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2 Ronnies Sketch Song

Does anyone remember The 2 Ronnies song that went “Stand up and fight you rotten little pest, stand toe to toe, stand nose to chest”?...

pulmicort1415

Bringing Advice Please

I am about to take the old grout out of a tiled floor and regrout. I am getting a little worried about the way I should go about the regrouting. So much different info on google. I am only a quite...

Zacs-Master

Inspirational Or Depressing?

If humans last as long as the average mammalian species, and no mass extinctions or catastrophes occur, then 99.5% of humans who will ever exist are yet to be born.

pulmicort1415

Dimmer Lights Problem

Just fitted new ceiling light complete with 3 dimmer bulbs. There was a dimmer switch already in situ. When the lights are switched on the bulbs flash on and off. Baffled...

Maydup

Led Or Halogen

I'm looking at floor lamps and would prefer to buy LED with changeable bulbs (but the dimmable ones only seem to have halogen lamps. Am I right to avoid halogen now? Is it possible to dim LED or...

flobadob

How Long Should A Table Lamp Lead Be?

How long should the lead be from a lamp base to the plug? When I looked it up, it says that it should be a minimum of 1.8 metres. This seems very long, but is it correct?...

237SJ

Fridge Freezer Installation

I`ve got a new fridge freezer arriving on Friday. The rule seems to be that you let the appliance sit for a while to allow the compressor oil to settle before plugging it in and switching it on....

Johnny7seven

Plasterboard On A Ceiling

Just moved in. The garage ceiling is plasterboarded only it's started coming down along the edges and bowing in the middle a bit. Obviously a DIY job. It's fixed along the beams rather than across...

paul1763

Air Source Heat Pump

My house is split into 2 zones, upstairs and downstairs. Will it cost twice as much to heat both zones at the same time as it will to heat just 1 of them? Thanks for any replies....

Raspberry197

Reconnecting Outbuilding Electrics Following Storm Arwen Damage.

Hi. I'm new on here, I live in quite a remote area (highlands). In 2016 I had a timber outbuilding (workshop) constructed to the rear of my house, approx 12m away. Concrete base, walls bolted to a...

mikesnr1

During kitchen refurbishment in 2010, I had an integral, under worktop, fridge incorporated into the scheme. It was NOT EVER switched ON, not even tested (apart from checking the electric connection...

Barquentine

Average Cost To Convert Side Garage To Bedroom/Showerroom Etc

Small terraced modern design houses - each with a garage to left underneath upper floor that overhangs garage entrance & small car port. What would the average cost be to convert that to a bedroom and...

douglas9401

Grouting Between Paving Slabs

They're old but in one piece and currently have sand brushed into any gaps but I'm wondering if I can remove the sand and brush in Postcrete as a no-fuss, more solid filler, just mist with some water...

theorganicgardener

Removing Mortar Dust

Hello, I have some very fine mortar dust that adhered its self to some glass windows leaving them with a matt sheen to the surface. I have tried vinegar to remove the mortar dust however this has...

Coppit

Effect Of Low Voltage On A Fridge.

My fridge was replaced because the back panel was icing up and some contents were badly affected - eg olives in oil congealed, milk very cold etc. Unfortunately, its replacement is the same. It has...

naomi24

Christmas Goes Wonkily Woke

A chocolate company making advent calendars purposely left the space for 8 December empty. In the wake of complaints the company say the advent calendar was designed with the same unequal distribution...

moggie 939

Washing Machine 'Juddering On Spin Cycle - We Have Floating Floor!

We live in a modern 1st floor flat which has a 'floating floor' design as opposed to downstairs flats which have solid floors. Despite having various new washing machines they are all noisy when on...

andy-hughes

Finding My Mp3 File

I am downloading and converting songs to MP3's. My PC (Windows 10) used to show my MP3File on the left hand side of the File Explorer, now it doesn't. If I search for the song, I can find it, and go...

Stickybottle

Off The Scale Wokeism From Labour

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58698406 I must admit I find it impossible to keep up with who is Heterosexual Homosexual Transsexual Metrosexual Bisexual Pansexual Or anyone who does not...

Freddytwoshoes

Planning Question

I have had a wooden building tucked away in amongst trees in a two acre section of my garden for 22 years (not visible by anyone, with its own private lane entrance). Separated from main house by a...

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