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Hob and oven switch(es)

Currently our hob is on a cooker switch on 4mm cable, and the oven is on the other side of the room on a 13A plug (alth...
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posted by rsandr
3 comments posted 7yrs posted by rsandr

3mm head diameter screw?

Does such a thing exist - a sort of slotted threaded bar screw? (I'm putting up some low-load 18mm pine shelves, and fi...
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posted by patchmoney
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by patchmoney

rewind

just about to compress and rewind my first piston...any tips ? ...... never done it before.......
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posted by jim.gm4dhj
27 comments posted 7yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

Combi boilers, electric showers etc. revisited

This has been somewhat covered in a couple of recent threads but they are long so I'm trying to pick up on a few points...
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posted by wibble
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by wibble

Darned clever thiese smart phones you know.

We rent a small room in a sheltered accommodation block owned by our council for the Talking Newspaper. We are told to...
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posted by briang1
13 comments posted 7yrs posted by briang1

New boiler in a council house

The gf's boiler was condemned when it was serviced. First of all the asbestos test "needs" to be done. Council "We need...
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posted by adamwadsworth
12 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Freezer alarm

Time to own up, I didn't quite close the freezer door fully - So I am looking for a freezer alarm. Something which will...
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posted by harry.m1byt
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry.m1byt

15mm double check valve

Can someone explain the purpose of the screw in the body?
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posted by Somewhere
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by Somewhere

Date the CU

Would the team like to guess the date of the Wylex CU with 100 mA RCD main switch http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/F...
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posted by spuorgelgoog
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by spuorgelgoog

Artex

Hi, This is really a continuation of the plasterbord ceiling question. I am about to redecorate a room and the artex ce...
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posted by blenkinsopp
10 comments posted 7yrs posted by blenkinsopp

TOT: currency in an independent country

Seems the SNP wants another independence referendum and is looking at introducing a separate currency. They are to disc...
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posted by newsgroups
42 comments posted 7yrs posted by newsgroups

OT: this is rather good

https://www.hionline.eu/classical/ Bill
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posted by wrightsaerials
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by wrightsaerials

OT: French cows dying from EMR

From the DT today - "A group of French cattle farmers is suing the state over the mysterious death of hundreds of cows,...
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posted by Andrew97d-junk
28 comments posted 7yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk