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Heat driven heat pumps
Given that the use of waste heat from data servers domestically and on a bigger scale seems to be a coming thing, simply using the waste heat to provide heat isn’t perhaps the most efficient way of...
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Smoke Alarm Replacement - Aico Ei141
We have two interconnected Aico Ei141 mains smoke alarms in hallway and landing. They began chirping as if they need backup battery replacement so I have taken them down. On inspection I find that the...
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Heating pipe expansion noise - fixed (I think)
My house has an unusually long main landing, with straight pipe runs in the floor down the length of it. Since the old galvanised pipes were replaced with copper there have been dreadful expansion...
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When something goes wrong.
This morning, two beds were suppose to be delivered from Dreams. Two beds were indeed delivered but the two halves of one of them were different. OK these things happen. The replacement will take one...
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Interesting boiler wiring issue
Since my boiler was replaced (to Viessmannn Vitodens 100-W) have been having an intermittent fault, boiler would shut down and a pair of alarms .... over temp, and low voltage. Sometimes 2 or 3 weeks...
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Mobility scooter reverse beeping
I have an older Solax Geni mobility scooter that I use in house, the reversing alarm is so loud that even my neighbours have asked me to turn it down or off. Can anyone tell me how to stop this...
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Fixing a dishwasher all wrong
Just to show how romping off down a line of enquiry can lead you astray... SWMBO said, the dishwasher stopped mid wash, and now won't turn on. So I looked, and yup no signs of life, no power light,...
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Premium bonds
just found two £10 premium bonds taken out in 1981 is there an EASY way of finding out if they have ever won anything?
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worth money?
just found two ticket stubs for a beach boys concert my brother and I went to on May 9th 1967 Odean Glasgow...worth money or not ? ....stalls N28 15/- each....it was a great concert....
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Best alternative to cresote
Up intil fairly recently we could buy creosote in 5 gallon drums but now it is totally banned. In the past I tried alternatives but found they weren't wort a curse. has anyone found a good altenative?...
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Short term paper shredding
We have a couple of boxes of A4 plus lots of little bits which need shredding. All confidential. Far too many to do through an average office shredder. Far too many to feed into a fire. Options seem...
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New Brit Workshop and Festool Domino
in this video Peter Parfitt show how to assemble a strutted joint. What he doesn't show is how he cut the Domino slots in the cross brace withe the 45 degree face. Just to make myself clear. He is...
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car exhausts
can you buy one piece exhaust systems as fitted at the factory to most cars these days or do you have to replace in bits ?
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Well, that was silly
I spent most of today restructuring, reordering, and largely renaming a considerable number of data files on an external 3TB hard drive. I then dropped the drive onto a wooden laminated floor. It now...
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Temporary removial of solar panels
I have some solar panels on my roof which need to be moved to aid a flat roof repair. I was thinking of covering those that need moving, unbolting them, and laying them on the flat roof, or do they...
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