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Unused aerial bracket?

The guy I mentioned recently who phoned me asking where he could get a replacement TV signal booster ... that he didn't...
19 comments posted 6yrs
posted by news
19 comments posted 6yrs posted by news

Cooker connection point

Can anyone spot any problems? http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:CookerCU.jpg
20 comments posted 6yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
20 comments posted 6yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Piezo Electric Gas Lighter

Recently bought a CK Classic Piezo Electric Gas Lighter for lighting our gas rings on the cooker. Worked like a charm f...
10 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jj
10 comments posted 6yrs posted by jj

Filler cap on bunded fuel oil tank.

No expense spared, a new 1200l bunded diesel storage tank has just arrived in my barn. Most of the assembly work is obv...
21 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tim
21 comments posted 6yrs posted by tim

Neodymium magnet puzzlement

Hi. Just had a small sheet of .5mm thick stainless steel 305 delivered for a project I'm starting. I expected it to be c...
18 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tallymo2
18 comments posted 6yrs posted by tallymo2

Extractor fan - legal terms for returns?

Just placed an order for: ST100HT Silent Tornado Hi-Power Bathroom Fan with Humidistat & Timer (Love the way it claims...
14 comments posted 6yrs
posted by giraffenos.pam
14 comments posted 6yrs posted by giraffenos.pam

OT: disingenuous condescending RBS email

Hello G, We want to help you manage your borrowing and ensure your overdraft limit is right for you. As you haven't use...
18 comments posted 6yrs
posted by g
18 comments posted 6yrs posted by g

Is it me or not, being suspicious.

Just seen and ad on Farcebook for a mini chain saw, the one in the filmed demo is a STIHL made unit, but when you go to...
15 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jon
15 comments posted 6yrs posted by jon

Choice of jigsaw

I have come to the conclusion I need a decent jigsaw so I am looking at a Makita 4350FCT seems we?ll recommended availa...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Smart thermostat fitting - check my working ?

With the days getting nippier, the siting of our programmable 'stat continues to be a pain (it's up high and she now ca...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jethro_uk
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by jethro_uk

Mirror light.

Been doing up the cloakroom. At the moment there is an old shaver socket/light above the mirror. Which contains an 18"...
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by dave
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

Laughing like a drain

Why is it that the drains always block in the middle of the night? Or to be accurate, why is it that I always make the...
16 comments posted 6yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
16 comments posted 6yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Stirring up controversy

HOW I MAKE PERFECT COFFEE Boil the kettle (because I don't watch it), then either let it cool or add some cold. Two hea...
40 comments posted 6yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
40 comments posted 6yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Talking of fibre

Small estate on edge of a village, van and 3 chaps stringing a cable along the telegraph poles. Cable was about 6mm dia...
25 comments posted 6yrs
posted by giraffenos.pam
25 comments posted 6yrs posted by giraffenos.pam

OT 1TB USB Sticks

why can I find 1TB USB sticks online at prices around 20 quid and in B&M sties can't find them, at any price (TBH 20 *i...
15 comments posted 6yrs
posted by timsnews99
15 comments posted 6yrs posted by timsnews99