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Tip permit!

Rocked up at the tip yesterday, with a few big pieces of plasterboard and a couple of croc tubs of s**te only to be tur...
23 comments posted 7yrs
posted by rsandr
23 comments posted 7yrs posted by rsandr

Bloody brisket ......

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OT: Who's on First?

I received a call from D&G, with whom I used to have a (free) warranty extension, which is about to expire. They called...
15 comments posted 7yrs
posted by davey
15 comments posted 7yrs posted by davey

Overload protection

I am confused about this. I have a 2kW heater wired in to a timer. I want to add a frost protection thermostat, which w...
22 comments posted 7yrs
posted by roger
22 comments posted 7yrs posted by roger

Re: Dribbling through flush valve

Well at least it dribbles safely, My old toilet if it leaks has its overflow right over the top of the door into the gar...
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by briang1
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by briang1

connecting coaxial inside a wall plate for TV

Simple question: Should the braid be connected to anything? The back of the wall plate looks like a connector for the c...
32 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tim
32 comments posted 7yrs posted by tim

MK MCBs

Our current CU is an MK and wired as per original 17th amendment. I am replacing it as I need extra ways as well as ins...
3 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
3 comments posted 7yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Life of a Gate Opener

I've had to replace my Beninca BOB50ME gate opener after 6 years of use and not cheap at £342.40, but looking at the co...
15 comments posted 7yrs
posted by andrew
15 comments posted 7yrs posted by andrew

razor blades in walls ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79GlUDVJXaA
3 comments posted 7yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj
3 comments posted 7yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

Homegroup on my PC

A short-cut icon has recently appeared on my desktop - a little green sphere with three smaller blue spheres orbiting i...
3 comments posted 7yrs
posted by me
3 comments posted 7yrs posted by me

OT: DPD latest

I had a parcel sent from the US near the end of March, and today, I wondered why it had not been delivered. It was ship...
53 comments posted 7yrs
posted by davey
53 comments posted 7yrs posted by davey

OT: Councils.

Happened to look at the newish site our council uses for parking matters. If you apply for a resident's parking pass on...
25 comments posted 7yrs
posted by dave
25 comments posted 7yrs posted by dave

replacing the PCB in a gas boiler (ATAG E32C)

The numerical display on my ATAG E32C combi boiler is failing; half the segments don't work any more. This display is o...
24 comments posted 7yrs
posted by rmlaws54
24 comments posted 7yrs posted by rmlaws54