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Kitchens units over electric UFH
Is it ok to put a kitchen unit with a normal plinth over a tiled floor with electric UFH? My concern is overheating the UFH wires. The situation is an existing kitchen with UFH avoiding the units. The...
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joining long lengths on wood
On an external decking project ... on a couple of places I need to join some 100 x 50 to some 150 x 50 along long lengths (effect making a 250 x 50) These are 3300 long ...in treated sawn softwood....
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What is Hot boxing?
I was sent some details a bit back about the councils planned road maintenance, and one of the tasks that seems to be very common is this hot boxing. I'm assuming this is some buzz word for the method...
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Fugen thingys back at Lidl
I bought a set last time & they are OK.
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Copper pipe in concrete
I have to move a radiator to the other side of a doorway. Without going into detail the easiest method is to create a channel across the doorway (solid concrete floor) and route the 10mm flow and...
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Cost of skip hire
What would people expect to pay for a 2 cu yd skip for a few days on private land (so no licence required)? I have got quotes from £99 to £199. Also, are there any recommendations for ready mix...
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OT Joined Up Thinking?
Today is bin day. Pavements cluttered up with big brown, black and green things. What does (presumably the same department) council do? It sent the mechanical pavement sweepers down our road! You...
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Oxygen
This must be the place to ask for an alternative to BOC. They seem to want to drain me of all my money. Can anyone tell me about another supplier that is not as expensive as BOC? Cheers D
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Re: Bit O.T. Speeding ... ?
Just a thought, if they were measuring average speed, two cameras would be required, but it wouldn't be two offenses.
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"Screwed" bolts
I am looking for some bolts which are screwed on one end. ie screw the bolt in to some wood leaving the bolt end protruding. I could use rawlplug stud bolts - but that is overkill - they are not going...
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Cutting large holes in ply with jigsaw
I want to cut a circular hole of approx 200mm in a sheet of 6mm birch ply. As my old barely used battery powered jigsaw had died a death, I used the e xcuse to buy a cheap (£20) B&Q jigsaw which has...
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My Case TF300 Trencher up for sale
I've at last got round to putting my Case TF300 trencher on eBay. Some here expressed an interest so here is a link: AWEM...
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How best to set up a simple cctv syste?
I want to set up a simple cctv system so that I can see when somebody walks into the yard. My workshop is around the back and I'm fed up keeping nipping out to check if there is somebody out in the...
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What do you call...
...these grommet/cable support thingies? I bought this desiccant dehumidifier on eBay and it arrived like this. The seller has supplied me with a replacement but shows no interest in the damaged one....
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(kind of) follow on from the Bodyshop Repair thread
A couple of weeks ago I reversed into a huge green bin/skip in a pay & display car park, long story, don't ask. Basically I got into the last remaining space (now I know why it was empty) and the bin...
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