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Exterior insulation to '20s concrete block?
Friend is buying a 1920s concrete block house. Steep site, so the roads are flat and every house is either up or down steps. As a result of the valley and lack of sun, there are always problems with...
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Brick - wood-fired "pizza" ovens..
I've been looking at these for a while, maybe make one, maybe buy one and just watched this video: Angle grinders and spraying cement (about 6 minutes in) Pretty fascinating watching them being made!...
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Outside water tap
I have just moved in to a house which has an outside tap. It is connected directly to the cold water supply in the kitchen: pipe through wall, with a vertical drop of 5 inches outside before it is...
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gluing malamine strip to wood
To finish off a small cupboard I need to attach a 2 inch strip of melemine backed chipboard to some 2x2 timber, I cant get access from the rearside to screw in place and obviously I dont want to put...
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WiFi in the field
Her indoors and her sister were shopping in M&S today and taking the usual number of hours. I had an Android tablet with me so I had a look at what wifi I could "see". The various SSID's included M&S...
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car auxhilliary heater
This year we have a little one to take to the child minders so hectic morni ngs, and I have a diesel car which is slower to heat up than a petrol car. So I was thinking of some type of auxhilliary...
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Lidl cordless drill
Bought their Li-ion small cordless drill earlier this year. It's a great smaller sized drill for where my full size one is too big. And it's a lot lighter too. Very pleased with it. So although the...
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Quantities of limescale remover to use ?
Not being scientifically minded, perhaps someone can help with this question. When using a 'limescale' remover in the toilet bowl, would i get the same result if i used say ' x ' quantity of limescale...
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Gas leaks and gas leaks and gas leaks
They have dug the same bit of pavement up repeatedly over the last 12 months, I have reported the smell twice, but the cannot find a leak from their new pipes. It smells like gas, rather than a sewage...
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OT - dog pee. The new wonder cleaner
Looking at the tarmac pavement down our street you can clearly see where dogs have peed up by the wall (largish circle) and the pee has then trickled down to settle near the kerb (another largish...
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OT Gumtree
Just whiled away a pleasant half-hour playing "Spot-the-Shoplifter" on Gumtree.
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Typical electrical consumption in gas-heated house
Just curious. Do people here (with mains gas heating) measure their eletricity consumption, and wonder where it all goes ?. The last time I looked at Combi boiler specs, they had a typical leccy...
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taking pipes and brassware to the scrappy
I've got a fair pile of copper pipe and brassware, accumulated for the last couple of years of DIY, to go to the scrappy. Is it worth me separating fittings from pipework?
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Composite Front Door
Considering one to replace wooden door with single glazing. Any snags?
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OT(ish) Safetey Glasses for over 18s only?
I am looking for some laboratory style safety glasses - not for DIY exactly, although cooking bacon and sausages probably counts as DIY ;-) Mainly, my glasses tend to get splashed with fat/oil now and...
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