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Name for Wall Construction

My 1988 house has the upstairs walls made of plasterboard. They are only 2inches thick. There were constructed by using...
15 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Somewhere
15 comments posted 8yrs posted by Somewhere

Broken chuck on SDS drill

Something has gone amiss with the chuck on my ageing budget SDS drill (Ferm FBH620 from Screwfix many moons ago): tools...
31 comments posted 8yrs
posted by mail
31 comments posted 8yrs posted by mail

OT; Speed of virtual computer

A chum has recorded lots of material via his dvr onto an external drive. As the dvr is Linux based, he, or it, formatte...
13 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Billaboard
13 comments posted 8yrs posted by Billaboard

Repairing an AC unit?

I have previously helped a mate fix his domestic aircon unit but now (some years later) it's stopped working completely...
41 comments posted 8yrs
posted by news
41 comments posted 8yrs posted by news

Recycling centre - electricals in scrap metal?

Went to the tip and the dedicated skip for electricals had gone, and they were going in with the scrap metal. Just curio...
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by rsandr
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by rsandr

ADSL filters

The lesson of this tale is if you lose your internet connection* and the phone say in the living room is no longer work...
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by mjadams25
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by mjadams25

Plug in rodent repellers

There are some scrabbling noises in the workplace, we suspect rodent activity. Do the plug in repellers work?
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by rsandr
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by rsandr

Lidl Quodrocopter drone...

My ?7.50 Lidle drone just flew away and is lost ... :(
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by kinvig.netta

OT - Utter F*****g madness

Apparently the M48 toll westbound (new severn bridge) is CLOSED ----- due to tollbooth staff sickness. Why no make it a...
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by andyb
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by andyb

Volvo C70 rear brake pads

Volvo C70 mk 2 2006 - changing rear brake pads. The last time I changed brake pads was about 40 years ago on my MGB, an...
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by NOTsomeone

cleaning the cooker

This is an Aga. Years of fat and oil has been oxidised all over the enamel and chrome parts on the top to make a solid...
49 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tim
49 comments posted 8yrs posted by tim

Glyphosate and neigbours revisited

The glyphosate saga ended well. One of the neighbours asked what I had done in the garden. I said I had just put down s...
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by newsgroups
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by newsgroups

TOT: my car

My petrol car seems to behave like a diesel. I have just gone up a hill in third gear that is too steep to cycle up. Do...
41 comments posted 8yrs
posted by newsgroups
41 comments posted 8yrs posted by newsgroups