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    What have you been doing today?

    Yeah you’re right there. Oh well, we live and learn don’t we?
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    What have you been doing today?

    I’m off this week and next week for Easter (I’m a lecturer) and Mrs IfInDoubtDIY is off on Mondays and Tuesdays as she works weekends, so I spent the morning doing some laundry and then made lunch - chicken leek and thyme pie. It was delicious - although I won’t use Tesco own brand “reduced fat...
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    Is it just me or….

    Well of course!
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    What was your worst experience of selling something online?

    Here are two to get you started: First was many years ago, selling an unwanted wedding gift - a cast iron skillet thing. I posted it, and to be fair I didn’t package it very well, so it arrived broken. What made the experience so unpleasant for me was the fact that the buyer waited for ME to...
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    Is it just me or….

    I’m referring to the number of people online who get highly triggered by different opinions! (Present company excepted of course!!)
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    Is it just me or….

    Well I’ve certainly created a lot of debate here - but in 2025 being able to have healthy debate is no bad thing!
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    PIR Security Light Installation - JOB DONE

    Thanks for the tip.
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    PIR Security Light Installation - JOB DONE

    Good idea, thanks!
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    Is it just me or….

    We can just agree to disagree. No harm done.
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    Is it just me or….

    Ok, maybe it’s just me then! I just find myself getting more p*ssed off with T+E than with flex.
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    Is it just me or….

    Well, flex!
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    Is it just me or….

    …does anyone else find T+E really frustrating to work with?
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    PIR Security Light Installation - JOB DONE

    Hi all, Sharing some pics of my replacement PIR Light above our garage! Started with this: Took the old light down on Saturday - soaking myself in the process as the white JB in the photo was FULL of water! I also removed the old FCU for the old light: I mounted the new security light and...
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    Twin & Earth Outdoors - how to protect it?

    Ok so yesterday I started fitting the security light - I took down the old one (and the junction box was full of water!) and when I went to remove the cable I discovered that it actually DOESN’T come out of the soffit at the top! It comes out at the BOTTOM of the roof and had just been pushed up...
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    Ashley J803 “maintenance free” JB - any ideas how to disconnect?

    Worked, cheers!!!!!
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    Ashley J803 “maintenance free” JB - any ideas how to disconnect?

    Hi all, I’m trying to disconnect the output side of an Ashley J803 junction box as I’m wiring a security light. I opened the box and was greeted with this: I cannot for the life of me figure out how to disconnect this junction box! The little plastic connectors that I am pointing at in the...
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    Floodlight rating - which will be suitable?

    Ah ok! Well in that case I will use a 20w instead! I haven’t purchased anything for that particular project yet so I still have time.
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    Floodlight rating - which will be suitable?

    Yes which is why I went for a 20w instead of a 30w.
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    Suitable Junction Box for Outdoor Use

    Thanks, I’ve factored that in and will be fitting an isolator to the circuit.
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    Twin & Earth Outdoors - how to protect it?

    Update for everyone who may be interested: I have purchased everything I need to drill through the wall and wire the new light to an internal box, so no need for much cabling outside.
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