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Laying Laminate under door frame
Is there a way of fitting lam into the undercut of a door frame without lifting up the outer edge of the lam (the normal way of clicking lam together)? I've undercut my door frames but I've just got...
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What's likely to be wrong with this car?
Here are the facts: 1. The car is used once or twice a week, mostly for short trips. 2. Nearly every time we use it, the battery is too dead to turn the engine over and it needs to be charged. In fact...
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Cleaning clothes with petroleum products
I was struck by a passage in Marilyn Robinson's Home, in which a character (in a small town in 1950s Iowa) dry cleans his suit by brushing it with a rag soaked in petrol. There's a a comment that this...
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OT Printer Reloaded
Just to follow up. It arrived today. I was a bit trepidatious as I had never even touched a laser printer. Out of the box, load CD, plug in printer and that was it. The print quality is fine as was...
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Which glue gun?
I've decided it's time I got one; no specific purpose in mind, just general DIY/maintenance purposes. Never used one before and know nothing about them other than they seem to vary dramatically in...
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Pumped shower waste
Going to install a shower cubicle in my bathroom shortly - in place of the largely unused bath. The shower waste is going to be something of a problem, though, and I'd be grateful for the views of...
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Sticking waterproof seal trim to tiles
Bought one of those Homelux ultraseal trims, which is supposed to expand/adjust itself to the height of the bath as it moves whilst being filled. The problem is the tiles behind it aren't 100% level,...
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Engraving wood (mechanised)
I've a vague idea for a small money earner selling engraved wooden posts (race mementoes). I did one by hand with small chisels many years ago and a lot of folk have expressed an interest. Thing is,...
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Drawing program
Can anyone suggest a simple (preferably free) drawing program for the PC, where I can import a jpeg of some floor plans and then add to them. Alternatively, is it easy to scan drawings into a format...
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WiFi Question
Daughter is trying to use WiFi instead of a wire travelling up the stairs. Sky WiFi hub thing is downstairs - a PC used for work is upstairs - a wall and solid floor get in the way. What should she...
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Overhanging trees - has the law changed?
Next door has 2 large boughs overhaning his garden and a bit over the house; the whole tree is 'out of balance'. He's been on to Network Rail for about 3 years, trying to get the boughs removed and...
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Papering a hardboard ceiling.
I didn't know that you had to prime hardboard before papering so was very disappointed to find paper hanging down from the ceiling that I had lined the previous day. So I stripped it and washed it a...
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thermocouple
No, they're all dead. The carbon monoxide in the air from their gas room heater weakened their immune systems, and they were unable to fight off the lung infections that they got from the mould spores...
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Builders "signing" their work
A very expensive renovation project that required like-for-like replacement of failed 150 yearold unreplaceable architectural tiles, well not off the shelf replacement. At the very top of the building...
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Chainsaw chains question
For a cheap chainsaw (Gardenline 41cc) that sees very occasional use, is it just a case of getting a replacement chain with the same number of links or are there more differences that I need to know...
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