Posted by Bob Bulmer on Tue 31st July 2007 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Gadgets
When you’re doing home improvements you soon discover that measuring small distances accurately is critical. The Digital Vernier Caliper offers depth measurements up to three decimal places and includes the following features:
Main features include:
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Something I have noticed recently is the prevalence of gizmos and gadgets appearing in new homes. Estate agents are telling me “this is what buyers expect nowadays”.
Things like climate control, in built sound systems and more remarkably in built, flat screen TV’s at the bottom of the bath tub.
Waterprooftv.co.uk is one such company that is servicing this new demand by offering specially designed water resistant LCD TV’s.
The typical spec includes:
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Posted by Bob Bulmer on Fri 27th July 2007 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Plumbing
An immersion heater is a storage cylinder which includes an electric element for heating water.
There are three different types of immersion heater:
Top Entry - one element extending top to bottom of a cylinder.
Top Entry with two elements - one element is longer and used for cheap night electricity. One element is shorter for heating little quantities of water as required.
Side Entry - usually comes as a pair of elements, one situated at the bottom for heating the entire cylinder and one at the top for heating small quantities of water.
All immersion heaters have adjustable thermostats.
Posted by Bob Bulmer on Thu 26th July 2007 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Construction
Lead flashing plays an important role in maintaining a waterproof seal. Most commonly the flashing tends to work loose from mortar between two courses of bricks.
To make a repair simply do the following:
1. Push the flashing back into the crevice between the brick courses and repoint the mortar.
2. To ensure that the flashing remains in place you can wedge with blocks of wood until it’s fully hardened.
3. Remove the blocks and fill with mortar.
Posted by Bob Bulmer on Wed 25th July 2007 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Gadgets
I’m not really a great enthusiast of multi tooled gadgets. There are usually compromises in the quality and functionality of each tool which reduces their effectiveness.
However, the Multi Tool Utili Key bucks the trend with some quality features that include:
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