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Generator cover for running generator

Just doing my winter disaster planning. One item was to be able to run a small generator to keep the freezer going in t...
42 comments posted 6yrs
posted by wibble
42 comments posted 6yrs posted by wibble

Fooking B&Q

Looking for a bathroom basin. Want to see it before buying. Only place out of the usual suspects that looks to have wha...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by dave
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

OT: Smart meters again

OK, just had a smart meter fitted. We have a mobile mast less than a mile away, no no prob with a mobile signal here, b...
23 comments posted 6yrs
posted by timstreater
23 comments posted 6yrs posted by timstreater

strange ......OT

Why are there so many black people in Emmardale farm these days ?....Shirley they like cities better and don't like cold...
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by kinvig.netta

OT: Latest Amazon witticism

As I had to do a bit of work recently on my server, I spent some time moving a display from one system to another. So t...
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by timstreater
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by timstreater

Preventing a crack in a plasterboard ceiling.

As part of a re-furb in the cloakroom - new lighting and different plumbing, I'll have to replace the plasterboard ceil...
22 comments posted 6yrs
posted by dave
22 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

Dehumidifier recommendations

I've had an ebac 2650e for about five years and it works well enough, but it's getting a bit too heavy to take up & dow...
21 comments posted 6yrs
posted by nospam
21 comments posted 6yrs posted by nospam

Why did warm air central heating go out of fashion?

It used to be we had open fires. But then hot water radiators came in - much cleaner, and easier to manage. Nowadays we...
75 comments posted 6yrs
posted by vir.campestris
75 comments posted 6yrs posted by vir.campestris

This guy is brilliant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO9mWvJAugQ&ab_channel=JimBrowning
24 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj
24 comments posted 6yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

Bloody wasps part 2

Having previously offed 3 in the conservatory and 2 in the room with the wood burner, I went outside to fill the log ba...
9 comments posted 6yrs
posted by timstreater
9 comments posted 6yrs posted by timstreater

Cleaning printing off cables

I ordered some white PVC flex to replace a pendant lampholder. Unfortunately when it came it turned out to have conspic...
11 comments posted 6yrs
posted by theom+news
11 comments posted 6yrs posted by theom+news

diy hydraulic fittings?

I'm working on daughters new (to her, 21 year old) Honda motorbike. She would normally do it (under my supervision) but...
21 comments posted 6yrs
posted by news
21 comments posted 6yrs posted by news