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Leaking shower

I live in a mid-terrace house on a bend in the road. What's that got to do with anything? Well, the back wall is notice...
27 comments posted 1yr
posted by nickodell49
27 comments posted 1yr posted by nickodell49

Old T & E cable

Some of my house wiring uses 2.5mm T&E with what looks like white PVC outer sheathing and (red and black) rubber coveri...
8 comments posted 1yr
posted by roger
8 comments posted 1yr posted by roger

Ground anchor - use in wall?

My security chain set up for locking my bicycle on car/motor home racks came with a ground anchor. Around the outside o...
5 comments posted 1yr
posted by wibble
5 comments posted 1yr posted by wibble

Laser thermometer - radiator balancing ?

With the heating bled and today firing up for the first time (SWMBO was "feeling nippy") and now in possession of a poi...
15 comments posted 1yr
posted by jethro_uk
15 comments posted 1yr posted by jethro_uk

Cleaning mortar from brick

I had the external walls repointed with a cement/lime mortar (5:1:1 I think). Generally OK but several 'overruns' and m...
10 comments posted 1yr
posted by patchmoney
10 comments posted 1yr posted by patchmoney

Problems with Octopus Home Mini

I'm having a really hard time getting my Octopus Home Mini connected. I've got to the stage where my mobile (tablet act...
13 comments posted 1yr
posted by cl
13 comments posted 1yr posted by cl

Advice needed please - cover for pond filter housing

At one end of my partially raised pond (it's on sloping ground) there is a small brick enclosure which houses a large f...
36 comments posted 1yr
posted by mills37.fslife
36 comments posted 1yr posted by mills37.fslife

Online shops witb late despatch time

You know how it is... you're doing a DIY job and then you find you need a . Everything stops until you can source one....
42 comments posted 1yr
posted by theom+news
42 comments posted 1yr posted by theom+news

UPVC Window Drain

Does anyone know where water that gets inside the frame drains from these windows: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#...
14 comments posted 1yr
posted by patchmoney
14 comments posted 1yr posted by patchmoney

Spanish/portugese blackout

Generation/distribution companies release their own report, critical of the running of the overall system ... though it...
1 comments posted 1yr
posted by usenet
1 comments posted 1yr posted by usenet

Octopus Mini help wanted please

I have a recently delivered Octopus Mini and I'm a bit confused about how it communicates with things. It's currently s...
5 comments posted 1yr
posted by cl
5 comments posted 1yr posted by cl

Was SMART meter understanding

Continued on: Was SMART meter understanding - Download data
0 comments posted 1yr
posted by stuck
0 comments posted 1yr posted by stuck