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Hanging a folder glass shower panel off a plasterboard wall
The wall my shower is mounted on is a plasterboard wall. The plaster board measure approx 1cm thick. The wooden braces appear to be approx 40cm apart on the vertical. With a horizontal at the top,...
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can anyone recommend a drill please?
Hi, I'm VERY new to DIY and am redecorating a fairly beat up flat I bought a while ago. I need to buy a drill. It won't be used for anything very heavy duty but I'd rather buy something decent. I need...
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Survey
Multiple choice items are the most popular type of survey questions because they are generally the easiest for a respondent to answer and the easiest to ... vist @
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Condensate Pipe On Combi Boiler ?
The condensate pipe on my combi boiler comes out of the wall and rests in the hopper of a downpipe but with this rather cold weather that we have all been having, it has tended to freeze up quite a...
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Energy Monitoring
Think I may take a trip down to Lidl on Thursday 12th Feb and buy one of these ... bought anything similar and would I be best just buy the one which clips to the electric meter and has a portable...
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Fitting shelves to side of wall units
I have two wall units, in my kitchen, with a 600mm gap between so was going to fit three shelves in the gap. One near the bottom, one near the top and one in the middle. I have the shelves which are...
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Boiler emissions - steam or smoke
Really stupid question but walking along a terrace of house, with a friend, we saw the flues sticking out with white stuff billowing out. He said it was like your breath on a cold day but is it or is...
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Earth bonding on gas pipes.
I've been handed a card by the National Grid stating that the earth bonding on my gas pipe does not comply with regs. It seems that where the bonding clamp is attached to the gas pipe, and connected...
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Dishwasher - Leaves a Residue on Dishes when Finished
A few months ago I had a new kitchen fitted and this included a new dishwasher (Neff S5555). The dishwasher is in exactly the same location using the same water\waste connections as the previous...
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Joining two plastic pipes
Would it be possible to connect a 22mm plastic pipe for the boiler condensate into the side of a 40mm plastic pipe? The latter has the washing machine corrugated pipe outlet inserted into the open top...
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Garage Conversion
Hi All. What are the practicalities of converting a kitchen into a garage? I am looking to buy a house, and have to have one with a garage. One which I am looking at, which is going for the right sort...
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Repairing a Karcher pressure washer?
Anyone got experience of fixing these things? Mines lost pressure and is cycling on and off when the triggers released. There are no leaks inside, I've cleaned the filters, changed the cylinder head....
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Router bit
I have router bit, ogee, that has a shank that is very slightly out of true, is it possible to true it up. Ginge.
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Neon or no neon on FCU for boiler and hob
Do the regs specify whether a neon is required on the FCU for a boiler, and separately on the feed for a gas hob and extractor unit?
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Granite Transformations Worktops
No, but the product looks interesting (I'm still deciding whether to go for granite or not myself) so had a google and stumbled across a thread here amongst others: This looks like a very large...
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