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?Fixing? a socket wrench

Hi All, Happy New Year for the non Grinches among you. I was about to throw out the wrench for my socket set as the rat...
11 comments posted 5yrs
posted by chrispvholmes
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by chrispvholmes

UPVC Door locking

HI All We've been in this house now since 2006 (new build) and two of the most-used UPVC doors are playing up, when try...
25 comments posted 5yrs
posted by adrian
25 comments posted 5yrs posted by adrian

OT Car running at tickover on high RPM

Any suggestions? Normally it's 750RPM but today it's 950RPM. It had a reasonable run of 120 miles a couple of days ago...
39 comments posted 5yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
39 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth

OT APP?

Where did this guy get the App to fly about the city ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jErknJ-2l24
7 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

Thinners for Tipp-ex

In years gone by, it used to be 1:1:1 Trichloroethane as the ideal thinner. I know that was outlawed. Have several bott...
19 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rick_hughes
19 comments posted 5yrs posted by rick_hughes

Cheap Chinese rubbish

An LED striplight. After 1 month, BANG! A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it. What I think used to be an...
32 comments posted 5yrs
posted by CFKinsey
32 comments posted 5yrs posted by CFKinsey

Gas boiler, controls and prog/stat

What is the relationship between the controls on the boiler itself, the thermostat/programmer in the hallway and the he...
29 comments posted 5yrs
posted by a
29 comments posted 5yrs posted by a

TP LINK WR9841 weird issue

Woke up to discover power supply had failed. After the usual trawl through the 100 or so wallwarts I have, obviously I...
12 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jethro_uk
12 comments posted 5yrs posted by jethro_uk

£200 chopping board from Russ Andrews

https://www.hifichoice.com/content/russ-andrews-new-torlyte-platforms "This raises the speed of reaction to the feedback...
14 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Sending to the US.

Been helping out a pal with the same old car as me, who lives in California. He's been doing some engine work on it, an...
26 comments posted 5yrs
posted by dave
26 comments posted 5yrs posted by dave

Happy New Year!

As header. Doesn't seem to have stretched very far judging by the current level of acrimonious posts!
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tim
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by tim

aggregate names/spec

It seems that MOT type 1 is now known as SHW clause 803 Similarly MOT type 3 is SHW clause 805 But I have a requirement...
1 comments posted 5yrs
posted by usenet
1 comments posted 5yrs posted by usenet

Condensation solution required in loft

Hi all and Happy New Year, I'm trying to find the best solution to a condensation problem in a loft in a 1980's new bui...
9 comments posted 5yrs
posted by mitch...
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by mitch...