Recent content by cdbe

I've just invented an engine that runs on water. I'm heavily publicising it in the hope that the oil companies either pay me millions to shut me up or make me disappear. I may let you know how it goes next week.

If you've previously excavated it's length on your property just repeat and swing it, meter/stop tap attached, to where you want it in a new trench and extend your communication pipe to meet it. Obviously assuming there's sufficient room at your boundary to "bend" it round your garage.

I did think if it was a bit wider he could screw it across those two timber props.

The LED isn't lighting anything so he's going to put something on the "bed" side of it to reduce the glare - it will still be highly visible from everywhere else as will the light should it ever come on.

Can anything be done about this? Son just moved into private student accommodation so HMO. He's in 3rd floor loft room and the light is in the middle of the ceiling and the led is very bright at night. I think it's in the room because the top of the staircase is open to the room with the FD at...

I bought a supra c500 key safe which is apparently pretty good. For drunk/forgetful teenagers to get back in. Don't know about the lock but the way I've fixed it would be physically easier to break in via the door or a window. We live on a main road so people would see us hiding a key under a stone.

Problem with new cars is that 75% of people buy on looks and only have a passing interest in what's under the bonnet. And when your wife sees how cute those Renault 5 EVs are, all the anti EV stuff goes straight out of the window.

I will pluck out of thin air/make up a fact that there's 1 million cars in this country driving around happily with odd brands of dampers/springs/top bearings etc.

Cancel your contract, in mine and many others experience this will just be the start of a world of absolute misery with VM. Consider a 5g router and SIM if you have a good signal.

It's more about what you can buy in a supermarket or corner shop (as you probably won't have a proper address to get it delivered to). I'm on holiday in Cornwall and bought a £22 Asda mobile prepaid one month "unlimited everything" SIM (no account to set up/cancel/get credit checked for etc)...

I fitted one when my fuse fell out of the cutout after I'd been a bit overenthusiastic with the feather duster, the seal was long gone.

Great news! My wife and I went out for tea last night to celebrate - I had garlic bread starter, she had soup, I had fish and chips and then the £45 was gone so we went home. Anyway, looks like the plug in solar in now legal so I'm off to the middle of Lidl.

If you're not a skilled plumber then replace from the red line onwards with 10mm plastic pushfit. If you want a nice clean look run them up the wall behind the rad. This is but messy as a temporary fit but gives the idea.

If you treated it as a "repair" you could just smash out the entire maintenance liability of an installation and replace it with modern 110mm uPVC drainage pipe and fittings, with one reliable connection to the main drain, it all looks fairly shallow, and there's nothing technically challenging...