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Ridge tile problem

Three scammers offered to re-mortar the edges of my roof tiles for a reasonable sum. While they were up there they lift...
36 comments posted 8yrs
posted by pinnerite
36 comments posted 8yrs posted by pinnerite

downstairs shower for elderly

Elderly parents may need to abandon the stairs. We have a good sized downstairs utility and boiler room so removing som...
54 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tim
54 comments posted 8yrs posted by tim

D.R.O.s

We have a multi head boring machine with 4 digital read outs for distance setting of the fences and the heads. Two of t...
0 comments posted 8yrs
posted by paul.mccann
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by paul.mccann

The saga of the Lidl inverter genset

Hi everyone, Before I go any further, I feel I should point out from the start that this is a rather long post. However...
16 comments posted 8yrs
posted by johnny-b-good
16 comments posted 8yrs posted by johnny-b-good

strange problem with dawn to dusk sensor

Here's a letter I plan to send to Danlers. I just wondered if anyone here could cast any light on the problem before I...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Some actual DIY, bagpipe followup

Regular readers may recall, the service valve multiplication: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:KnittedCopperBag...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by see.my.signature
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by see.my.signature

EU wild overreach

"99% percent of over 100,000 recently introduced chemicals are underregulated, according to the European Commission.[45]...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tabbypurr
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by tabbypurr

Electrical controls for domestic ch/dhw

Well the boiler got installed and eventually the electrician returned to wire up the system. Without much thought or an...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tim
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by tim

Eaves ventilation

Further into the clear out I've found some of those circular white plastic eaves vents which allow air to circulate up...
17 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wibble
17 comments posted 8yrs posted by wibble

TOT Condensed Milk Brands

Does any one recall brand names of Condensed milk (the thick gloopy sweet white stuff) that used to come in tins about...
32 comments posted 8yrs
posted by bob.minchinREMOVE
32 comments posted 8yrs posted by bob.minchinREMOVE

DIY(ish) - uses for old central heating pump(s)

Finally clearing out my trove of "useful sometime" stuff. I have a couple of CH pumps. We also have a combi boiler so n...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wibble
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by wibble

Re: Oops I was caught!

Indeed, I have a camera I use occasionally, but there's now way I'd leave it connected and trust my computer not to use...
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by imvalid
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by imvalid

Memories

Remember when if you bought a light bulb the shop would put it on a tester to show it worked?
86 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Somewhere
86 comments posted 8yrs posted by Somewhere