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Baxi bermuda pw5

Is there a new one available or one that superseeds this
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Don
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by Don

Removing euro cylinder

A neighbour's front door can't be locked(1) - the key goes in easily but won't turn. I have spare cylinders of the righ...
24 comments posted 8yrs
posted by giraffenos.pam
24 comments posted 8yrs posted by giraffenos.pam

SOT: An Amazon trick

Slightly off-topic, but: I buy a lot of my tools on Amazon. This week I bought another external hard disk for backup pu...
104 comments posted 8yrs
posted by lalaw44
104 comments posted 8yrs posted by lalaw44

Extractor fan through roof tiles Q.

Having got my "roof feet" in June (and having to wait until last week to know it was a success) the next project up the...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jethro_uk
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by jethro_uk

Pendulum clock runs *fast* in hot weather

We have a very old pendulum grandfather clock - the pendulum is probably about 2 feet long with a slow tick. I've notic...
82 comments posted 8yrs
posted by me
82 comments posted 8yrs posted by me

B&Q Diamond Card

B&Q must be struggling. I've just received an email saying that from 3 September the Wednesday Diamond Card discount (1...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by peter
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by peter

2 pin shuttered electrical socket belgium

I am trying to put back a 2 pin plug into a European socket (Belgium). The live and neutral seem to be shuttered and th...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by clive.r.long
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by clive.r.long

OT: How much money have base-rate mortgagees saved ?

It's now almost 10 years since 'base rate' was cut to 0.5%. This means all those people with base-rate tracker loans ha...
30 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
30 comments posted 8yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

OT - Junk Mail

Should senders of junk mail have to pay local authorities the cost of disposing of the rubbish, especially if the junk m...
67 comments posted 8yrs
posted by mUNDERSCOREnews
67 comments posted 8yrs posted by mUNDERSCOREnews

Totally OT - Medical

I often find myself wondering why so many people - perhaps mainly women - have legs that crank outwards below the knees...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Somewhere
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by Somewhere

Annoying Parker ballpens

I have quite a few of these, the ones with button on top. The button works fine to get the point out into the writting...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

The fire alarm and the office chair

We have three mains powered, battery backed, linked fire sensors. Last week - beep, beep, beep - then silence for sever...
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

OT - VOIP

http://www.talktechdaily.com/new-phone-system/uk/?t202id=866&h=57&ia=phone34-1&t202kw=ta-ph-d057&c1=mediaforce-belfastte...
17 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry130747
17 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry130747