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i doubt it, but then i dont turn those lights on anyway. I mainly use top ones
What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Put in a small bit of fencing to create a puppy pen, so that she can't get access to the main garden/driveway/swimming pool and do herself a mischeif - she arrives on 22nd May 
The large chimney in the back will come down this summer too, alongside replacing the asbestos roof of the pool plant room.
The whole area has had a bit of a transformation since purchase, to get to the above we started here;
The large chimney in the back will come down this summer too, alongside replacing the asbestos roof of the pool plant room.
The whole area has had a bit of a transformation since purchase, to get to the above we started here;
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Al the wires go in from "below" and all screwdriver access is from "above". So they're "the same" at each point rather than symmetrical.I also bought a new light switch so colour me tired - but wtf how do you use this? I unscrewed...put wire in...screwed....that isn't how this socket works???
Mate I kid you not those screws are fully home (top row) --- unless I am putting in 4mm thick cable they aren't grabbing anything!
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Full tile was too much like hard work
Confirmed I am an idiot - they are just super tight, almost like they aren't threaded. Felt home when it had a load to go lol.
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Good! I think my main choice of fittings was influenced by what people in forums said about the quality of the terminals. Some shear easily, some too big/small etc.
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feeling quite happy with myself. with help from my dad over the weekend I have removed the fence at the bottom of the garden fixed damage done by a fox, replaced the fence, extended the concrete shed base and fixed the broken boot handle on my car.
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Just when I thought I had finished jobbing this pops up.
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Spent yesterday mowing the lawn and ripping out yet more brambles.
Bramble puling is no fun at all. I have found a heavy fleece provides decent protection, but I still end up with forearms like a suicidal emo teen.
Bramble puling is no fun at all. I have found a heavy fleece provides decent protection, but I still end up with forearms like a suicidal emo teen.
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Get some welding gloves for brambling -or leather hedging gloves - .crap job
Chaps,
I bought a sturdy aerial to mount in the loft --- I hadn't realised it came with an inbuilt booster. Will this be sufficient without the booster being powered?
I'm not really in a signal black spot but it cost 50 quid so don't want to waste money if this doesn't work as well as one designed without the booster in mind.
I bought a sturdy aerial to mount in the loft --- I hadn't realised it came with an inbuilt booster. Will this be sufficient without the booster being powered?
I'm not really in a signal black spot but it cost 50 quid so don't want to waste money if this doesn't work as well as one designed without the booster in mind.
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edit ignore, missread.. i didnt realise it already had the booster in.
i expect it will work but no idea really.
i expect it will work but no idea really.
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I've done one recently that I fed off of a fused spur.
Tbh though I would leave it for now and keep an eye on the reception.
Tbh though I would leave it for now and keep an eye on the reception.
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Aerial's an aerial TBHChaps,
I bought a sturdy aerial to mount in the loft --- I hadn't realised it came with an inbuilt booster. Will this be sufficient without the booster being powered?
I'm not really in a signal black spot but it cost 50 quid so don't want to waste money if this doesn't work as well as one designed without the booster in mind.
*Hides from Feek*
Mrs dLockers: "Telly's gone dead"Worst case I'll add a spur into the immersion heater feed
dLockers: "Boiler must have tripped again"
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I'd be more worried about hot water getting into the TV tbh
Most TV sets have a built in signal percentage which may give you some idea, if you plug it in and the signal is <50% then you probably want to run some power for the amp. Keep in mind the signal will fluctuate depending on the conditions.
I couldn't find our aerial when we moved in, until I stumbled across a piece of coax cable in the loft, pointing in the general direction of the transmitter
Luckily it's only about 2 miles away so it did work surprisingly well, but I did put one up in the loft eventually.
To be fair it isn't like old days - barely watch terrestrial (haven't had it since we moved in back in August) and the signal is a lot stronger or at least more forgiving.I'd be more worried about hot water getting into the TV tbh
Most TV sets have a built in signal percentage which may give you some idea, if you plug it in and the signal is <50% then you probably want to run some power for the amp. Keep in mind the signal will fluctuate depending on the conditions.
I couldn't find our aerial when we moved in, until I stumbled across a piece of coax cable in the loft, pointing in the general direction of the transmitter
Luckily it's only about 2 miles away so it did work surprisingly well, but I did put one up in the loft eventually.
Reminds me when I was doing wireless P2P installs and one lad pointed a receiver at an electricity pylon. It somehow still picked up internet
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Spent the morning at back of shed and in log store to have a good tidy up -wife is doing the same in greenhouse -we took a car load to tip yesterday and looks like another is almost ready to go.
Why do we collect junk ?
Why do we collect junk ?