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Neighbour's installation has dimmer switches plus ...
My flat's main room ceiling lighting is OEM, apart from adding shades and replacing bulbs. It has two dangling lights controlled by a 2-spst switch pair by the door. The main room of the flat of my...
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Oil boiler
Hi my outside oil boiler is sooting up and locking out in bad weather, could this be because wind blowing around flue. had a service about month ago. I can get it going when I clean photocell but have...
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4 years ago
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Pot Holes
Why do Highways Depts believe that potholes can be repaired by dropping in some tarmac and stamping it down? It is time they were properly equiped with the machinery and materials to do it properly...
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qualcast petrol mower rear wheel opposite height adjuster is not not maintaining height like other wheels
as title really , all other wheels move with height adjuster but this one doesnt - presume something has come off but cant find what or where
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surfacing a drive
I have a section of driveway that has a surface made of limestone that's about a foot deep. It's OK and good enough except that part of it is on a one in eight slope and when we have a downpour the...
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4 years ago
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Overhang versus parapet roof on glass box extension
Would appreciate your advice on the better option on a residential extension in Ireland. South east facing back garden that is very short.
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Bridge between Scotland and Ireland
Apparently it's on. How long before it's not ? Days, weeks, months or years ? I reckon this time 2021 it'll be long forgotten.
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New TV Moderately OT:-)
I need a new TV for my bedroom. Wall mounted, HD capable, OK on my existing auxiliary boxes, and with a freeview program search function. Able to take a satellite input but not Sky. Any...
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Torx masonry screws
I have to attach a TV bracket to a conventional brick-with-plaster wall. The bracket is a hinged extending design which means that even with a small TV the weight supported will be considerable. Plus,...
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Pulley wheels
For various reasons I wish to run a thinnish pull cord via 4-5 pulley wheels. Does anyone know if smaller pulley wheels offer more resistance than big ones?
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4 years ago
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Flooding and electric cars
Had to go out yesterday morning but on our return trip many of the roads we had to travel were already flooding and a number of cars were already coming to grief. Fortunately the Kuga managed to...
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4 years ago
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A bit windy
Call out this morning. Not only did the ladders manage to slide across the roof bars (and I fitted them properly) the roof popped off it's brackets and the dashboard kept saying that the drivers door...
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4 years ago
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Flickering and darker red neon switch for fridge
Hi guys. The fridge is not cooling more than 10 Celsius or about 42 farenheit. The very bottom of e freezer is hot! And the red light in the switch is flickering and shining less bright than its...
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4 years ago
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LED TV power off
One of our TVs is a 32 inch Samsung, which has an excellent picture. 2 years ago the power board blew so i replaced it with a secondhand board, which was an easy job. Now it's powering up but then...
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Room/2D CAD Mac?
Hi, What's a good and inexpensive basic CAD for Mac? I need easy dimensional placement and layers for things like walls, ceiling joists, pipes and other hidden features for record keeping and planning...
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