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72447 UK_Selfbuild@... Send Email May 1, 2009
9:45 am
Just a reminder on how to join to join the UK_Selfbuild group - been asked to re-post this for people who wish to send to colleagues etc. The UK_Selfbuild...
72448 Rick
rickdipper Send Email
May 1, 2009
2:11 pm
Gus You can get the metal with "galfan" or plastic coated. Also look out, you have to lace the things together, this takes ages, get some *REALLY* big pliers. ...
72449 howgegoboat Send Email May 1, 2009
7:53 pm
Hi why not band round the piles so as not to weaken them? Builders banding should do,I used it to secure mesh to windows before. Yours James...
72450 Rex
bty174672 Send Email
May 2, 2009
7:43 am
I was only posting a short summary of what the guy told me. As I said, frankly, I don't believe it. In this age, I would be very surprised if they did not...
72451 Eric Mears
ejmears Send Email
May 2, 2009
8:06 am
I think the real problem is the same as it is with any other so-called 'help line'. The people who answer the phone think they know it all and are very ...
72452 Marc-H
hodghton Send Email
May 2, 2009
8:22 am
I used a spreadsheet, loosely based on the proscribed reclaim forms, two years ago for my reclaim. No problems at all. Marc-H From:...
72453 Bert Coules
Bert_Coules Send Email
May 2, 2009
10:17 am
Gus, ... Thanks for that link. Those handles are certainly along the lines I'm thinking of - and though it doesn't say so on the site, there's presumably ...
72454 Rick
rickdipper Send Email
May 2, 2009
11:53 am
Help Line = Hell Desk While I have never worked on a Hell Desk, I work with people that do. Why civilization insist on having these things is beyond me. Rick...
72455 Rex
bty174672 Send Email
May 2, 2009
6:34 pm
When the time comes, I will ignore what I have just been told and submit a spreadsheet, based upon their layout. The guy on the phone, when asked whether they...
72456 Nick Laurie
nick115398 Send Email
May 2, 2009
6:43 pm
Unfortunately, but important to remember, it doesn't matter which century they're living in, they hold the purse-strings and if they tell you stand on your...
72457 Eric Mears
ejmears Send Email
May 2, 2009
7:49 pm
I'm not happy with the use of the word 'civilization&#39; (because I really don't consider their use 'civilised&#39;) but it's pretty obvious why they've become so...
72458 Rex
bty174672 Send Email
May 3, 2009
7:16 am
David, How smooth does the concrete floor need to be for the epoxy to give a reasonably level finish? Rex...
72459 Who me?
hipcat@... Send Email
May 3, 2009
7:23 am
... If I were HMR&C I would be reluctant to load unknown CDROMs on to my system, especially if it was a Windoze system, heaven only knows what malware I might ...
72460 Chris Hunter (home)
chris_j_hunter Send Email
May 3, 2009
7:56 am
maybe the answer is that to use it as anything other than thickish paint would be v.expensive - meaning the answer is it has to be quite smooth ... as ours...
72461 Rex
bty174672 Send Email
May 3, 2009
8:57 am
Hi there, We will be having some timber cladding on the house to add visual 'texture.' I want it to be horizontal, SWMBO wants it vertical. It seems to me that...
72462 Rex
bty174672 Send Email
May 3, 2009
9:18 am
Hi there, I hope I will be able to put the TV aerial in the loft but everyone in the area has theirs mounted on a high mast, so perhaps the loft will not be...
72463 Nick Laurie
nick115398 Send Email
May 3, 2009
9:19 am
Our entire house is timber-clad; we mixed horizontal and vertical - stops it looking like a garden shed! Nick Nick Laurie PC Repairs nwlaurie@... ...
72464 DavidC
davidcfromtheuk Send Email
May 3, 2009
9:48 am
... I can't remember if there was anything in the notes that came with it but mine is float finished but not super smooth. I'd say it was just about smooth...
72465 DavidC
davidcfromtheuk Send Email
May 3, 2009
9:49 am
Rex, Google Wolfbane Wolfbane website takes your postcode and tells you direction angle and type of aerial you need. Aerial market has changed with...
72466 Rick
rickdipper Send Email
May 3, 2009
10:04 am
I totally gave up with terestial TV/Radio, we have a sky dish with 4 LNB on it, and we run the cables round the house to where we site the sky boxes for...
72467 Rick
rickdipper Send Email
May 3, 2009
10:09 am
Folks Can anybody recommend a low power (hopefully silent) PC, I want to use it to control my heating, spec can be low, I just need 2 (or more) serial ports,...
72468 Graham Pye
grahampye Send Email
May 3, 2009
10:16 am
Although not as eco (as David points out) you can usually solve the signal problem of putting the aerial in the loft by adding what's (historically?) called a...
72469 Chris Hunter (home)
chris_j_hunter Send Email
May 3, 2009
10:25 am
obvious answer is a VIA Mini ITX - several to choose from, including fanless, various speeds & I/O options ... we've bought one to run the HA on ... good...
72470 Nick Austin
nick1nildram Send Email
May 3, 2009
10:50 am
... I would avoid loft mounting if at all possible. Also look at the possibility of fitting a satellite dish. There are currently two ways to set up a...
72471 Chris Hunter (home)
chris_j_hunter Send Email
May 3, 2009
11:47 am
eg: the http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=11134 has four serial ports ... LinITX also sell the necessary leads, cases, whatever - and are good at...
72472 Rick
rickdipper Send Email
May 3, 2009
12:20 pm
Chris Thats perfect, thanks. Rick...
72473 chris_j_hunter Send Email May 3, 2009
12:40 pm
tried Wolfbane for our situation, for digital - said we'd to go for amplified extra hi-gain - ie: a multi-director Yagi array with a low-noise masthead...
72474 Tim Hawes
haweste Send Email
May 3, 2009
1:13 pm
Rick, Can you use the serial-to-USB adaptors, e.g. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Serial-adapter-converter-connect-printer/dp/B000L0UDQA ... or do you need onboard...
72475 DavidC
davidcfromtheuk Send Email
May 3, 2009
2:41 pm
Hang on Chris - there is a sight that shows that..... Here you go, http://www.megalithia.com/elect/aerialsite/index.html Click on terrain and it maps the line...
72476 Chris Hunter (home)
chris_j_hunter Send Email
May 3, 2009
3:27 pm
ah, many thanks - 'tis amazing what's possible on the 'net now ! So, we're 45.4m above sea-level, the transmitter is 184m above sea level & just 6 miles away,...
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