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R.i.p. John Mayall

https://www.itv.com/news/2024-07-24/father-of-british-blues-john-mayall-dies-peacefully-aged-90 Great performer & great guy. (Manchester, of course !) 90 not a bad score for an old rocker. ...

sandyRoe

What Kind Of A Heating Element Is In An Electric Shower?

The water goes into it cold and comes out as hot as you want. How is it heated so quickly?

wolf63

Electric Problem - Safe To Use Or Not?

I have a laser hair zapper, when I plug it into the plug there is sometimes a bright spark. I was told that there is always a spark of some sort when you use mains electricity. But this is quite... ...

thecatsays

Cost Of A Shower? Gas Vs Electric.....

Long story short we're moving house again. The new place has a flashy mixer-tap shower thang going on. I'm used to using an electric shower and have no clue how much it would cost to use the... ...

fruitsalad

Pipes Rattle Noise

When anyone has a shower the pipes start to make a rattle noise, any ideas what causes it.

flobadob

Noisy Doors When Closing

We got some new doors and door frames recently. Now when the doors close and hit off the frame it makes quite a clunky noisy sound of wood on wood. I bought some little silicone pads and stuck them... ...

Thisoldbird

Brass Screws

Can anyone tell me what size screws I need to fit handles on my internal doors please. Thankyou.

Gizmonster

Cladding An Existing Shed.

At the mo we have an 8' x 6' wooden shed. We paint it regularly, but it's starting to look a bit tired now (I'm guessing we had it built around 18 years ago). I don't want to be taking panels off... ...

davebro3

The Answerbank Party In Government

Just for fun. Obviously I would be Prime Minister but which AB members should I have in my cabinet & in which positions?

smurfchops

Home Insurance

How many of you take out building and contents insurance... what is the chance of my house burning down?? My building and contents insurance has gone up from £270 to £409.... can anyone... ...

DTCwordfan

Times Or Telegraph.

I've been a long-time subscriber to the Tel mainly for its sports coverage, crossword and puzzles, as well as the Alex and Matt cartoons. However, yesterday, the price of the DT went up to £3.50... ...

loulou111

Single Dental Implant Advice

I had a back Molar removed last week. I've been reading about how my teeth may move overtime so Naturally am worried. Have any of you had a single dental implant is it painful ? Is it expensive?... ...

mushroom25

Donald Sutherland :-(

another great logs off.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9rrvdq3g9zo ...

Vagus

Swedish Strawberry Cake

In view of our Swedish connection, we're making one of these for midsummer. It won't quite be the traditional one but we have a Swedish flag which we'll hang up outside and will, I'm sure, enjoy... ...

moggie 939

Mains Shower Unit - Help From A Plumber/Heating Engineer Please!

My shower works from my boiler hot water and until last week had a round control on wall with MIRA on it and two controls - main one was hot/cold by turning it and othere was a lever which... ...

maggie01

Window Won't Open

My window is in the lock position which allows a small opening for air. The handle will unlock on the button but will not pull up to open the window. I have replaced the handle but the new one is... ...

Catfreak

Skirting Boards

Hiya. We have to replace a length of skirting board but are having a real problem getting like for like. When we show an off cut or send a we are told its Ovolo - but its not the same. We have... ...

renegadefm

Just Had A New Kitchen Fitted By B&Q

Just had our kitchen completed by B&Q, well when I say completed there is one major issue outstanding. When the fitter was doing his finishing touches, he says to my partner, are you going to... ...

Dagman

Airbricks

Hi Aber's. I am fitting an airbrick on our 'single brick' wall washroom (wall goes black with damp, sick of cleaning it) Is there a height it would be best placed to prevent damp caused by our... ...

SteveD

Exterior House Insulation

My daughter has had her house wrapped with 16 cm foam insulation. Could someone kindly point me to a video or article describing how to attach to the outside such things as a wireless doorbell,... ...

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