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draining Central Heating

Want to drain central heating. The system has a small tap on the outside of our house - is it simply a case of opening...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by home
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by home

Fence panels and posts cost

Anyone know what I would expect to pay to have 6 6 ' x 6 ' overlap panels & 7 posts fitted into soil ? I can ro...
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posted by nothere
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by nothere

Moving Electric Meter.

I am moving my Electric meter from its current position on the outside=20 gable end of my wall to the inside next to my...
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by none
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by none

cleaning smoke damage from marble

Hi we have a white marble fireplace (original to house) and it has some yellow smoke damage. any ideas if its possible t...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by usenet
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by usenet

Wireless sceruity cameras (2.4Ghz)

Hi, I`m considering installing one or maybe two of the wireless cameras but have a few questions. Maybe someone has the...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by dk_1967
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by dk_1967

Photo frame

Hi, I have just bought a new frame for a special photograph. When the photo is in the frame it looks wet in a few place...
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posted by kimpo
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by kimpo

Bathroom flooring over wood boards

Daughter wants to lay tiles on her old, wooden-board bathroom floor. My elderly DIY book says leven first, using hardbo...
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posted by wilsmith
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by wilsmith

"Drawer-type" slides for computer keyboard shelf

Tried the usual suspects, but can't find the kind of slides or runners which usually come with purpose-bought compu...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by wilsmith
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by wilsmith

York Taps

Is York a manufacturer or a style Searching on the net I see tap heads described as York and then to confuse the matter...
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posted by steve
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by steve

cistern valve leak

Hi New stop tap fitted with lead loc and now fitted where we wanted it but! , the water pressure seems higher (old tap...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by usenet
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by usenet

Reinforced concrete garage door pillar?

I own an end garage in a block, pre fabricated concrete with a pebble finish, I think by Marley, and at least 50 years...
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posted by davidm_uk
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by davidm_uk

woodworm

I have found some recent holes in my skirting board close to an area that was treated for woodworm 20 years ago. House...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by colin.jackson16
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by colin.jackson16

www.screwfix.com outside tap kit Quote 10101

Hi the kit comes with a cutter that i guess goes over the pipe and as it tightens cuts a hole. what happens to the bit...
11 comments posted 21yrs
posted by usenet
11 comments posted 21yrs posted by usenet

Children`s playhouse base?

Im planning to buy and put together a walton`s playhouse which is a small wendy house type thing. I just wondered if an...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by gallaghers03
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by gallaghers03

vertical tile cladding

My new house has decorative tile cladding beneath the 1st floor windows running down to the top of the ground floor win...
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posted by mark.nalder_TRAPTHESPAM_
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by mark.nalder_TRAPTHESPAM_