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I have a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse, the mouse has its own dock which rehcarges it, really neat!. The micro switch for the left button is worn out and I would like to replace it. Anybody know of a source? I have tried Maplin, but they don't do anything that small. Logitech claim...

I have an Agojama 9" angle grinder and the switch has broken, I have searched the net but am unable to find a source for spares or their website. Anyone know of anyone who does spares or the if the brand is rebaged to look for spares under a different name?

I need to purchase a new torch as the batteries in the old one have swollen up and will not come out. I want something that has a focusing beam and preferably LED rather than a standard bulb and of aluminium construction. I have seen the new Maglite LED and Lenser type torches on the...

Our local council have just dropped the bombshell that they would like to erect a 22.5m high lattice type mobile phone mast on our estate just 30m from the nearest houses and 100m from the nearest school. We have a finite number of days in which to object, but the council will not accept...

Why are we getting all of this p0rn and viagra advertising on the site all of a sudden? __________________________ Mod 3, I don't know, we have a spam button for deleting which also goes straight to Diynot admins for checking their IP's address +++++ Sometime it is spotted and deleted...

I am about to embark on a project that will allow me to flush to toilet with rainwater. I plan to collect the rain water from the roof, in an 600 ltr IBC container. This will then be pumped up to a small holding tank on top of the porch what will be used to refill the cistern, all solar powered...

I have a Renault Scenic, 2 yrs old. Last week whilst giving it a clean, I noticed that where some bird much had been it has totally removed the paint right down to the undercoat. After carefully inspecting the bonnet, I noticed a number of other places where the paint has been severely affected...

Has anyone noticed how lazy paper boys are these days. I walk my dog every morning and I am astounded to see the same paper boys being driven house to house by thier parents so they can do their rounds. What does this teach them? certainly not independance and certainly not the value of...

For Reference http://www.diydata.com/electrics/bathroom_electrics/bathroom_electrics.htm Well I'm sure I put it in the sticky for ref section and its ended up here. Could one of the mods move it please.

Anyone here had any experience of generating thier own power from wind or solar pv panels, I would be particularly interested to hear if you supply the excess to the grid and details of costs and savings etc.

The mortar that runs along the dpc of the house is crumbling in places and flaking away, particularly on the north side of the property. There is evidence that it has had a bad repairr job done in the past, ie patches of a very very thin skin of mortar over the crumbly stuff, just to hide it i...

We have a Renault Megane Scenic (new shape) and I am trying to find out how to open the bonnet. The release undoes the bonnet a fraction but the gap is so narrow that i can't feel the secondary release under the bonnet. Anyone point me in the right direction. Oh yeah, the manual has been lost...

I can't believe that nobody has posted since 12:32 this afternoon, whats wrong with everyone, you cant have better things to do. :?

I just went to the local RC centre, as the council like to call them with a boot full of the following, 2 doors cut up of course, some old plastic containers for cement mix, a couple of bags of old offcuts of wood found lying around the garden and in the shed and an old gate, broken into pieces...

So now we are going to be taxed if any home improvements increase the value of our property. SO thats double taxing because your improvements could put you up a council tax band. When will they stop, more and more taxes, but where are the improvements to show for all the extra revenue...

Our neighbour had just started using his chimney after having it opened and a cowl fitted during the summer. (nice considerate neighbour) :twisted: The problem is the cowl, the type that looks like half an upturned drain pipe, directs the smoke stratight at out property as were are on a...

I heard a snippet on the radio today that pupils were being paid by their school for passing their exams, up tp £150.00 per pupil. I only hope this was a private school and the 'bonuses' weren't coming out of the tax payers pocket. :evil: What does this teach youngsters, only do something...

I don't know about yours but with our doctors surgery, you had to phone on the day you wanted an appointment. So you would spend 20-30 minutes playing telephone lottery to get an appoint, no point ringing after 8:30 as all the appoints are gone. Tried phoning yesterday to find that they now...

Have you noticed the number of people that post here for help and as soon as you ask them questions or even offer a solution coupled with a question or two, they disappear, never to be heard from again. :? Or maybe its just my posts... So if you want to make someone disappear get hem to put...

I'm just in the process of putting new rads and pipe work into our two bedrooms. The problem is I can't do both at once as we wouldn't have anywhere to sleep. I was thinking of comleteing one side and the refilling the system, just in case the weather changes all of a sudden and completeing the...