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A simple way to reuse disposable face masks?

I've been hoping I could find a relatively easy way to sterilise, clean and reuse my coronavirus protection face masks,...
56 comments posted 6yrs
posted by spamcatch
56 comments posted 6yrs posted by spamcatch

OT sods law

I hadn't set foot outside the home for 10 days and hadn't received many the items that I've ordered on-line. Yesterday...
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by junk
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by junk

IR contactless temperature guns

What's the difference between the usual DIY IR guns and the ones which they are using (Asia) to check body temperature i...
21 comments posted 6yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
21 comments posted 6yrs posted by harry.m1byt

British Gas Wireless Receiver with Hive

I have mislaid my Instruction leaflet for my WR1. The red alarm light in on and the Drayton Motorised Valve is stuck in...
3 comments posted 6yrs
posted by Marshall Chaloner Morris
3 comments posted 6yrs posted by Marshall Chaloner Morris

OT: Dentistry

I received the following by email. It may be helpful for some. The tldr version is to try to get antibiotics if you hav...
17 comments posted 6yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
17 comments posted 6yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Headset.

Been trying to buy a headset for the laptop. Zoom and Skype etc use. Don't intend paying hundreds for gaming ones. Or n...
25 comments posted 6yrs
posted by dave
25 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

OT: Rescued from the vacuum cleaner

Quite simple philosophy really, it it can be sucked up it will be. One amplifier volume control knob One CH radiator ca...
16 comments posted 6yrs
posted by nospam
16 comments posted 6yrs posted by nospam

steve

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52321723 got his email from a friend..... I thought mass repossessions was going to...
28 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj~
28 comments posted 6yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj~

Prep for garden walls to be rendered

Hi All. I have recently had a lot of building work completed which includes the some garden walls. We potentially want...
1 comments posted 6yrs
posted by Caddy
1 comments posted 6yrs posted by Caddy

Earth sleeving costs a lot these days

£1200 for the last lot. Mind you most of that was the vets bill to remove some from the cat's lower intestine
28 comments posted 6yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
28 comments posted 6yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Tips for clean edge between wall and ceiling

Hi All We had bought paint for a couple of rooms but haven't got around to painting them. The lockdown is currently pos...
26 comments posted 6yrs
posted by leenowell
26 comments posted 6yrs posted by leenowell

Dr who ? ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G66YGmVmMj0
1 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj~
1 comments posted 6yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj~

Blown double glazing DIY success

I recently moved into a house I'd just bought. One of the upstairs double glazed windows was full of moisture - it migr...
19 comments posted 6yrs
posted by alan
19 comments posted 6yrs posted by alan

Re: About those ventilators ..

> >> >>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>>> You'd have thought Dyson, being an expert in filtration, would have >>>>>> produced loads an...
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by max_demian
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by max_demian