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Safety standards for toys

It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 week...
40 comments posted 6yrs
posted by nothanks
40 comments posted 6yrs posted by nothanks

Home insurance - 'renewal setup fee'

My home insurance for the current year, is quoting £6 more than this time last year - OK not too big a jump, but they a...
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by a
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by a

Hantek DSO USB programming question?

(As asked elsewhere) ... and following on from the removing smoke smells of electronic equipment post ... I've been doi...
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by news
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by news

Gas Safe Engineer

You may find this amusing .. (or at least odd) I took out a Boiler service contract with a UK company - YourRepair Runn...
65 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rick_hughes
65 comments posted 6yrs posted by rick_hughes

Screwfix screw-up

I ordered something last Thursday, which was on 24-48hr deliver to my local shop. Nothing wrong with that. Except it ha...
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by roland
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by roland

DIY lockdown.

Should I be panic buying stuff for all my jobs for the next 2 months or will Screwfix and others remain open?
28 comments posted 6yrs
posted by Pancho.Dontmaileme
28 comments posted 6yrs posted by Pancho.Dontmaileme

New bathroom sink tap in old bathroom

I need to replace the hot tap in my bathroom sink.  The bathroom is ancient, 30+ years old, and will be replaced in the...
22 comments posted 6yrs
posted by michael.durso.uk
22 comments posted 6yrs posted by michael.durso.uk

Odd MPG on return journeys

So I am working in Leicester a lot at the moment. I always do a MPG check on the journeys. Now I always get a better MP...
42 comments posted 6yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
42 comments posted 6yrs posted by adamwadsworth

traditional ropes

I am involved in a project to put some small wooden structures like nesting boxes out in some woodland. The Desire is t...
69 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tim
69 comments posted 6yrs posted by tim

OT: Hair Trimmers

Having discovered how relatively easy it is to use my beard trimmer to cut my hair, I don't think I will be going back...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by chris
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by chris

Enlarging a hole in a wall.

I have a (tiled) block cavity wall with a 100mm dia. hole in it, for a fan. I want a concentric 150mm hole (for a bigge...
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by roger
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by roger

RCD protected socket.

Have a two gang RCD protected metal clad socket in the conservatory which has failed - RCD will no longer latch on. It...
19 comments posted 6yrs
posted by dave
19 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

Removing smoker smells from hardware?

Yesterday a good friend (but regular smoker) dropped off one of those USB/PC oscilloscopes. Bringing it in the house re...
16 comments posted 6yrs
posted by news
16 comments posted 6yrs posted by news