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Adjusting Tilt and Turn windows/ doors

Hi All, We had a couple of tilt and turn windows which have never been adjusted properly. I am now trying to finally ad...
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by leenowell
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by leenowell

Grand Designs - The Street

Been watching the latest Grand Designs series - The Street. Some interesting diy builds going on, and of course they al...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by davidm_uk-notme
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by davidm_uk-notme

TOT Hermes tracking

Hermes tracking tells me that their estimated delivery is the 16th of April - that's after they picked up the package o...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by junk
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by junk

Using a reconditioned IBC as a water tank

Anyone got experience of using these? For example: I'm thinking of getting one or two of these for storing rainwater fo...
19 comments posted 7yrs
posted by jmlayman
19 comments posted 7yrs posted by jmlayman

Bury new sewer pipe without killing tree roots ?

There's a huge Copper Beech tree , twice the height of the house, but the old clay sewer pipe has roots in it. So how t...
15 comments posted 7yrs
posted by dicegeorge
15 comments posted 7yrs posted by dicegeorge

Dyson blocked cyclones

My niece has asked me to "fix" her newish Dysaon DC54 which seems to be suffering from too high a pressure drop across...
33 comments posted 7yrs
posted by news
33 comments posted 7yrs posted by news

OT Nice new village roads

New tarmac, silver bollards at pedestrian crossings and so on. But only on the bit that the Tour de Yorkshire run on. Am...
62 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
62 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Win £1000 MK products

https://pages1.honeywell.com/ECC-MK-Electric-prize-draw-competition-Feb-2019.html Answers here https://www.mkelectric.co...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by spuorgelgoog
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by spuorgelgoog

Neff Oven Knob

The oval metallic-appearance oven knobs are made of plastic. Over time heat distorts then until they no longer grip pro...
3 comments posted 7yrs
posted by pinnerite
3 comments posted 7yrs posted by pinnerite

Proving some rotation

Its that time of year again... My tractor mower, sometimes suffers from the cutter blades coming to a stop due to becom...
24 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
24 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry.m1byt

TOT disclose your PIN

Any dealing I've had with any company in the financial industry have always come with the warning that "we will never a...
39 comments posted 7yrs
posted by junk
39 comments posted 7yrs posted by junk

Today I had my first experience with rubber

... self-amalgamating tape :-) mending the inspection lamp where the flex had worn, I had to cut it open and glue it ba...
15 comments posted 7yrs
posted by spuorgelgoog
15 comments posted 7yrs posted by spuorgelgoog

Washing machine door seal repair

The cylindrical part of the door seal on my Samsung washing machine is punctured. I need a quick fix while we wait for...
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by mikes
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by mikes

Funny belt question

If a belt is listed as 126" outer and 124" inner and you cut it ,why is it the same length inner and outer . :)
14 comments posted 7yrs
posted by haggisz
14 comments posted 7yrs posted by haggisz

Removing ''hard water" stains from brick work.

We live in an area with especially hard water and had an issue with a toilet overflow- fixed some time back. However, i...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by no.sp
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by no.sp