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low-level stair/night lights

Looking for low-level night lights (not interested in plug-in ones), most seem to have their own mounting frames, or me...
3 comments posted 7yrs
posted by usenet
3 comments posted 7yrs posted by usenet

Enamel bath cleaning

Have a new steel/enamel bath that, due to lack of space, has been stored outdoors awaiting installation, rainwater has...
14 comments posted 7yrs
posted by usenet
14 comments posted 7yrs posted by usenet

smart meters

Should be called dumb meters. Being rather silly I ignore the advice here and opted for one. It is very flaky at the le...
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posted by messageboards
58 comments posted 7yrs posted by messageboards

lotta wasps all of a sudden ...

(With the caveat that patio door and assorted windows are open) Just seen 3 wasps in the kitchen (which doesn't have th...
26 comments posted 7yrs
posted by jethro_uk
26 comments posted 7yrs posted by jethro_uk

Disposing of 'used' white spirit

I've been washing my brushes in white spirit to remove the residue of oil-based gloss paint, and now I have a few hundr...
21 comments posted 7yrs
posted by me
21 comments posted 7yrs posted by me

Wifi - Anyone Tried Mesh ?

Our house is a bit of pain Wi-fi coverage wise. I suspect it is combination of layout (split level over 3 floors), size...
13 comments posted 7yrs
posted by no.sp
13 comments posted 7yrs posted by no.sp

Re: New BBC soap

In message In article snipped-for-privacy@> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Diesel-electric hybrids would have been an ex...
13 comments posted 7yrs
posted by G6JPG
13 comments posted 7yrs posted by G6JPG

Cable that looks like SWA but maybe isn't

I am trying to identify the cable that feeds our house consumer unit. It was buried many years ago, before 1998 at leas...
16 comments posted 7yrs
posted by cl
16 comments posted 7yrs posted by cl

OT Spare bog roll storage

Having watched a few TV programs in the last few days where the cameras enter peoples toilet/bathrooms, why do people s...
22 comments posted 7yrs
posted by junk
22 comments posted 7yrs posted by junk

Nice fire place plastering

To cheer up my s*it week I managed to find a customer today that has bricked up a fire place and plastered it ready for...
11 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
11 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

OT ISP upstream

Sorry, but there are knowledgeable people here and I wondered if anyone knew where to look. I have been using the same...
31 comments posted 7yrs
posted by roger
31 comments posted 7yrs posted by roger

Bathroom Mirror with light

SWMBO wants an illuminated, demisting bathroom mirror on the wall. I have agreed proviing ith has a shaver socket. My q...
39 comments posted 7yrs
posted by Somewhere
39 comments posted 7yrs posted by Somewhere

Anyone got a surplus UA3730?

Its an old, redundant, Texas, 18pin IC code lock IC. Yes there are some on ebay, but at ridiculous cost.
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Sky HD Box faulty sound

As our old Sky HD box was giving us trouble my son gave us his old unit. He checked it before he had it couriered down...
3 comments posted 7yrs
posted by pfjames2002
3 comments posted 7yrs posted by pfjames2002