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Hedghog Highways, fencer failed to make
OK I need some suggestions. I asked the person building my new fence to make a couple of hedgehog highways in the base, but he forgot, and I could not see this till somebody sighted came around. He...
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MDPE fittings, the good the bad and the ugly
I've been doing a little bit of MDPE plumbing just recently and it's not going well. Previously I've not had big problems with getting watertight and long term reliable connections. I have quite a lot...
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3 years ago
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Decent replacement phone battery supplier?
I've got a rather elderly Motorola which is a superb phone for what i need. However its now some years old and in need of a new battery. Can anyone recommend a battery seller who supplies decent...
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Scale Inhibitor
I am shortly to move to a bungalow that needs a lot of TLC. I want to ensure that we do sometghing to counteract hard water. It is either a water softener or an inhibitor, Do the latter actually work?...
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3 years ago
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Can we agree...
...that T i m knows everything, is always correct in what he says and that no amount of help and information will ever persuade him otherwise. That way we can all save time and effort in responding to...
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3 years ago
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Lawnmower blade inflation ?
2013 price : £13.99 2021 price : £19.42 Looks like I'll be sharpening it again this year.
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3 years ago
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Rosate 360 TF - will it still work
In my sprayer I have some diluted Rosate 360 TF according to instructions, left over from last year. Will it still work this year please, or do I need to make up a fresh batch?
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3 years ago
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Why aren't all window hinges like this?
I was recently helping my son in law get his flat ready to sell, and I noticed that the Critall metal windows have unusual hinges, like in the photo. These are similar to parliament hinges. effect is...
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3 years ago
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Tidy?
We were looking for a multimeter at work the other day. No fruit at the time but have since stumbled on it. We've a new 'tidy' member of staff who because it had been left out had put it in a drawer...
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3 years ago
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Masonry paint on wood
STWNFI would like a wood panelled section of our store building painted the same cream colour as the rendered walls. Would using the same exterior wall paint as used on the render have any disastrous...
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3 years ago
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Wheelbarrow
'My' (given to next door by a builder, left when nextdoor moved, 'rescued' before new people arrived) is about shot. The pan is OK but the chassis is rusted through in critical places and will break...
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3 years ago
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Air vents under conservatory cost
The house I'm moving into needs air vents adding under the conservatory to ventilated the suspended flooring in the ground floor. Can anyone give me an estimate of cost please? It'll obviously need...
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3 years ago
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I want to know
What is a platypus Anchor? As one is going to be used on a wall near me to hold it up with some props until the conservation mob decide what to do with it. Personally, to me it looks like it needs to...
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3 years ago
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Realigning guttering
We have a single-storey pitched roof that falls down to gutters. The gutter falls from right to left across the ~10m wide wall. At the left corner there's a downpipe, a water butt connection, and then...
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3 years ago
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Damp due to neighbour's garage being sloped and driveway raised.
Would anyone be able to take a quick look at the attached pictures and give your opinion on what can be done? And also what cost we would be looking at? 1) The neighbour's drive runs off towards our...
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3 years ago
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