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Is tanking a job for professionals?

A friend has a garage and the adjoining garden covers the lower 1/3 of the left-hand wall. Water comes in from the soil...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by a.b
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by a.b

Blocked gutter downpipe

This morning's fun and games. We have two walls that meet at 90 degrees, one single storey, the other two storey, both...
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by News
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by News

E1 message on digistat +2?

I am getting E1 on thrmostat. Have changed battery. No way to escape the E1 on screen ..
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by andy joyce
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by andy joyce

Lidl drill/chisel/scissor sharpener

I've just bought one of these and I'll be darned if I can follow the supplied instructions for setting the drill bits u...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

OT: The sooner we're out.....

"Government in europe needs to implement a 5 year plan to gradually reduce regulation, reduce the size of government, r...
205 comments posted 8yrs
posted by curd
205 comments posted 8yrs posted by curd

Booting (or not) a 386

Rootling around in the loft, I found my Elonex 386, bought in 1992, running DOS and W3.1, so brought it downstairs and...
27 comments posted 8yrs
posted by News
27 comments posted 8yrs posted by News

Ebay

Just a heads-up really. I put something up for auction on ebay and somehow failed to see that I also was prepared to ac...
0 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Billaboard
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by Billaboard

Plastering over previously wallpapered plasterboars

I have a ceiling that originally had a wallpaper covering over the plasterboard. This has been stripped off and whilst...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Michelle Rossiter
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by Michelle Rossiter

Coffee maker cable

I'm looking for a cable for an ancient Russell-Hobbs coffee maker, model 3010/P. The plug is similar to a standard IEC...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by davey
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by davey

sheet metal folders (brakes)

I need one. Manually operated, not more than £150. Must be able to fol d sheet metal 1000mm wide. Ideas or experience an...
22 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
22 comments posted 8yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Spiders - How to get rid..

Can anyone help me with a bit of a problem with spiders? I seem to have hundreds of these things in the house. Heres a q...
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by n52wke
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by n52wke

killing/clearing weeds with salt (NaCl) ?

Because moneys a tad tight atm, I can't afford to do the proper job to fix the "tarmaced" drive surface in front of the...
16 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jethro_uk
16 comments posted 8yrs posted by jethro_uk

Cable clamp in metal lampshade?

Hello, I'm working on replacing a lamp holder in the shade of a stainless steel angle lamp. Where the flat cable passes...
12 comments posted 8yrs
posted by mikehalmarack
12 comments posted 8yrs posted by mikehalmarack

Standby generators and PME

I brief thought experiment involving connecting a generator frame and neutral output to an earthing stake (about 100ohm...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by roger
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by roger

Core drilling is a bit of a dusty job

Last week I core drilled a hole for an extractor fan in the gf's bathroom. Bloody hard bricks and it took me over an ho...
46 comments posted 8yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
46 comments posted 8yrs posted by adamwadsworth