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OT: Weather

Thunderstorms now here near Canterbury. Lets hope we don't get another near-strike that blows up the router (again).
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posted by timstreater
14 comments posted 7yrs posted by timstreater

OT More cultural enrichment

Must have grieved the BBC to report this one. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-49116600 Grisly details c...
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posted by harry130747
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry130747

I LOVE THERMAL MASS

Outside: 36°C Inside: 28°C :-)
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posted by tnp
38 comments posted 7yrs posted by tnp

Google/Nest thermostats - thoughts?

Just wondering if anyone has a positive experience of this. Cheers Dave R
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posted by wibble
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by wibble

Boxt central heating install - anyone used them?

My first instinct is to run away. Looks like national double glazing firms which use contract installers then use a pro...
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posted by wibble
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by wibble

Shower heads?

I have a shower head with a small (designed) hole in the "handle". It has become clogged and I would love to replace it...
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posted by messageboards
19 comments posted 7yrs posted by messageboards

Half of old house suddenly without power. Causes?

A relative lives in a 300-year-old house. Yesterday he called to warn that when I visit tomorrow (Friday) it's likely t...
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posted by kylix_is
25 comments posted 7yrs posted by kylix_is

Re: OT Macdonalds

> > > > >> > >>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Does the UK have the system in mcDonalds where you are supposed to > >>>>>> us...
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posted by whisky.dave
3 comments posted 7yrs posted by whisky.dave

Call me scrooge

Now that I am getting too old to do much D_I_Y I tend to watch quite a lot of day time TV. There are many adverts tryin...
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posted by messageboards
118 comments posted 7yrs posted by messageboards

Leaving backboxes proud?

I am currently installing a number of additional sockets, switches etc in advance of a room being re-skimmed. The walls...
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posted by mathewjamesnewton
21 comments posted 7yrs posted by mathewjamesnewton

public toilets

They're nearly all gone now but how did a man with no, or very short arms (thalidomide ?) do a wee ? I had a friend who...
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posted by billyorange007
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by billyorange007

Switches in bathrooms, outside zone 2

AFAICS there is nothing preventing a regular wallplate switch being used to control an electrically-heated towel rail i...
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posted by nothanks
17 comments posted 7yrs posted by nothanks

Re: Cromalin

> what is cromalin plate? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cromalin+plate HTH
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posted by fredxx
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by fredxx

Sink/washing machine drain questions

I'm about to move a utility room sink and washing machine. The existing drain for both goes into a downpipe from an ups...
2 comments posted 7yrs
posted by cl
2 comments posted 7yrs posted by cl