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180 degree bend in 22 mm Cu

Is it possible to form a 180 dgree bend in 22 mm copper with a normal Hillmoor type pipe bender. Obviously have to repo...
16 comments posted 8yrs
posted by allsortsnotthisbit
16 comments posted 8yrs posted by allsortsnotthisbit

Making and Lining a 6 foot deep manhole pit

Making and Lining a 6 foot deep manhole pit: There are tree roots in the main drain from the house, the drain engineer...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by dicegeorge
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by dicegeorge

DIY: Removing fire surround

Anyone any ideas how to remove one of these preferably without destroying i t? https://www.dropbox.com/s/bs9oxykyveicog...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Boiler

After lots of checking a Heating Engineer has decided a mate's heating system has a partly blocked boiler heat exchanger...
20 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Somewhere
20 comments posted 8yrs posted by Somewhere

TV heads up: New materials ...

Maybe an antidote to "Made in Britain" ? Still slightly padded, but quite fascinating. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ep...
28 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jethro_uk
28 comments posted 8yrs posted by jethro_uk

Landrover series 3 wheel nut threads

Many years ago in 1975 and 1976 I drove on my own, from UK to Abu Dhabi, wh ere I worked for an oil company. I used ser...
7 comments posted 8yrs
posted by georgewbell
7 comments posted 8yrs posted by georgewbell

Why do cars "bong!" when you crash?

If you've watched a lot of youtube videos of accidents, you'll have noticed some cars tend to make a noise (ping, bong,...
54 comments posted 8yrs
posted by steven.watkins
54 comments posted 8yrs posted by steven.watkins

Suzy Lamplugh and GPR

How come the police don't use ground penetrating radar for initial body searches, instead of digging - or perhaps they d...
38 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
38 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Li-Ion batteries

I've got some very good 18650 Panasonics - 3Ah, but there seems to be nothing worth getting at the 14500 (AA) size. I t...
18 comments posted 8yrs
posted by steven.watkins
18 comments posted 8yrs posted by steven.watkins

Volt sticks+

Searching today, all my volt sticks seem to have diffused away from their usual storage spaces so I need to get some mo...
28 comments posted 8yrs
posted by newshound
28 comments posted 8yrs posted by newshound

OT: From Twitter today

"Austria abstains on a UN pact on migration. You may think they?re right. You may think they?re wrong. But they?re a so...
25 comments posted 8yrs
posted by timstreater
25 comments posted 8yrs posted by timstreater

burnt electric car??

Is that an electric car at 0.11????? still going...no it's not being towed ......sorry brian gaff not for you.... https:...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

Problem with my Greenstar 24 ri

Changed a radiator on my system and now the heating isn?t working . The flow pipe feels warm but then quickly cools dow...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by John91
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by John91