UK Do-It-Yourself Forum

OT: New eBay fees

When eBay announced that they were (mostly) dropping fees for private sellers, I wondered how this would impact their b...

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posted by chris

1 comments posted 1yr posted by chris

Low-wattage space heater

We've got a side porch where the washing machine lives, there's a certain amount of other pipework in it and in this so...

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posted by tim

36 comments posted 1yr posted by tim

How effective is 'turning down the thermostat?

I am getting old and cannot take the cold. I used to run the house around 16°C-18°C, at the moment its 18°C - 20°C Last...

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posted by tnp

14 comments posted 1yr posted by tnp

Phurnacite in a dual-fuel stove

Anybody using this in a dual-fuel stove? After finally using the last of the logs, I'm down to using the 200 - 300kg of...

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posted by Jeff

20 comments posted 1yr posted by Jeff

Sockets above kitchen worktop

I'm aware you can get dado rail style housings for sockets and I was wondering if there was a low profile style suitabl...

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posted by fredxx

23 comments posted 1yr posted by fredxx

polycarbonate tertiary glazing

I see the U value for 20mm double glazing is given at between 1.2 and 1.4 W/m2/degK, is this normally measured just the...

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posted by news

10 comments posted 1yr posted by news

Moisture meter with extensible probe?

Someone came to test my flat walls for damp. He had an analog meter with a finger moving around a clock face type dial....

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posted by mikehalmarack

2 comments posted 1yr posted by mikehalmarack

Obscure Outlook question

Sorry, this was my fault. The subject line was supposed to read 'Obscure Outlook question' To reiterate, when using Out...

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posted by newsgroups

15 comments posted 1yr posted by newsgroups

SSD Failure & Warranty

Just had a WD Blue 2 TB SSD fail, it refused to copy files, I reformatted it then got the same problem again. I think i...

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posted by jgnewsid

25 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

Strange screws.

I bought a panel mounting socket that didn't come with matching screws. M3 started but was the wrong thread pitch M2.5...

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posted by tnp

8 comments posted 1yr posted by tnp

Why are kitchen worktops so thick?

I've been kicking around various ideas for replacing the galley worktop in our little boat (see other thread) and while...

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posted by cl

21 comments posted 1yr posted by cl

OT: Scale of electricity generating payments

From the Torygraph... Households paid the equivalent of £2m an hour to gas-fired power stations on Wednesday after low...

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posted by tnp

14 comments posted 1yr posted by tnp

Email Error

I am getting an error in sending emails from my own domain address but via my ISP's server: [SMTP] Cannot send message...

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posted by jgnewsid

41 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

Re: Neos Smartcam

> I've got 2 Neos Smartcams - little wireless cameras, easy to install and > mount, cloud-based access so I can see wha...

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posted by patchmoney

3 comments posted 1yr posted by patchmoney

Sealing a pipe so it is watertight.

Recent flooding had revealed the treat of a soak-away beneath my cellar, or rather beneath the neighbour's cellar with...

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posted by pastedavid

16 comments posted 1yr posted by pastedavid