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Trimming doors to fit new carpets
A good quality jigsaw with a bit of pendulum action on can usually cut a door fairly straight IME - so long as you don't try to force a cut line along a batten. Oddly enough the egg box doors can be...
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HDD question
The HDD on my desktop computer is getting noisy. As part of my backup procedures, I regularly clone it to an external HDD. If I swap the two drives, will the cloned version be bootable straight off,...
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Making a bath panel
Hi All, I am looking to build a bath panel to close off my spa bath so needs to hav e some access (via a tool to meet electric regs) to get to the pumps etc in case they need replacing. The surround...
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Slightly more manly Wago box
Just spotted this: Probably a bit more usable in a number of situations... Must admit I had not spotted the Wago "buttons" before - I was looking at one of the boxes the other week thinking "what are...
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Steel tube
Made some speaker stands using Speedfit push together square steel tubing some 4 years ago. Materials cost 115.50 plus VAT. Just re-ordered the same to make another pair. 133.90. So about a 15%...
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sealant in lieu of PTFE tape
In view of my historic , and generally lost battles with PTFE tape, I am now contemplating the use of LS-X compound with my new radiator valves, and I would value comment on this please.
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OT: House buying/selling
Firstly, has anyone managed to sell/buy a house in under 3 months? Because in all my years i've never witnessed anyone manage it. Secondly, does the whole process need a good looking at? We were at...
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Pump over run and Vaillant 418 install.
The proposed installer for my 418 boiler has pointed out that my present boiler does not support a pump over run output, nor is my present system wired for one. He did mentioned an extra bit of loom...
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OT: Wave energy projects off Cornwall postponed or cancelled
It's just been announced that the Australian wave energy company Carnegie has cancelled its plans to test a wave-energy device at the 'Wave Hub' off the Cornish coast. An American company, Gwave, was...
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bearings
I'd imagine the real ones use some sort of self-lubing plain bearing.
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Shared TV. Are all quadplexers equal?
Sorting out our future flat and have got to testing the TV. My senses are offended by a nasty outlet, installed incompetently. It works though. Since all the rest of the outlets are going to be MK...
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SCANTRONIC 9448+ intruder alarm
Hello all... My 9448+ has gone 'rogue' for when we try to set it to go out the normal beep, beep sounds for about 30 seconds and then the internal sou nder goes off and just keeps going but the...
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Electronic stud/cable finder - budget
Anyone recommend a budget stud/electric cable finder? My Draper one from the shed isn't working because the battery ate the connector and I don't have time to solder on a new one at the moment....
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Where do people buy sensible jeans?
Do they do jeans with a nice elasticated waist for one of your age and shape?
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Dormer - cost - piece of string calculation
Looking at terraced houses (for a friend). Generally four stories from basement to loft room Some have a dormer, others just have a roof light. I was wondering what the very approximate cost might be...
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