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Advice on best was to seal bi-fold door base
I recently had some bi-fold doors fitted in the dining room and I'm about to work on the floor in the same room. I find the fitting methodology of the bi-fold company questionable. First, a damp...
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Re: gaslecy
It's that way round for us, too.
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Old foam backed carpets
Soon I will have to get my upstairs bedrooms recarpeted. Now they were done many years ago with foam backed carpet, and a peak under the edge of one shows that this, in most cases has turned to a kind...
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How can those Chinese water heaters work?
Those cheap Chinese water heaters which are simply two plates of metal, one on live and one on neutral, how can they work? Because the resistivity of tap water apparently varies from 2 to 200 ohm...
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Re: dusty bin
Some people would kill for that many bins. We have to fit all our recycling in a crate - and they give you a small bag for cardboard instead of a full-size bin for it, so you have to spend ages...
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Humax PVR.
My Humax PVR (BT version) is faulty. is there a better make?
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Quooker solenoid replacement
Here's what you have to buy instead of just a solenoid coil. --
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Gas valve solenoid
The main gas valve solenoid has given up on my elderly Baxi Solo boiler - the coil is open circuit, and thus does nothing when mains is applied. The valve itself works - if I push in the rod which is...
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Fake 'Coal' Fires with 'Smoke'
We were in B&Q yesterday to look at some shelving units for the garage and noticed a display of electric insert fires which are designed to look like a real coal fire. A couple attracted our attention...
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OT: Today's auction
"A pallet containing boxed unused mobility scooter walking stick holders". Somebody must want them. There's a duplicate a few lots down, too. Offers, anyone? Deadstock Meadow Sale | TW Gaze Deadstock...
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Must some electric clips must be metal? wiki update?
Must some electric clips be metal? Electrical Installation - DIYWiki Electrical Installation - DIYWiki
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5 years ago
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Recovering W10 password - Xpost
Early days, but I need to get into a W10 system and the apparent password on a bit of paper under the keyboard doesn't work. I am trying to use the "recover password" option on the front screen which...
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Air valve question
I've some 2 input pneumatic cylinders, controlled by 3 port valves, that I get. Air goes in one way cylinder moves one way, vice versa. What about a one input one, how do they release when you close...
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ONE of the nuisance trips probably identified...
Related because its interesting. Having achieved SOME stabiliy by not using one ring at all, suddenly the damned thing was tripping again and I managed to get it consistent enough to narrow it down to...
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Earworm help
Someone posted similar the other day, i've got an earworm, it's doing my head in. Recentish song, I can't remember anything much other than that at the end of some lines someone says "yeah" in a...
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