-dangerous-environme...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tnp
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by tnp

Mark

I have boarded out my laundry room with celotex, do I have to board over it or can I just leave it
8 comments posted 5yrs
posted by lexmotto1
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by lexmotto1

Electrics to garage

I have a falling down old double garage a little way from the house and when I rebuild it I should run the electric out...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tim
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by tim

Mortar mix for seating slabs

A friend had a low brick garden wall built with slabs on top for seating. A couple of slabs came loose after very littl...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by a.b
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by a.b

Outdoor, pet friendly PIR

I currently have a security light on my garage (at the bottom of the garden) and used both for security and simply to s...
8 comments posted 5yrs
posted by steve
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by steve

New solar panel installation: panel orientation

Hello Solar experts, I am wondering whether the cost, subsidised or not, of a domestic PV solar installation may be set...
8 comments posted 5yrs
posted by cskrimshire
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by cskrimshire

Solar lights

SWMBO want a string of solar lights in the garden. I have noticed some have ena,elled copper wire rather than the more u...
12 comments posted 5yrs
posted by JohnP
12 comments posted 5yrs posted by JohnP

Price of Optex AX-70TN outdoor IR beams

CPC and Rapid don't sell them so I had a look on Amazon. £123. Oh dear. So I had a look at a few suppliers of security e...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Beltek...quality radio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36uZsLKo7c&t=9s
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Skimming over wallpaper!

I've never seen this before. A wall at work has been skimmed, it's apparent that behind the plaster is tiled wallpaper!
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rsandr
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by rsandr