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Ball Valve in Toilet Cistern

My upstairs cistern fills very slowly. I got round to looking at it today and it had a high pressure valve fitted (smal...
3 comments posted 7yrs
posted by jgaines_newsid
3 comments posted 7yrs posted by jgaines_newsid

Steps for rear doors into garden - building regs

I'd be grateful for any pointers to the relevant regs covering external steps from back doors (one conventional, one pa...
31 comments posted 7yrs
posted by mail
31 comments posted 7yrs posted by mail

Wood screw specifications

Despite jars of old screws, I had trouble finding the right one to attach a PIR sensor to a wooden fence so I decided t...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by pamela.poster
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by pamela.poster

fibre reinforcing and glue

I've made things with glass fibre and poyester and repaired various things, including chainsaws, with glass fibre and e...
25 comments posted 7yrs
posted by news
25 comments posted 7yrs posted by news

short length buried cable tape

I will only be burying a short length of SWA (less than a metre) below ground where it goes from the cable run under a...
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posted by sm_jamieson
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by sm_jamieson

13A sockets useless for charging electric cars?

Just came across this topic on another forum: http://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=7463 or: https:...
133 comments posted 7yrs
posted by k.type
133 comments posted 7yrs posted by k.type

Cable/Pipe detector

Any recomends/avoids? The reviews of models that have a good overall rating still have a significant number of bad ones...
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posted by allsortsnotthisbit
19 comments posted 7yrs posted by allsortsnotthisbit

shower tray waste issue

I havent ordered tray yet. Ideally I want a 1200 x 800 tray. Unfortunately the waste connection would be directly above...
21 comments posted 7yrs
posted by noname
21 comments posted 7yrs posted by noname

Parking ticket - Pay up? Fair cop?

A random act of kindness went bad recently when I parked the car and a lady said there was a hour left on the parking s...
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posted by rsandr
116 comments posted 7yrs posted by rsandr

Gabions

should they be neatly filled or does it not matter? ....
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posted by kinvig.netta
27 comments posted 7yrs posted by kinvig.netta

landrover evoke

does it know its arse from its elbow ? .....
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Keeping potatoes ( off topic maybe)

I am wondering if anyone else is having difficulty keeping supermarket bought potatoes? I tend to buy the wonky ones fr...
28 comments posted 7yrs
posted by aprilsweetheartrose
28 comments posted 7yrs posted by aprilsweetheartrose

worchester 24i

how likely is replacing the ignition electrodes in a Worcester 24i to fix intermittent firing up of the boiler ?.....or...
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posted by kinvig.netta
2 comments posted 7yrs posted by kinvig.netta

British Restaurants

Anybody know where I can find pictures of wartime British Restaurants?...I have one of one in Glasgow which I think I re...
15 comments posted 7yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
15 comments posted 7yrs posted by kinvig.netta