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Re: Testing and reconnecting Kinetico 2020C Water Softener After 3+ Years Unused -DIY??
If it is connected with a reasonably short length of hose to a mains tap then there ought to be enough pressure/flow to make it operate. The minimum requirement is modest 0.83 bar and 0.18 litres per…2 -
Re: Saving for Christmas 2025 - £1 a day
My savings are up to £312.00 now!1 -
Re: A Totally FREE Christmas 2025
@ Willowtree222 - Brilliant! Thank you for reminding us all of the super reductions available at the Card Factory now and over the next few days. The New FREE Christmas 2026 Thread is now open and up…2 -
Re: 2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution
I'm in again please Mrs SD I slipped after my op so no excuses next year. I've some house related frogs I need to get organised for 2026 and want a tidy house when I have work men in to mak…14 -
Re: 365 Day 1p Challenge for 2026
Hi @enthusiasticsaver can I join again please? I've not looked at the MSE forum since finishing the 2025 challenge :D1 -
Re: The 365 Day 1p Challenge 2025
#49 here. Pleased to say I transferred the last of 2025 days up to day 365 last week and completed the challenge. Hooray!! Total saved as of today £675.17 (inc interest) Thanks so much @enthusiastics…1 -
Re: 2025 Fashion On The Ration Challenge
Thank you for the new thread, @PipneyJane. Count me in for another year, and I promise to try harder! I totally lost the plot this year. We had a lovely fairly quiet Christmas with our daughters. Her…7 -
Re: Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
I'm not sure which account you / Mr C has with Santander but mine as long as I'm not over drawn by sometime that day evening I'm not charged a fee, fingers crossed you made the payment…7 -
Re: The 365 Day 1p Challenge 2025
We've come to the end of this 2025 and it's time to climb aboard 'The 365 Day 1p Challenge 2026' Orient Express or 26 Bus, which ever you prefer :D Well done everyone <3 See yo…3 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
Cheery - did your calculations set on a specific mode for the dehu? I only ask, because I know that there is a published "usage" per hour for one setting of our dehu - it's one of the …9
