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Quinetic switch review

Interesting devices. I've now got a 2-gang switch and two receivers - one for the ceiling light and one for the wall li...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by jmlayman
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by jmlayman

What's this pipe?

15mm Copper pipe stub comes out of concrete floor & is capped. Tracing it is therefore not practical. Question is, what...
34 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tabbypurr
34 comments posted 7yrs posted by tabbypurr

Tool Buy

I need help justifying buying a set of TCT holesaws at a very low cost. Trouble is I have no immediate use for them :) N...
17 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tabbypurr
17 comments posted 7yrs posted by tabbypurr

Thunderbird acting like a cat

Unable to connect to your IMAP server You may have exceeded the maximum number of connections to this server etc Suggest...
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Can a stud wall ever be load-bearing?

I doubt it, but I want to saw a big hole in one, so I need to ask. Our stairs go up the middle of the house, at 90 degr...
18 comments posted 7yrs
posted by no
18 comments posted 7yrs posted by no

Fused connection unit question

I've uploaded a picture of a fused connection unit. Would the team like to take a guess what it's used for? http://wiki...
34 comments posted 7yrs
posted by spuorgelgoog
34 comments posted 7yrs posted by spuorgelgoog

OT: DVLA

Anyone here had experience of renewing their driving licence after age 70? I'm just doing that (did it online), but tic...
103 comments posted 7yrs
posted by timstreater
103 comments posted 7yrs posted by timstreater

Diy Roofer needed.

Apply Houses of Parliament. grin. Brian
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by briang1
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by briang1

Measure twice

Today I decided to fit a bit of plastic trim around a window opening prior to tiling the same. I measured the opening,...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by junk
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by junk

Nearly had a bit of a flood

I got a plumber to do this job and now I'm very glad I did. Replacing the ballvalve on a 'fortic' cylinder which had to...
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by spuorgelgoog
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by spuorgelgoog

Battery charger go bang!

Several years ago I bought a Tronic charger from Lidl. After about 34 months it packed up and Lidl sent me a new one -...
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by giraffenos.pam
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by giraffenos.pam

Re: DIY surgery ...

> Not quite ...but has anybody had success in using an upper abdominal > belt with the "lumpy bit" to push an Incisiona...
10 comments posted 7yrs
posted by firstname
10 comments posted 7yrs posted by firstname

CO2 "magic bullet"

Well, it's a "magic bullet" according to the BBC sounds like an industrial version of the schoolboy experiment turning...
27 comments posted 7yrs
posted by usenet
27 comments posted 7yrs posted by usenet

Lounge with no windows

I have just been nosing a planning approval for a local house, which is to have a first floor bedroom added and a dinin...
19 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
19 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Fluidmaster soft fill Q.

Having dissembled and resembled the soft-fill valve that was leaking (seems to work, touch wood) I noticed that in addi...
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by jethro_uk
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by jethro_uk