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Ballache of a job replacing a WC

Putting a bog in a room that used to have one should be a simple task, you'd think. (In a shop premises we took on a co...
5 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rsandr
5 comments posted 6yrs posted by rsandr

Bosch 10.8V drill

My 10.*V Bosch Pro d/d emitted sparkles and magic smoke yesterday. I assume that it hash brushes as this was near the r...
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by giraffenos.pam
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by giraffenos.pam

OT repairing glasses

I have some glasses from a "designer" range The arm has broken. The glasses are otherwise in good condition It looks pe...
30 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tims_new_home
30 comments posted 6yrs posted by tims_new_home

Re: air

> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAR-Aircon-Refill-Regas-Air-Conditioning-Top-up-R134A-Gas-hose-replacement/363035877891?ss...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by junk
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by junk

Thread cutting 3/4" galvanised tube

I am thinking about making some things for my workshop. In among them, I shall need some fairly stiff metal - probably...
51 comments posted 6yrs
posted by magpieinkcap
51 comments posted 6yrs posted by magpieinkcap

Tap tails onto compression fittings?

I learned something this week.... If i'm connecting a screw on tap tail to, for example, an isolator valve i'll use a b...
5 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rsandr
5 comments posted 6yrs posted by rsandr

Plastic pipe, composite sink, earth?

The answer must be, you don't, surely, obviously? But i've replaced a sink and some pipework, none of it is metal, i'm...
11 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rsandr
11 comments posted 6yrs posted by rsandr

Angle grinder question (yes, really!)

I want to cut some steel reinforcing bars for a neighbour, that stick up through the edge of their patio. I have diamon...
19 comments posted 6yrs
posted by me
19 comments posted 6yrs posted by me

Stripping lead-based paint

I've spent the last couple of days cutting-out and replacing rotten oak and pitch pine from a large window frame, which...
10 comments posted 6yrs
posted by nothanks
10 comments posted 6yrs posted by nothanks

Wardrobe Door Replacement Question

Hi, I'm getting six replacement overlay doors for a wardrobe. 2270 x 548mm. At the moment, they all hinged on the left....
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by udemycerts
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by udemycerts

3,6,12,13,24

Can you spot the missing number ? It's 9. As in 9V. I've just trawled through three boxes of odds and sods and out of 1...
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jethro_uk
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by jethro_uk

Old BT 2Wire router as wireless repeater ?

Following on from finding my PLA *and* router Wallwart f***ed, and looking at a drawer with 3 old 2Wire routers from BT...
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jethro_uk
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by jethro_uk

Powerline oddity

Last night, the PLA which feeds our TV hub "went funny". Just showing power light. It's one of a pair. After a brief me...
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jethro_uk
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by jethro_uk

Microsoft Edge

I thought Microsoft had scrapped Edge, so how come it has just reappeared on my PC after an update?
38 comments posted 6yrs
posted by newsgroups
38 comments posted 6yrs posted by newsgroups