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Junction boxes in a cavity

Our builder tucked some live junction boxes into a cavity wall and has plastered over them. How much of a problem is thi...
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by cpvh
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by cpvh

Plumb Center (now Wolsley) and radio thermostats

A while back I replaced a Honeywell programmable radio thermostat with a "look alike" with the aid of this NG. As poste...
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wibble
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by wibble

Dowel 90mm diameter needed

I'm doing some work for a charity mending the fence outside their premises. It's made of turned, shaped uprights, some...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by stainburn
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by stainburn

Hot Sale and Competitive Price Copper Wire Scrap 99%

Product Description Copper Wire Scrap 99.95% 1. Technical Data: Material: Quality brass wire Wire diameter: 0.1mm, 0.15...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by info.metaltrade1
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by info.metaltrade1

TRVs - worth the expense?

Gearing up to help son with a bit of tidying if he gets to buy the house he is aiming for. Won't get serious until exch...
29 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wibble
29 comments posted 8yrs posted by wibble

Vaillant 418 unnecesary purge cycle

Without actually getting as far as firing, my recently installed Vaillant 418 seems to occasionally do a quick purge cy...
7 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
7 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

OT: Yanny or Laurel?

Hi all, Saw this on the TV yesterday and it seems of the 4 of us in the room at the time, I (62) was the only one who h...
35 comments posted 8yrs
posted by news
35 comments posted 8yrs posted by news

Flash! Bang!

I was using my old Bosch PST-50E 'electronic' jigsaw yesterday, and I noticed the handle seemed rather warm. Then there...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by me
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by me

OT: more Project Fear bollocks

See: The prof who claimed that UK universities would slip down the international rankings admitted to a parliamentary se...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by timstreater
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by timstreater

For the Old Computer types in here

End of an era https://www.dropbox.com/s/ot7sw7v9ndrlo78/ICL%20West%20Gorton.jpg?dl=0
52 comments posted 8yrs
posted by bert
52 comments posted 8yrs posted by bert

40+ year-old cars no longer need a MOT

Heard this on the TV last night seems a strange idea, but not having a car it's less likely to affect me but I'm not con...
164 comments posted 8yrs
posted by whisky.dave
164 comments posted 8yrs posted by whisky.dave

OT: Medical pumps and Daylight Saving

SWMBO has a pump fitted to deliver timed doses of Baclofen. Rather annoyingly - despite it being in action for a year -...
13 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jethro_uk
13 comments posted 8yrs posted by jethro_uk

handicare minivator stairlift

Does anyone know where I can buy a length of minivator 950+ track
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Stuntman2
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by Stuntman2

Keeping an eye on a damp area

We had a slight discolouration in a small area of the bathroom ceiling appear a few months ago. It has I think been cor...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Removing dark water stains from wood

Hi All We have some outside cupboards with doors made from cedar. In preparation t o re-oiling them my wife found that...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by leenowell
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by leenowell