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Roof cleaning and copper ridge
I'll be along again in a minute with another question that my son has raised, but here is Q1. His house is in a large "garden" with huge trees, which drop all sorts of stuff onto his roofs. The north...
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soldering / brazing a lamp shade
Hello, Google tells me that the metal part of a lamp shade is called the lamp carrier or gimbal. One of the metal parts of this has snapped. SWMBO has already decided this is an excuse to buy new...
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carrying a saw in your car?
Hello, Hopefully just about on topic. I came to a stationary queue of traffic yesterday. It looked as though some tree branches had fallen into the road. A police car arrived but from another...
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bonding double stretcher wall
I am building a low-ish (< 1 meter) garden wall basically as double stretch er bond - there are some half brick sections working around obstacles, othe r sections 9" thick and a few sections...
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roots coming out of shower
An aunt went into nursing home, and asked me to fix up her house to sell. It had been vacant for nearly 6 months. In the bathroom, I found plant roots emerging from the shower drain. Shower was...
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Inaccessible Mice
Our ceiling is made from concrete with battens nailed to it and plasterboard nailed to the battens. This leaves a gap of about one inch between the top of the board and the concrete. Mice seem to be...
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Totally OT: Empty your bank accounts for July!
Gentlemen, A word to the wise. Greece has a TON of debt repayments coming due in July - a succession of eye watering sums falling due which are beyond the resources of the country alone to repay and...
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What not to do with an angle grinder
Two police officers who were injured when they were attacked with a power tool are "doing well" in hospital.
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Bathroom sink recommendations please.
The eight year old B&Q bathroom pedestal basin has a fine crack across the basin so I need to replace it. Any recommendations? Needs to be suitable for a mixer tap* and not too ornate. *Looking at...
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Greedy little birds
Have been hanging a 3/4 coconut shell filled with fat from the bird table for about 2 years now. Mostly attracted starlings, and lasted a couple of weeks before it needed replacing. The starlings are...
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Batery charging - brain fade day?
Looking further at battery charging I seem to be having brain fade. I will work it through in simplistic terms then ask! Starting with (volts * amps = watts). 250v * 4A = 1kW Or to put it another way,...
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OT - network based answering service?
X-Posted here because of the cognoscenti! I am involved with a local charity support group who are not the most IT literate, and those supported are even less so. We are having problems communicating...
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Paint Primers
Hi all, I have some Ronseal white metal primer designed for radiators and pipework. Can I get away with using it for a small stretch of new, bare wood skirting board? (less than 1 metre) Or is it...
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If Russ Andrews made ...
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Demolition - and demolition is DIY related
Just a heads up for those that might be interested Sunday 8pm BBC2 All episodes of Demolition - The Wrecking Crew
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