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Hard water - not filtered by water board?
Why don't water boards in hard water areas filter the water for you? It would save their own pipes getting scaled up too.
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Tap washer
I needed to change the basin tap washer. I got a half inch washer out of an old pack, but I was surprised to find that it doesn't fit. The tap head has a sort of cup the washer fits into, and the...
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OT House Registry Searches
Hi all A colleague of mine is buying a house and I happened to mention Part 1 and Part 2 solicitor searches. This was certainly a "thing" when I have bought property in the past. He wasn't aware of...
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Heat protection for underside of kitchen wall cupboards
The underside of the kitchen wall cupboard above the toaster gets a bit hot from the rising heat so I would like to protect it without it looking like a bodge. Any suggestions from the assembled...
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Outside socket
I recently installed an. Outside socket, wired up from an indoor socket on the ring main, the box is plastic, so I just ran live to live, neutral to neutral, earth to earth. After 5 minutes or so it...
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Need power into loft
Hi all I have a 40amp mcb spare unused now. can I run 6mm t&e from that straight up from cu through floorboards up side of unused chimney breast wall through ceiling into loft into new Schneider cu...
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Rip saw, how many teeth
I need to replace the blade in my bench saw, it will only have very occasional use for ripping (prob max of 1.4 cms wood), would 24 or 40 teeth be better?
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110 pushfit soil connectors -
I've never bothered looking too hard before, but have noticed my WC pan connector (push fit 110 at the non WC end) had some quite pronounced mould seam ridges down both sides. On this I've carefully...
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OT: Zebra Fuel
Just seen this elsewhere: It's a smartphone app that lets you order fuel for your car, and a bloke in a transit-sized van delivers it. It covers only a few postcodes in London (see link), and only...
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Fence Panels
I'm planning a boundary fence: concrete slotted posts taking drop-in panels, to result in something like this But AFAICT fence panels only come in 6ft/180cm widths, and the length of the relevant...
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retro fitting double glazing
Has anyone experience of gluing 20mm air gap glazing into crittal steel frames? They would end up flush with the outer edge and I suppose some allowance must be made for drainage or breathing to...
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New renewable idea
I've got my popcorn ready tim Building one the size of India over the North Atlantic could solve the world's power problems
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Cutting polycarbonate sheet 10mm
Twinwall: What best to use, if possible I dont want to buy as it is a one off job. from a 2 metre sheet I want to cut 3 x2x2 foot squares. Tools at hand: Blunt tenon saw, angle grinder, normal saws,...
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Radiator valve (TRV) base for high heat output?
Are there any high flow TRV valve bases that would be sufficient for about 2.1kW at delta-T=30K (so flow = 50-something) which is what the unit can put out on max fan speed? Got the plumbers coming to...
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OT:Whatever happenened to .... asprin ?
SWMBO has had some pains recently, and it occurred to me that over the past few years, the first suggestion from medics has been paracetamol. When and why did asprin (which if nothing else has a long...
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