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Extractor fan replacement

A few years ago an electrician fitted an extractor fan in our kitchen. No idea what model it is, except that knowing him, it's a CHEAP model. (He put it where a big airbrick used to live). Anyway, it...
08:26 Tue 25th Jan 201117 answers, last by what..the? 23:56 Tue 25th Jan 2011
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allen

Amazon.com: why won't they supply UK customers?

There is a certain product which is expensive in the UK, but much less so in the US. On UK Amazon, it is £40, on US Amazon, it is $33, so much cheaper. But US Amazon say (in their coy way)...
16:32 Wed 19th Jan 201122 answers, last by boxtops 12:26 Sat 22nd Jan 2011
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lynbrown

1921 Anglo irish treaty, creation of Irish Free State

Why were the 32 counties divided into 26: 6 with the 6 staying part of the UK? Did all the people vote on it? I have looked at Wikipedia but was hoping for a potted reply. Thansk.
15:14 Tue 30th Nov 20108 answers, last by allen 14:11 Fri 24th Dec 2010
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allen

Concealing wires

When BT want to hide cables that run along/up walls, they use a sort of white plastic box structure - can you buy it in small lengths from DIY supermarkets etc? I have some speaker cabling that has to...
11:05 Thu 23rd Dec 20108 answers, last by allen 12:12 Fri 24th Dec 2010
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allen

Are ALL sheets of wood laminated these days?

I've been chasing sheets of timber (pine, preferably), but whenever I get close, it turns out to be 'laminated timber', which I assume is chipboard or similar, and try as I might I can't find any. (In...
14:37 Sat 18th Dec 201016 answers, last by allen 20:57 Mon 20th Dec 2010
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allen

TV signals on the blink NW London

Not an electronics question, I know, but neither is it a Media & TV one! New aerial about 18 months back. Excellent quality (given limitations of aerials and tall trees). All of a sudden, quality...
09:07 Sat 20th Nov 20104 answers, last by Buenchico 18:22 Sat 20th Nov 2010
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kloofnek

VCR/DVD Player with V+Box

How do I set up my Combi VCR /DVD so I can view video tapes on my TV.I also have a V+box (from Virginmedia).The VCR/DVD has two scart sockets and the TV has too. Could some kind person pleased advise...
16:46 Tue 02nd Nov 201022 answers, last by allen 09:12 Sat 20th Nov 2010
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oscarina

What Camera Would You Recommend

I have just taken an interest in photography although I have loads of photos from old cameras which have to be developed! Out walking some beautiful scenery and unexpected incidents which need to be...
19:39 Fri 19th Nov 20108 answers, last by Vicasso 10:57 Sat 20th Nov 2010
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allen

Distance vision. Old, so do I just give up?

Loads of trouble with varifocals over the past few years. Distance vision always dodgy, fuzzy, unsharp. Got me man to make some distance vision only glasses. Useless, just the same as the varifocals....
11:03 Sun 07th Nov 20107 answers, last by allen 21:21 Thu 18th Nov 2010
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allen

Sagging wardrobe doors

Put some Homebase/Stanley sliding wardrobe doors up (ten years back). Great doors, given good service, but now they're sagging, and when you slide the doors along the mechanism at the bottom tends to...
13:29 Tue 16th Nov 20103 answers, last by The Builder 21:41 Wed 17th Nov 2010
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Preface of Lyrical Ballads 1802

Please help me to understand Preface of Lyrical Ballads 1802 by each paragraph?
10:08 Wed 03rd Nov 20104 answers, last by allen 14:38 Tue 16th Nov 2010
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allen

Strange goings on with radiators...

Radiators. Very strange goings on. Combi boiler. Checked by Baxi. All okay, pump pumping, pressure fine, etc. Single floor flat. 6 radiators. Two nearest boiler working. Rest cold (cold pipework too)....
15:17 Sat 06th Nov 20108 answers, last by allen 14:46 Tue 09th Nov 2010
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allen

Google: where's 'search within results' gorn?

The new improved Google seems to have a bit missing. Down the bottom of the old search results page was a tab something on the lines of 'search within results', which I found very handy. Not there any...
09:09 Sun 07th Nov 20102 answers, last by allen 20:30 Sun 07th Nov 2010
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milly143

Bubbles on ear drum?

I can finally hear again after having my ears syringed this morning after weeks of being half deaf. Aside from being quite annoyed that 3 pharmasists and a doctor all told me to use things that the...
11:06 Thu 04th Nov 20108 answers, last by allen 11:01 Sun 07th Nov 2010
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Radiators. Very strange goings on.

Combi boiler. Checked by Baxi. All okay, pump pumping, pressure fine, etc. Single floor flat. 6 radiators. Two nearest boiler working. Rest cold (cold pipework too). TRVs checked and operating okay....
15:15 Sat 06th Nov 20102 answers, last by allen 15:42 Sat 06th Nov 2010
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allen

"Raised" radiator controls

I want a radiator control (temperature control valve-type) which is on a level with the top of the radiator, not down by the skirting board. Can you get such a device? And would most jobbing plumbers...
09:50 Thu 21st Oct 20102 answers, last by allen 19:58 Thu 21st Oct 2010
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allen

Ebooks - Kindle, Sony, any more?

Back to ebooks. Apart from Kindle and Sony, are there any other leading types? And while you might not be able to get non-Kindle books wirelessly, do OTHER e-titles work on a Kindle, or a Sony, and so...
16:20 Wed 20th Oct 20105 answers, last by allen 15:24 Thu 21st Oct 2010
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allen

Kindle ins and outs

Trying to work out which Kindle might be best for us. We've got high-speed internet (cable) but then it's through a WIRED router, whereas Kindle ads. talk about a wireless router. We don't want to...
11:52 Tue 19th Oct 201022 answers, last by allen 13:27 Tue 19th Oct 2010
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Removing a radiator - plugging

I want to take a rad off a wall, just for a day or two, while I decorate behind it. Can you buy (don't know the right words) 'blanking' plugs to screw into the pipes at either end, so that the water...
13:16 Fri 15th Oct 201030 answers, last by john91 19:05 Fri 22nd Oct 2010
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allen

Inkjet paper - not for photos

Hello. There are LOADS of photo-quality inkjet papers. But what I want is a HIGH quality inkjet paper just for print, and heavy-ish (about 230gsm or a bit more). I want to print some invitations...
19:43 Wed 06th Oct 20109 answers, last by 1rovert 17:18 Fri 08th Oct 2010

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