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minimum separation distance between water pipe and SWA cable underground?
HI, I will shortly be running 25mm blue MDPE pipe AND 10mm2 SWA cable from one end of the garden to the other end via a 2 feet deep trench. WHats the minimum separation distance required between the...
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Villery & Bosche toilet repair rather than replace
Yes, I know this picture is from a site offering a new toilet seat, but what I need is the cistern/tank and tank lid (the originals have cracked, so V&B isn't all it's cracked up to be....) Is there...
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Curtain rail fixing
I have a bedroom curtain rail that is affixed with solid wall fixings. The wall is solid plaster but the fixings are pulling out and the rail looks about to fall down. I have been sucessful with this...
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Broken cold inlet pipe from hot water tank bottom ... Is it mendable ? How ?
Broken cold inlet pipe from hot water tank bottom ... Photo at: I did have two spanners when undoing the pipe but i must have done it wrong... Is it mendable ? How ? If the fitting is brass and the...
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[OT] MacBook with external Windows keyboard - layout mappings
Tried this on but no joy... (Unless anyone knows an *good* Mac forums :P I'm new to MacOSX, coming from Linux. How do you associate different layout maps with different physical keyboards - eg the...
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Conveyancing
Have any of you used a Conveyancing firm that you would recommend? Its one thing I don't fancy doing myself! Mike
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Soft close toilet seat repair ?
A couple of years ago, bought a soft-close toilet seats from Wilkos. One has packed up, where the soft-close has stopped working for the seat, but is still working for the cover. Finally got round to...
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Telephone problem
BT line with phone and broadband. Broadband is working OK and that has its own socket on the master socket. I can only get the phone working if I plug directly into the socket behind the face plate on...
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Earth Sleeving for 10mm T+E?
Hi all as per the subject - I am (re)making the connections to an isolator swit ch for an electric shower. The cable is 10mm and due to the construction of the switch I have to twist incoming and...
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Ping rubber specialists.
Hi all, I have recently acquired a galvanised dingy trailer that is 1) fairly old and 2) has probably sat with way over the design weight on it for many years [1], and so the 4 (x2) rubber rods that...
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sliding door guide
Does anyone know who stocks sliding door guides in the UK ? W channel similar to :- I'm replacing ones that are 1.5cm x 0.5cm at the bottom and 1.5x1cm at the top. The bottom one might be a top one...
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bayko gardening?
Does anybody remember the toy gardening outfits that let you plant plastic flowers in plastic flower beds ...I particularly remember a wall with a row of holes for planting on top of it ...there were...
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Bloody spiders
I'm painting my stair well and hall walls and ceilings. A few days ago I washed down all surfaces and removed all the spider's webs, many of which were visible because they contained dust. Painting...
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Another tip of the day.
Double check the sex of the person at work before you call them "fella".
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Cheap halogen lamps
If anyone still has any reason for halogen lamps, Homebase are dumping them cheap (e.g. 6x 50W MR16s for £1) presumably in advance of the September phase-out ...
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