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OT ish; Late cancellations
Had a job booked for 4 hours this afternoon and 4 hours tomorrow morning, booked at the 'day' rate. Job booked on the 4th. Lady moving house; E mailed her last night asking for the old & new...
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Wide fence panels?
I need to build a 2.1m high fence and have existing stub concrete fence posts that seem fairly solid so I'm wondering about bolting wooden fence posts to them ... BUT they're 8ft apart. Does anyone...
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Useful?
Is there anyone who could find a use for this?...
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Ideas of labour cost small plastering job?
I have a small hall ceiling to skim, boards are up and taped. The area is about 5'x 4'. A plasterer has just said it will be a days work to skim. Think hes having a laugh. How much do you guys reckon...
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Cold water tank spec - dates
At some point the specification changed for cold water tanks, where they have to withstand boiling water for a minimum of 500 hours. I've been searching for this regulation and the year it came into...
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Moving an oil combi boiler.
Hello. I,m thinking of moving my oil combi boiler outside, it's taking up too much room in the kitchen and it's a noisey little bugger. I'm thinking of de plumbing it, laying a slab and putting a...
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Knob keeps sticking
It must be a problem with my technique! I'm trying to fit 150 year old knobs to doors with old 6" mortices. These knobs are quite heavy and don't have internal springs but are free turning. The...
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Good DIY Books
Can anyone recommend any good DIY books. I've never done any DIY so I need something really basic. James
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Toilet seat won't stay up
Just fitted a new toilet seat, and it's doing the same as this video I found: Like theirs, the seat IS leaning back, so it's not the position that's wrong (although Ihave selected the forward-most...
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Attn ARW
I never bluff. You may be surprised to find out which household substances are most toxic to your cat. WebMD tells you what to keep out of harm's way.
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OT Interesting link about the EU
More interesting info. Get Britain Out - The Campaign To Get Britain Out Of The EU
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Samsung Bagless Upright Vacuum
A mate has a Samsung Bagless Upright (1800watt). He says the filter is always getting blocked and needs to be cleaned and washed. Any ideas? Could he have left something out?
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oil-filled electric motors, topping up?
I've got an electric sewer pump which uses an oil-filled motor - the lower seal had a tiny leak which I fixed, but it could use a little topping up before I use it in anger (the upper bearing's *just*...
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Connecting to plastic sewer intercept
Hi, Just a case of making sure I have all the bits before I start: My pit is one of those black plastic circular jobbies with a couple of pipes connecting in and one out at the bottom. The rest of the...
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Reinstalling a rear external staircase
Hi, I'm buying a raised ground floor flat (1 of 4 in a vctorian conversion) at present and am looking at improvement works that would add value. At present although the flat comes with half of the...
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