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Help with gas boiler
Gas boiler developed a leak (drip) it is a Baxi 100HE plus I believe it is coming from the heat exchanger manifold (google) The part it leaks from is a plastic drain plug, it was tight but an eighth...
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To replace older combi boiler?
my boiler, which is wall hung, was installed (my me) in 1988. It needed a new over-temperature sensor about 5 years ago, but just keeps going. It doesn't have acat iron lump, but a stainless steel...
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Advice sought on how to achieve an inspection of roof parapet or other ideas
Hello all, Without going into (much) detail, my ground-floor flat in 1970s brick-wa lled self-contained block, had damp in one corner of a room. With the asse nt of maintenance company, I had some...
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Why, when we are all digital with subtitles...
do we have to be subjected to gurning gesticulating gargoyles in the corner of the screen, who cannot be eradicated by mere button push? Its as bad as the 'NARative audio track, designed for people...
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OT:Historic axle/wheel bearings
Had a "I wonder ..." moment and am curious as to how historic (pre metal bearing) coaches and carriages fixed axles to rotate ? Wood-on-wood would surely scorch or burn, and leather would wear away ?...
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Defrosting a van windscreen - new idea
1. Open my laptop and all of harrys posts. 2. Place laptop on dashboard and wait for hot air to defrost window.
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Get paid for using electric ? Interesting
Germany has spent $200 billion over the past two decades to promote cleaner sources of electricity. That enormous investment is now having an unexpected impact. Germany has spent $200 billion over the...
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time specific greetings...
Please accept ? with no obligation of any kind, whether oral or written, actual or potential, explicit or implicit ? our very best wishes for a non-culture-specific, environmentally-conscious,...
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Christmas Snake Oil anyone ?. (V expensive mains extension block).
Boredom has set in already, so it's time to check out the online sales, but for some reason I clicked on my HiFi choice bookmark by mistake and noticed this product :- "While the basic mains cables...
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TT Earth Electrode indoors?
Is there any reason not to have an earth rod indoors? TT system. I've got 2 earth rods outdoors, can I keep them and add a third indoors so there's less resistance? [george]
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Happy Midwinter Festival
To all! Even the ones in my killfile.
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OT question
Lies, Liars and Frauds...to put it precisely. Space "science" (laughable non-science) is the biggest bunch of contradictions ever. They claim authority, simply make an outlandish statement, never...
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OT: Toblerone Milk Chocolate Jumbo Bar 4.5kg
10p in Iceland 9918 If I was going to consume 24,000 Calories I can think of better things than Toblerone. Owain http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/toblerone-milk-chocolate-jumbo-bar-4-5kg/p/5
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SBR as door varnish?
SBR Sportsbook Review (website) SBR Styrene Butadiene Rubber SBR Sequencing Batch Reactor SBR Subaru SBR Spectral Band Replication (Coding Technologies) SBR Steel Belted Radius SBR Stone Brothers...
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Help - Alarm System Issues after Power Cut
Ok so we had a power cut about half an hour ago. Since then my alarm system has been unworkable. The system is a Texecom Veritas Excel and has been reliable for years. Initially when the power came...
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