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Surface Dressing
The main street through the village has been dressed this morning. One machine went through laying tarred chips (not just tar), followed by another laying just chips. These were followed by a roller...
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Found this as the best deal on oil & stain
After asking some Q's here and elsewhere ... decision was to use Decking oil .......... and manufacturer was to be Liberon. I spent some time Goggling & called local trade outlets ... found one...
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10 years ago
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Insulation under under-floor heating pad?
Do I need it? The sparks putting it in says that the heating pad can just be laid on the bathroom floor (which is new green 22mm chipboard). The builder says we'd waste heat if we didn't have an...
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Can roofing felt be painted?
Can roofing felt be painted? Thoughts: oil-based paints might contain solvents that will damage it, water-based paints will be inadequate out of doors. Why--some of you may be asking--does he want to...
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Cost of a garage/workshop
Thinking of buying a house that doesn't have a garage - but does have a place to put one. Anyone have any idea what it would cost to pour a concrete slab [1] and build a decent quality timber...
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10 years ago
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Update:Mobility scooter batteries
Oh well, popped into garage just now - batteries have been on charge 24h. Charger showed fully charged. Unplugged charger, tried to move scooter ... success ! Reassembled scooter and took for spin....
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10 years ago
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Car Battery Failure
About two weeks ago car was in a paintshop for a week due to very minor accident damage. Last Tuesday it was in for MoT. Last Thursday the car would not start ? had been perfectly fine at last use on...
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10 years ago
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Anti roof moss measures
We're getting our roof retiled and it strikes me that if I'm ever going to go up there and fix something to the roof to suppress moss, it's now or never. Are there any good products (like self...
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10 years ago
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Rocking paving stones
Especially after a drink or two. Seriously, several the paviours in my patio have started to rock slightly. What is the easiest way of dealing with this and steadying them?
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10 years ago
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The return of Heathkit?
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Remaking my front steps
After 20 years my old front steps that I made out of bits of hardwood from old pallets have now rotted: In NZ we have pinus radiata that can be treated to last in the ground almost for ever by using...
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10 years ago
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Restart parties ...
On a warm summer's night they came, bearing the damaged and broken, to the place where old things are healed and made whole again. This time they came to the Camden Town Shed, in north London, but...
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10 years ago
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OT Linux/ubuntu
After talk on here I'm playing with ubuntu after years of windas... Any pointers please to a good faq on similar level transition queries? E.g. My admin a/c can see & access other m/c's on windas...
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10 years ago
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Affixing a fiberglass rope gasket
The rope gasket on the baffle clean out cover on my Mexico boiler has come unstuck, I'm going to get some new rope gasket but what is the best adhesive to use to fix it to the aluminium cover.
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OT For all you cat lovers
Cat cams and GPS to see what they were up to. I found it a most interesting TV programme.
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