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    HDMI splitter?

    this was one of the first listings that came up on e bay. 4K Full HD 4 Way Amplifier For PS3 TV Box HDMI Splitter 1 input 4 output 1080P | eBay. although four outputs i have used similiar for years. if you search the listings they are all basically the same box in different colours. when i...
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    Bobby's home office / gym build

    seeing all that rebar reminds me, did anyone else see the prog about building hinckley point c nuclear power station. the reactor floor section took nearly 9000 cubic metres of concrete in one three day continous pour! the amount of rebar and the sizes of it were staggering. the prog is on...
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    Preparing fence panels

    and dont spray on a windy day as the fine drops go everywhere
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    Preparing fence panels

    i used this stuff https://www.toolstation.com/wood-protective-treatment-5l/p41022 on my shed, pergola and fence panels. it leaves the wood feeling like a barbour jacket ie slightly waxy and water just beads off. other colours are available its just that TS dont stock all of them. I used light...
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    Kitchen sink recommendations?

    do not buy a schock sink. they stain very easily. DAMHIKT. (MIL saw the schock waterfall sink and loved it for her new kitchen that I fitted.) I cannot believe how badly the white sink stains. schock recommend a "special " sink cleaner (they would.....)
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    scaffold board rubbish

    looking at the dining table and benches on the dab chic site, i wonder how long the very thin legs will last especially the bench legs.
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    Ceiling rose to flush fitting- help needed

    using choc block and tape in the ceiling void is not really the best way. a proper junction box like this is much better...
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    Gutter cleaning pole

    just found this on my local gumtree. ok its long drive. and its expensive...... https://www.gumtree.com/p/wet-dry-vacuums/gutter-vac-used-/1405985607
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    Question about electrical regs

    using the diversity factor for oven and hob combined I make it just under 22 A or 27A if there is a socket on the "cooker" switch
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    Question about electrical regs

    yes thats what connectors like this are for...
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    Question about electrical regs

    you dont have to have a switch. what is the rating of the hob and oven? dont forget that an "old fashioned" cooker had hob and oven on same circuit !
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    Gutter cleaning pole

    if you need something similiar to drain rods but stiffer how about metal conduit in one metre lengths with joiners ie https://www.screwfix.com/p/deta-round-steel-galvanised-class-4-conduit-tube-20mm-x-3m/7734j you could put something like this on the end to act as a scraper...
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    Gutter cleaning pole

    could you join two or more bits of 32/40mm drain pipe together then connect a wet dry vac and suck it all up rather than trying to pull it all towards you
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    Some of these will make you smile

    a lot of darwin award candidate there
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    Post Christmas reflections, 1 - Cardboard "engineering"

    an old friend of mine used to work for smurfits, and the packaging designers used to bring him the samples to see if he could work out the correct sequence to fold all the tabs etc so that the finished box looked correct and held its contents securely. he told me it sometimes took hours to work...
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    Something most Brits won’t have come across.

    those american switches and sockets with exposed terminals scare me. how can they still make such a stupid design
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    Lets talk about Jeans

    i saw that, and the prices !!!!
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