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Leaking boiler

My Ideal Logic combi boiler has/had a slow leak, starting a week ago. The central heating water pressure has remained c...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by patchmoney
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by patchmoney

Re: Anxiety Looks Different in Men

> Anxiety Looks Different in Men I suspect most here look forward to their DIY
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by fredxx
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by fredxx

A bit Heath Robinson, Tiling

Doing some tiling but only have a small basic tile cutter and the floor tiles are 60cms (what happened to 4 inch tiles)...
6 comments posted 7yrs
posted by noname
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by noname

rivet for spade handle

In the past I just used a 6" nail to form a rivet to fix a wooden spade handle but wondered if is worth annealing it fi...
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by news
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by news

Cutting gears?

What's the favoured approach to getting hold of gears, to cut them yourself, or to buy from, say, HPC gears?
10 comments posted 7yrs
posted by headstone255
10 comments posted 7yrs posted by headstone255

New door handles

I was asked to replace all the door handles in someone's 1970s bungalow. They had nasty brass lever handles and had bou...
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by stainburn
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by stainburn

silver sand gets washed away

I have some block paving that's on a slope. The slope varies from 1:40 to 1:10. When the rain washes across the area it...
13 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
13 comments posted 7yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Error 10 concept pro VHSDIR-870EXT outdoor camera

I've got a problem with one of the memorial hall ptz cctv cameras. The camera in question is about 7/8 years old, pre I...
2 comments posted 7yrs
posted by johnjessop46
2 comments posted 7yrs posted by johnjessop46

Whaley Bridge ballast

I'm just musing. The bags appear to be standard one ton bags. Hundreds of them. Where are they coming from? I wonder ho...
48 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
48 comments posted 7yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Diagnosing electric shower fault

Hello, I have a Triton T80xr electric shower which has stopped supplying hot water. In other words, whenever I use it t...
3 comments posted 7yrs
posted by this
3 comments posted 7yrs posted by this

Shaver light question

I have a shaver socket / light over the hand basin in the bathroom, with 240/110 volt outlets. The light is fluorescent...
14 comments posted 7yrs
posted by me
14 comments posted 7yrs posted by me

Whaley Bridge pumps...

Why not syphons? I mean, pumps use power, quite a lot of it and are relatively expensive. For a syphon, you just need a...
144 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tim.downie
144 comments posted 7yrs posted by tim.downie

OT: What to wear?

I was intrigued to see the soldier in charge of the Dam safety work wearing a High Visibility 'vest' over his camouflag...
15 comments posted 7yrs
posted by davey
15 comments posted 7yrs posted by davey

Flourescent tubes. 1200/1214-1500/1514mm

Have a failing tube with no markings apart from wattage (35W). It looks like 5ft, but wtf are there ones an extra 14mm a...
10 comments posted 7yrs
posted by jethro_uk
10 comments posted 7yrs posted by jethro_uk

Small plane for planing inside rabbeted frame?

I had one but left it with my son in law in Canada. Now I can't remember the name of that type of plane and I need one....
2 comments posted 7yrs
posted by mikehalmarack
2 comments posted 7yrs posted by mikehalmarack