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Disabling speaker-muting in headphone jack?
Can it be easily done? I don't know how those sockets work, but here's my issue... I have a pair of panel speakers in my shower which were driven by a built- in radio/amp which has long since expired....
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Cooker control knob - quick question about tightening up
In message , David writes Could you create a burr on the shaft? Probably difficult if the shaft is still attached to the cooker. Loctite make something that is designed to stick, but not be completely...
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6 years ago
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TV Aerial Cable
The "drip loop" at the bottom of my mast shows signs of having been attacked by birds or sunlight and I need a new cable. Am I safe to assume that putting some of that spiral cable tidy type stuff...
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6 years ago
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Any recommendations for a roofer in N London please
I can obviously look on the review sites, but I wondered whether anyone can recommend any roofers, please? N London.
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6 years ago
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Plastic heating oil tank ruptured 2 days after fill up and very hot weather.
A few weeks ago we had a scheduled heating oil delivery to fill our tank, 2 days later I could smell fuel and saw dripping oil. The oil delivery company came very quickly and arranged another company...
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6 years ago
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Planners
Have you noticed, the most attractive towns/parts of towns are unplannned? Places like Shrewsbury, Oxford etc.
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6 years ago
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Rainwater diversion
Those of you with good memories might recall I am diverting the rainwater off the roof of my workshop into the pond, which dries up in the summer. I diverted the guttering downspouts into a 200 litre...
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6 years ago
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Gas Boiler hot water fail after service - conspiracy?
My boiler was serviced less than a month ago. No hot water though the combi boiler CH works, and also running the HW with CH off results in radiators warming up. Now coupled with my recent car...
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6 years ago
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Measuring glass.
I have a wood Victorian front door. At some time, the top panels were changed to glass - and that horrible ribbed stuff. The top of the panel is a semi-circle. I'm going to change them to 'etched'...
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6 years ago
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Full bore isolation valves 15mm
I've finally taken the side off the bath to have a look at the pipework to the shower. There is some kind of slow flow issue on the hot side and my first thought that I might not have fitted a full...
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6 years ago
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Drilling a hacksaw blade
How easy would it be to drill through a hacksaw blade? Reason: I have a hand B&Q mitre saw the blades (350mm) are now unavailable. The nearest I can find are hacksaw blades, not ideal as saw is used...
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6 years ago
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OT Global warming.
Of interest to some here. By Andy May Javier has posted three new essays on the Bray climate and solar cycle on Judith Curry's web site. Part A is here, part B is here and Part C is here. In these...
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6 years ago
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Hot tar crack filler
My house is a conversion of a cow barn, as a result of which I have a very large concrete yard made up of about 30 sections, each about 3 metres square. The joints between them are full of weeds. I'd...
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Blocking after 9 years
We moved in in 2009 and most doors were sticky. They still are. A Best way to cure blocking after this long?
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6 years ago
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Sticking Swish Sologlyde curtain rail
I have been using this make for years but now I have the same problem. They changed the design of the hooks in recent years from rounded edges to square edges which is causing the hooks to stick on...
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6 years ago
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