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Electrical safety
Hate to think what dangerous set-ups people make with their outside fairy lights in their desperation to convice us they are having a happy Xmas
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OT - Homeserve acquires Checkatrade
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mapei grout
Screwfix are selling a small bag of MAPEI BUILDFIX FLEXIBLE WALL & FLOOR GROUT IVORY 2.5KG which is probably what I need, but I cannot find a colour chart. This grout is not on their website, the...
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Roller blind fitting cost?
A friend has asked if I can fit two basic roller blinds. Both will need the roller and fabric shortening to fit narrower window. I'd happily do it for nothing but they insist on paying the going rate....
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DECT phones
I have a BT 2000 dect phone with one extension. I could do with a couple more remote handsets off the one base unit. Am I right in thinking that other makes or models should be compatible or do I need...
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Have you installed a Honeywell evohome security system?
I've been very happy with the evohome heating system so I'm considering installing the evohome security system and ditching the existing alarm (which is elderly and needs several changes). Any...
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Re: One for our Dave......
Do you use The Express to wipe your arse with too? PLANS to give scores of pensioners access to wifi have been scrapped after council busybodies expressed concern they might use the internet to view...
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Screwfix light bulbs
320 different kinds and not one BC LED R64 .
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Extractor grille - what type?
I need a grille on an exterior wall for a 150mm cooker hood extractor. The choice is louvred, gravity or cowled. Which is best? Cheers
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Re: Banging pipes.....
Sounds like there is air in the system somewhere. Not sure what the 10s clunk would be sounds like they need a plumber to take a look at it.
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One for the burglar alarmists.
First fix electrical only laid in one 6 core for a door switch but forgot about needing a button set for that alternative access. I assume one 6 way can't do both jobs? Hard wired preferred as I'm...
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Re: coffee grinders
There used to be one in Putney. You could smell it a mile away. I like the smell but the taste of coffee never really appealed to me. I've been told many times I am peculiar. I agree but that is...
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OT Mladic found guilty
But what has he done that Bush and Bliar didn't do? Former Bosnian Serb general will appeal sentence of life imprisonment
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Setting plaster causing wood to warp.
I have fitted a 150 x 20mm piece of engineered oak plank vertically behind a worktop. (The long axis of 800mm is horizontal.) It is fixed well along the worktop but cannot easily be fixed to the...
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Mcws flow switch
I've got a friend who has a Firebird oil fired combi about 15 years old. It 's been a reliable unit with the exception of suffering a few failures of t he 1/2" flow switch that detects when a hot tap...
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