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  1. NikNak

    Who needs a Ferrari when you've got a 'pushbike'

    wonder if it comes under the £50 repair scheme.? :unsure:
  2. NikNak

    Curry's. - Do NOT buy anything from them at the moment.

    Myfordman.... is this your first 'toe in the water' re being a landlord.? We've just got out of the 'game' after 13yrs(ish) and have plenty of tales to tell.... I see you're also Soton, pm me if you'd like any advice.
  3. NikNak

    Bathroom ceiling.

    Like gregmcateer we used to be landlords (sold last place back in the summer) and the times we used to get calls saying "theres mould appearing in xyz room..." We'd go and have a look and they were using tumble dryers with no venting, drying clothes on top of radiators, not opening windows after...
  4. NikNak

    Bathroom ceiling.

    So its a biggish room then if it used to be a bedroom.? Has the problem only started since converting from a bedroom to a bathroom.? Whereabouts in on the ceiling is the problem... i.e. is it in a corner, over the bath/shower, roughly evenly spread.? Before embarking on any 'cures' (you may...
  5. NikNak

    Kelvin power tools

    Ditto.... was refurbing the wooden hall floors 2 years ago when my sander died. Searched the internet and found these guys. Order a new Metabo lunchtime(ish) and it arrived by 10am the next day.... less than 24hrs from Glasgow to Southampton..!!
  6. NikNak

    Alexa is outa sync

    Morning guys.... We have an Alexa speaker in the kitchen playing our local radio station. I have another that i have brought downstairs and using in the lounge while i decorate. Same radio station, both connected by wifi. But.... the one in the lounge is out of sync with the one in the kitchen...
  7. NikNak

    Heard

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  8. NikNak

    Repair a swivel foot on a G clamp

    Hi guys, went and visited one of my wife's friends this morning who is having a clear-out after her husband passed away last year. He was a master carpenter and traveled all over building boats, roofs, theres a pub in Southampton that has a spiral staircase case that he made by hand. Anyway... i...
  9. NikNak

    Curry's. - Do NOT buy anything from them at the moment.

    Just an update.... we finally got an email from Currys at 5ish to say your order (iphone battery/case) was ready for collection. While there we went to the Carphone Warehouse dept and asked one of the guys if we could buy and have fitted some screen protectors. We had to wait as they were very...
  10. NikNak

    Curry's. - Do NOT buy anything from them at the moment.

    Reading this with interest as we went in yesterday afternoon and paid for (as they had no stock...) an iphone case/battery. "it'll be delivered to store tomorrow sir".... still waiting :cautious: As an aside.... my sisters been caught by Harveys 'going to the wall'. She kept being fobbed off...
  11. NikNak

    What is a cubic metre?

    I had the same thing many many years ago with Jewsons. I'd worked out how much i needed, A x B x C = Rung up, ordered and paid for 1 cubic metre of sand to be delivered. ONE builders bag arrived. And low and behold i was well short of what i needed. 'aving none of this..!! In the car...
  12. NikNak

    my virginmedia contract ends shortly

    Same as you we were with Virgin for years and years.... started off 'cheap' (when we switched from Sky) but the price slowly crept up and up. Nothing wrong with the service just the cost. I think we were around £67 when i eventually said enough is enough... 100mb b/b and no fancy channels...
  13. NikNak

    Water softener playing up

    Good morning guys... We have a BWT compact water softener under the sink. Had it for a few years without any problems. Took it out at the start of the year whilst we had some work done in the kitchen. Reinstalled it and it worked fine.... for a few weeks. It then decided it would regenerate...
  14. NikNak

    Jet variable speed query

    Morning Rick, i have exactly the same model lathe ☺ my 'guess' is.... there's nothing wrong with the motor or the belts or anything like that. Depends how long you've had it but i reckon as CHJ has already said its all to do with the 'pot' (potentiometer), basically the knob you're twiddling to...
  15. NikNak

    Removing large Sadolin stain from slabs?

    or.... you could just lift the offending slab and turn it over (hammer)
  16. NikNak

    4 in 1 garden tool....

    Has anyone got any experience of one of the 4 in 1 petrol garden tools.? Any good or avoid at all costs.? Cheers guys.... Nick
  17. NikNak

    Double garage Dust extraction for lathe

    Dunno about the rest of you but i'd like to know what classic car he's got that's getting covered in dust.?
  18. NikNak

    Rightmove or Zoopla

    Rightmove without a doubt.... its the 'go to'site We're selling a rental house now with an agent in Southampton, and just out of interest i've just looked on Zoopla and its on there too, yet i dont recall the agent saying they use them....
  19. NikNak

    Lime scale

    +1 for citric acid =D> I buy it by the kilo from ebay, dead cheap and lasts for ages. Living in Hampshire we have VERY hard water and i find i was descaling the kettle about every 4-6 weeks and buying copious amounts of branded descaler which then needs to be thoroughly washed/rinsed from the...
  20. NikNak

    Binoculars

    bet you get to see some Great **** from your vantage point :wink: Seriously though.... its a shame about this darned virus thingy at the moment otherwise i'd say go along to one of the events organised by London Camera Exchange (they're all on hold...) as thats exactly what we did this time...
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