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OK - never heard of siphonic aspirators, until the recent post. We have two toilets, of exactly the same design, same flush tank, same fill valve ect.. Both have always had a poor flush - customary method, is to have a jug of water to hand, press the handle, and add the jug of water, as the...

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3-bed semi. As I make my way down the stairs, I tend to run my hand down the banister, except I have to let go, where the banister crosses with the upper floor level. If I fail to let go for those few inches, my finger joints would gap in the narrowing gap, between banister and floor supported...

Years ago, to ensure my car's battery was kept ready and fully charged, I added a special 'live all the time' ciggy socket, tucked in behind the glove box door. Park in the garage, and just plug a ciggy plug in, hanging down from the roof. On a smart plug timer, so charges 20 minutes per day. As...

As per subject - anyone got any experience?

We have Railtrack's heavy-duty earth machinery, working at the back of the house, between 75 and 100 yards away. For the past three days, they have been compacting earth they have disturbed. I both clearly hear the noise and feel the vibrations, they are quite unmissable to me, when they are...

Win11 and Firefox (seems to be all browsers), and it has just started doing this... If I see a link to a Youtube video, and click on it, Youtube appears as normal, with a small version of the video, plus a selection of other videos, on the screen. All as normal, but - if I click on the small...

I've mentioned this before, but from the top.... Our steadily ageing BC, was beginning to struggle to get up the stairs, to the first floor. I already had a stairlift installed, as a result of my late partner needing one, it seemed silly to take it out, as it had cost so much, and came in handy...

I;ve been inundated today with scam callers on my mobile number (6 so far), plus as many more blocked on my landline. I don't usually get many at all, what's changed? If you ring the numbers back, you find they have spoofed a valid number - chemists, butchers, health centres etc..

House is built on a slab, on clay, had damp injection 40 plus years ago, and cavity cleaned out. All fine, no problems except one small, out of the way area, which is an internal brick wall. The wall forms a T with the short upper arms of the T, being the inner cavity wall. The wall is around 2...

Smart motorways - If the equipment fails, then it should just default to fail-safe, and shut the lane down, until the equipment is back in working order.

Surface rain water drainage is a constant wet weather problem here, we have a few inches of soil, then heavy clay everywhere. I'm wondering if there is an easy way, without digging, to get an idea just how thick the clay layer might be? If not too thick, I was thinking an auger to make a...

Local mayor elections, people discussing public transport and 'ghost buses'. Like many places, we have displays, which show the next four or so buses, and when they are likely to arrive at the stop, based on buses sending track information, back to the server. Great system, except it includes...

It has become a regular, annual invasion.... We never used to have this, a decade ago. A couple of weeks ago, we began seeing them, at the front of the house, and the back - inside. We did a daily count of the number of ants seen, to see how bad it was, and whether we were making progress with...

I've spent a bit of time in our understair cupboard over recent weeks. I'm out of closet now :eek: The entire house had a total, back to brick, refurb in the mid 80's, including all pipework. At the back of the cupboard, is an outside wall, a cavity, then the outer wall, which includes gas and...

I requested online access to my medical records, long ago and regularly check in, because I feel I have to... Today, I checked in and happened to spot a note against one med, of which I was about to run out. It suggested it needed to be reviewed by a medical pro. Had I not logged in, had I not...

Away with the caravan for a week, we arrived Saturday, the storm Kathleen arrived soon after, so we delayed putting the porch awning up until Monday morning. Because of the slope of the pitch, we almost always use the awning door/zip at the rear of the caravan to get in and out, nearest the...

Caught my arm, on a sharp door catch, on an internal door, and tore a big lump of skin off. The sharp, pointy brass sneck, sticking out of the edge of the door. I've done it several times now, on different doors. I'm surprised they are so pointy, is it usual to do what I have in mind - go round...

I wonder if anyone else is pestered by this company, every few months? Every few months, delivered by RM's normal post, I get a leaflet addressed to 'The Occupier', with my address, rather than the usual leaflet delivered to all addresses by RM - so I am obviously being targetted. The leaflet...