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Re: ot Matt
I always thought that the NHS was there to protect us. It seems not we are here to protect the NHS. Cart before the horse?
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Building Control for new roof on old outbuildings
I'm thinking of connecting 2 little outbuildings to the house, and putting on a new insulated roof. What will Building Control think, will they want new foundations? One is victorian stone, one is...
 
32mm waste pipe valve ?
With tiresome predictability there's a faint whiff from our kitchen sink again. It will be because there is a flexible concertina type connector between the middle half-bowl and the main bowl that...
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How come..
What makes you think they don't ?? https://www.londonstone.co.uk/fencing-timber/softwood-fencing-panels/square-horizontal/...
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No ADSL but LL phone OK after surge
We had a spike yesterday when a submersible pump tripped the main circuit (RCD) in the consumer unit. Every thing came back up OK when reset ( including the LL phone) except the internet connection. I...
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Slider bar for bandsaw table
Hello all. I bought a bandsaw a few months back and having used it for a few jobs, it's a tool that I now wish I had bought years ago. Really useful. The table of the bandsaw has slots in it, running...
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ESWA radiant heating panels
Eswa Gordon hants
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Missing delivery
A friend, who lives in one of five flats in a house, ordered some stuff from Amazon. It was apparently delivered, as Amazon has a photo of it on the front doorstep of the building. It was not there...
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OT: Giles & Mary
Jesus, what a miserable bitch that woman is! What on earth does he see in her? I'm certain he could do a hell of a lot better for himself than that sour-faced cow.
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Ping Ophelia.
In an other thread you were seeking plants but lamenting that there were no garden centres open. Son's 'work' (well he calls it his work but it is more of a volunteer/training placement [ he has...
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Extending a path by mortar/concrete
I need to extend a path sideways. I have place edging along side which in places have left gaps. What is the best product to fill in with? I think that standard mortar will be too weak, whereas...
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"Drywall"
Reminds me of the time I once got paid a few cents a word to translate English-English into American-English.
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A day off work - so time to DIY
So first I helped Lou knock down her pantry wall. I even let her have a go with the hammer. I swapped the smashed rear light on the van (a tower scaffold accident), swapped the smashed front fog light...
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What to do with out of date plaster?
I've a couple of bags of multi finish around 3 years old. The plasterer we occasionally use won't use them. I'm trying to think of ways to get use from them. Does it set hard enough to use to level a...
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The Ice Cream person with their jingle has turned up
Is this allowed I wonder? Brian
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