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Under floor heated Oak Plank floor issue

I rent out a house I used to live in, it has oak planks, t+g, glued down with special UFH glue. It worked for 6 years f...
10 comments posted 6yrs
posted by lmmcams
10 comments posted 6yrs posted by lmmcams

Paint coming off the bloody wall!

We're moving some stuff around at work, and there's patches of paint need touching up. Someone i'm guessing has painted...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rsandr
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by rsandr

Webcam software.

What's the best freebie for Win7? Have SplitCam which works OK but keeps on nagging me to upgrade to the latest version....
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by dave
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

VAt, import duty, advancement fee...

Pal in the US wanted a modern engine ECU (MegaSquirt) built into the case of the original. It's a NAS spec Rover. Calif...
10 comments posted 6yrs
posted by dave
10 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

Leaky tap

Anyone familiar with this type of tap ? https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-kn9tdRb/0/813da87e/X3/i-kn9tdRb-X3.jpg http...
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tpmccann
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by tpmccann

OT:Beige Eggs was White Eggs

Just as so nobody will turn up at their local Tesco and be disappointed, in my local Tesco at least they seem to have r...
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by mjadams25
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by mjadams25

Fixings into concrete fence post

I'm planning to hang a pair of wooden garden gates between the house wall on one side and a concrete fence post on the...
20 comments posted 6yrs
posted by pknwblue
20 comments posted 6yrs posted by pknwblue

Re: Friggin' b&d scorpion

> Tried to put a new blade in mine today to cut some decking and couldn't > get it to stay in place...any ideas  ? .......
11 comments posted 6yrs
posted by see.my.signature
11 comments posted 6yrs posted by see.my.signature

Plaster shortage?

Has anyone encountered a shortage of plaster in the sheds? Asking for a friend. :-) Cheers Dave R
10 comments posted 6yrs
posted by wibble
10 comments posted 6yrs posted by wibble

Battery fluorescent torch renovation

I have an old battery (6 x D cells) torch which has a fluorescent tube, a spotlight and a flashing light behind a red (...
39 comments posted 6yrs
posted by nospam
39 comments posted 6yrs posted by nospam

Gate with one gatepost

I need to fit a small gate to a single post with the gate's free side over the top of a retaining wall with no (practic...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by roger
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by roger

Binoculars: refurbish possible?

I've got an old (c.25 years) pair of binoculars which are "hazing" due to age: I'm assuming that the haze is internal -...
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by lalaw44
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by lalaw44

New wiki article for review

One I had bean meaning to write for some time, but it got touched on in another thread, so I thought I might as well do...
22 comments posted 6yrs
posted by see.my.signature
22 comments posted 6yrs posted by see.my.signature

Identify a thread

I have a thread I could do with some help to identify. It's on a 2 gallon steel container .. so assuming imperial is a...
19 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rick_hughes
19 comments posted 6yrs posted by rick_hughes