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Basin waste trap.

My new basin is a different depth from the old one. Waste pipe is Terrain and exits through the wall, so not easy to al...
5 comments posted 5yrs
posted by dave
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by dave

Food mixer repair

A friend gave me her Kenwood Chefette 2000 to repair. Making a stink and lots of sparking. I opened it up and one of th...
37 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tim.downie
37 comments posted 5yrs posted by tim.downie

EV Charging

We may be in need of a 7kW EV charging point in the fairly near future. Anyone got any advice on makes, installers (I a...
96 comments posted 5yrs
posted by news
96 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

The Intercom here ...

The intercom here is based on technology, still functioning, that it nearly 90 years old, the Tele F field telephones....
1 comments posted 5yrs
posted by headstone255
1 comments posted 5yrs posted by headstone255

Solar Panel/ Battery issue

We have an array of 16 solar panels and have noticed that the yield has dropped a fair bit in the past 8 months or so....
5 comments posted 5yrs
posted by news
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

Hdmi as a monitor

Ive just connected a tele with hdmi to a mini pc. It works well except the picture overfills the screen. The pc is runni...
9 comments posted 5yrs
posted by lmilbourn70
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by lmilbourn70

Pipe blockage - where?

Trying to locate a blockage in a 42mm plastic waste solv weld system. I assumed tapping it would reveal all but it isn'...
22 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tabbypurr
22 comments posted 5yrs posted by tabbypurr

PING Jim GM4DHJ ...

Jim, That bijou Advent notebook from you is working wonders as a bedside accompaniment to learning Welsh, many thanks!...
17 comments posted 5yrs
posted by headstone255
17 comments posted 5yrs posted by headstone255

Re-laquering solid brass door handles

The clear lacquer has worn off some 25-year old solid brass door handles and they're looking tatty. I'm sure they're so...
14 comments posted 5yrs
posted by nospam
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by nospam

Vegans 40pc more likely to suffer bone fractures.

From The Telegraph Vegans 40pc more likely to suffer from fractures from lack of calcium, Oxford study finds By Mason B...
50 comments posted 5yrs
posted by invalid
50 comments posted 5yrs posted by invalid

Installing new electric oven

What's the deal these days with installing a new oven?  I?m looking at replacement built-in ovens on www.AO.com.  My un...
22 comments posted 5yrs
posted by davidlobsterpot601
22 comments posted 5yrs posted by davidlobsterpot601

Any graphics tablet users out there?

I keep toying with the idea of a small graphics tablet to let me doodle on a computer, or make notes on a photo (like a...
17 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wibble
17 comments posted 5yrs posted by wibble

[OT] Ping TNP re West Coast psychedelic rock track

A little while ago I asked for help from the group in identifying the track/band/genre of a piece of music played as ba...
3 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Aero.Spike
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by Aero.Spike

Corner unit gadgets

Hi All, I have a walk in larder which is essentially a v small room with shelves on 2 perpendicular walls. This causes...
14 comments posted 5yrs
posted by leen...
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by leen...