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Portable small fencing for the garden?
I'm looking for some small (foot or two high) fencing to put on a patio to cosmetically "fence off" an area where building is in progress, no more than 10-15 feet in length. It has to be "portable"...
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house alarm fault
No idea if anyone has even heard of my house alarm.. The paragon plus? Anyway it has started playing up after several years running ok. Without the alarm being set ( just in normal day mode with us in...
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Woodworm
While doing some wiring work in the garage of my son's bungalow I discovered that the ceiling joists (covered with plasterboard) have a pretty bad woodworm infestation. The garage is built on the side...
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Wiring 2 Motion Sensor Flood Lights Through Siding
------------------------------------- Hello, My wife and I recently bought a house and on the house there was on motion sensor flood light and another flood light off to the side of the house. They...
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Cement on cement
In my kitchen, I have an area of concrete floor. It appears that some time in the past, this was covered by quarry tiles that were later removed (possibly due to an uneven floor) and cemented over....
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13 years ago
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Wheeled Step Ladder and Storage question
I am thinking about storage in my workshop. I have tools I use every day, Screwdriver etc, things I use once a week, Grinder etc, and then a selection of things I only use once every six months...
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13 years ago
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old consumer unit / fusebox
Hi I've just moved house - so decided to fit a shower - when I look at the consumer unit its an old tin box thing with BI Callender stamped on it. obviously in time it looks as though the unit needs...
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13 years ago
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Supply Only uPVC Windows & Doors - Any Recommendations ?
Any Recommendations ? TIA, woodglass...
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13 years ago
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Roofing issues
When we bought his house almost 6 years ago several (20 or more) of the concrete roof slates were broken but still on the roof. Most were broken just above or just below the overlap point. Anyway as...
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13 years ago
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New Shower?
"John" ha scritto nel messaggio news:NoudnX
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13 years ago
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SDS bits
I have an old Bosch GBH drill. Will it take SDS plus bits or do I have to find dedicated SDS bits? tia
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13 years ago
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solar panel conservatory
Has anyone installed any solar panels that are suitable for conservatory? If so, are they affordable i wonder?
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Flourescent bathroom light???
I want new bathroom light not interested in spots prefer the benefits of fluorescent = low wattage/high light output/ no heat/safer prefer 60 watt circular/square fitting (not long tubes) struggling...
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13 years ago
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My pump has died.
My submersible well pump has died, not totally but it now trips the RCD after about 30 seconds operation and I can't get inside the thing to fix it. Can anyone recommend a supplier of low cost...
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13 years ago
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Cables and 17th Edition regs
This is a question for the electricians here. In an earlier thread of mine, 'Earthing Problem', the matter of rewiring the lighting circuit at my son's recently acquired bungalow came up, because it...
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