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How to teach the kids DIY
You just get them involved and make it fun if it involves me and my brother. http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/a/a9/1Dan.jpg http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/6/66/2Dan.jpg...
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Hadrians Wall
Heard several people on about rebuilding Hadrians wall if there's a yes vote. I don't think we'll have to. The Scots will have to as in all socialist paradises. (Neccesary to keep the population in.)...
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Harbor Freight
This must surely have been mentioned here before but, since it's always good for a laugh and some folks won't have seen it, here it is again. Harbor Freight, for those who don't know, is a US company...
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Something for nothing
There was a voucher for a free lunchbox in the last Screwfix mailing. Fortu nately, when I was in there buying some bits and bobs over the weekend, the local branch had run out so gave me a rather...
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heating oil prices
Anyone got a reasonably recent price on domestic heating oil so I can beat my supplier up a little? Online quoters all want 'valid email addresses' now and I have just spent two weeks on spam filters,...
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Recommendations for door-closer?
I'm interested in fitting a self-closing thing to the bathroom door because I'm tired of seeing the toilet every time I go up to the landing. (The door tends slightly to fall open if the "engaged"...
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Single-gang indicator that lights are on inside a room?
Does the following thing exist, & if so, what is it called? A plate that will fit on a standard single-gang box, with nothing in it but a light; the idea is to put it on the wall outside a room so you...
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plastic 75mm surface mounting square accessory box?
Is there such a thing pl? Background is that I want to mount the receiver for another wireless thermostat (after success with 2 aged relatives thanks to advice here). The cable's all on the surface so...
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"Stanley" Knife
I bought a JCB retracting blade utility knife: absolute crap - the blade will not easily lock in the extended position. You apply pressure and the blade goes back in to the body, unless you bugger...
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V.V. O.T. : Date of Easter Sunday
Does anyone here have access to the current authoritative _printed_ UK Law on the date of Easter Sunday? It appears in the Annex to the Calendar (New Style) Act (1750 c.23), as amended to date. I am...
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Teak or Tung oil?
I've a nice old oak door to my playpen. Bought secondhand [1] and fitted in 1984 when I built the place. Every year I have given it one or two slurps of Teak oil. Couldn't find any locally today so...
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Garage roller shutter door recommendations?
Does anyone have any recommendations for roller shutter garage doors or any tips of what to watch out for? We are in Leeds.
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New Saws on the block
Just got hold of a Stanley 7 tpi from a discount warehouse. £3.99. Has Bahco gone the way of all flesh? This thing has your actual heavy duty moyenne section. WTH is that? And should I have got half...
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D-I-Y Flood lighting
Any one any suggestions as to how or where we might obtain a few used telegraph poles for the above project? United Utilities have not been helpful
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Misting DG window and drilling glass: a result!
After about ten days, the misting has cleared completely. For the first few days, the inner surface of the outer pane was absolutely streaming, because water got in when the drill first broke through,...
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