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Enlarging a hole

Measured up something round I wanted a reasonably tight fit into 12mm ply. 60mm diameter. Bought a 60mm hole saw, and t...
21 comments posted 7yrs
posted by dave
21 comments posted 7yrs posted by dave

OT Anti virus sorftware

I am using the free version of Avast ATM It's £20 a year for the paid up version. Is it worth it?
88 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
88 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

HDD trouble

I hope someone has more clue than I on this one. This PC has a mix of SATA & PATA HDDs: 2G for data Something with a 64...
23 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tabbypurr
23 comments posted 7yrs posted by tabbypurr

Re: Latest voting intentions.

Well so what? Its quite obviously to me we should have another vote and in addition everyone will have to vote, compulso...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by briang1
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by briang1

Plasterboard paper surface peeling

Hi all, I have some internal stud/plasterboard walls, the paper is peeling away from the plasterboard at the joins in s...
15 comments posted 7yrs
posted by a.b
15 comments posted 7yrs posted by a.b

anon texts ?

if you can withold your number when you phone somebody why can you not when you text ?
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posted by kinvig.netta
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Inanimate objects and interdimensional travel

I've had a Saniflo Sanishower tor over three years to pump waste from a garage sink to the main foul water pipe about 1...
11 comments posted 7yrs
posted by jmlayman
11 comments posted 7yrs posted by jmlayman

Glen 2178 Convector Heater thermostat

Okay: I know the correct answer to the question is "chuck it away and get another one" but this is uk.d-i-y and I'd lik...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by nick
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by nick

Mobile phone - SMS works, calls don't :(

SWMBOs Alcatel Pixi 4 6" has started pissing about. Claims to be connected to the network (all bars up). However try to...
13 comments posted 7yrs
posted by jethro_uk
13 comments posted 7yrs posted by jethro_uk

Building regs and fire safety reform

Seen elsewhere: MHCLG and the Home Office have released these... https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/building-a...
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posted by spuorgelgoog
22 comments posted 7yrs posted by spuorgelgoog

OT cutting greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050

Does anyone thing that we can cut greenhouse gas emissions to almost zero by 2050? What would have to be done to achieve...
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posted by mUNDERSCOREnews
69 comments posted 7yrs posted by mUNDERSCOREnews

Wirlpool

Some sympathies and concerns over the attempt to contact owners of tumble dryers. So many young people are so apathetic...
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posted by Somewhere
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by Somewhere

OT: Firewood splitting/burning qualities questions

Since we got our log burner and my chainsaw I?ve developed a bit of a serious ?hunter-gather? habit. Earlier this week...
147 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tim.downie
147 comments posted 7yrs posted by tim.downie

Has your electricals been recalled?

The thread about "Crackly fizzy (mechanical ?) noise from TV ?" has prompted me to look this up. https://www.electrical...
23 comments posted 7yrs
posted by email
23 comments posted 7yrs posted by email