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Splitting Pills

Anyone else have issues doing this successfully? I can *never* seem to get the damn things right down the middle and th...
40 comments posted 8yrs
posted by cbx
40 comments posted 8yrs posted by cbx

Lift - Communication in emergency

Our local Supermarket has a lift from the basememt car-park up to Ground Level Stuck on the wall of the lift is a paper...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Somewhere
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by Somewhere

Good ideas overseas

Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one t...
58 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Somewhere
58 comments posted 8yrs posted by Somewhere

Lining an outbuilding

As work on the house tapers off, I'm considering improving my barn/workshop by lining it. At present, it's a steel fram...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Huge
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by Huge

Electric cable and pipe detector

I'm looking for recommendations for a cable and pipe detector in walls etc. At present I have a cheap B&D one, which ne...
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by me
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by me

Hammerhead wedges

One of the wedges on my old lump hammer has come out. Before it came out completely I had a look and it seemed to be ma...
18 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jmlayman
18 comments posted 8yrs posted by jmlayman

Basic plumbing - compression joints.

Ripping out an old bathroom, and need to fit a compression stop end to a hot feed, something I have never done before,...
34 comments posted 8yrs
posted by News
34 comments posted 8yrs posted by News

OT: Money worries

As I approached the bathroom to wash I was wondering if we should go out for a meal. The expense is what bothers me, ev...
89 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
89 comments posted 8yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Unattended Bonfires

You've only got yourself to blame if you locate next to a group of allotments. There are some freehold allotments adjoi...
16 comments posted 8yrs
posted by montebrasite4
16 comments posted 8yrs posted by montebrasite4

Biscuit jointer vs dowling jig

I have to make up a shelf from planks (800mmx600mm). My first thought was biscuit jointer, but they're not cheap for so...
17 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tw_usenet
17 comments posted 8yrs posted by tw_usenet

Whoops

Just emailed the MD of a company a photo of me knobbing the gf instead of a photo of the fault on the lights in his offi...
22 comments posted 8yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
22 comments posted 8yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Impressive cordless drill

https://www.facebook.com/netpricedirect/photos/pcb.1640051859447701/1640051306114423/?type=3&sales_promo_bypass_snowlift...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tabbypurr
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by tabbypurr

Building Regs revisited

Following on from the previous thread the whole thing looks to be a confused mess. (1) Some sources say that BC cannot...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wibble
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by wibble