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Capping Raditor Tails

Hi, Have a badly sludged up radiator, want to take it outside for a good flsuhing. Knowing that the filthy black water/...
19 comments posted 6yrs
posted by allsortsnotthisbit
19 comments posted 6yrs posted by allsortsnotthisbit

LED Downlighters (Hello again, after many years)

Memory lane ... I first posted here before uk.d-i-y existed, when it was just a topic in uk.misc And then posted regula...
24 comments posted 6yrs
posted by liviasfresco
24 comments posted 6yrs posted by liviasfresco

TV optical headphones

OK So the new LG 32" TV is mounted on the wall. Set up required a modest brain transplant but fairly normal for a Luddi...
37 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tim
37 comments posted 6yrs posted by tim

Cavity Wall advice

My house was built in 1988. The cavity walls are filled with slabs of rockwool stuff - possibly not as well as I would...
22 comments posted 6yrs
posted by Not.responding.
22 comments posted 6yrs posted by Not.responding.

OT: Hawk!!

I was so tempted to keep this as a pet. But I don't have anywhere to keep it seperate from my other birds. A hawk got i...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by CFKinsey
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by CFKinsey

Re: smoke detectors

> why does raw butane set off an ionising smoke detector ? How about cooked butane? Tim
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tim.downie
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by tim.downie

Replacing laminate flooring

My parent's house built around 1980 .... has a living room, to which was added a small extension both parts have solid...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rick_hughes
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by rick_hughes

I don't understand HTML any more

Could anyone who is so inclined go to the web page https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_262 and...
18 comments posted 6yrs
posted by Bill
18 comments posted 6yrs posted by Bill

Which newsrerader?

Because i'm ####ing sick of the way Thunderbird puts the reply (to author rather than followup) button back every time i...
23 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rsandr
23 comments posted 6yrs posted by rsandr

OT: Engine remaps

I've always tried to buy cars with enough poke, but we bought a Volvo 1.6 diesel because it was a pretty colour and fre...
40 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rsandr
40 comments posted 6yrs posted by rsandr

diy-kitchens.com - chuffed

I'm often disappointed, sometimes pleased, rarely chuffed. But we ordered some kitchen from the above (in part due to r...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rsandr
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by rsandr

Taking a couple of mm off a door, belt sander?

I have a few doors in my life that are sticking, I have NO skills with a plane, it isn't really enough to warrant getti...
11 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rsandr
11 comments posted 6yrs posted by rsandr

TOT: my afternoon with Radio Four

Noticing that the back gate had come loose in the gale and concerned about a sheep invasion I forsake my afternoon snoo...
58 comments posted 6yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
58 comments posted 6yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Glazing panel doors

I'm proposing to replace a couple of small plywood doors (serving hatch) with framed glazed doors. I intend to make the...
5 comments posted 6yrs
posted by millerhouse.spamtrap
5 comments posted 6yrs posted by millerhouse.spamtrap