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Perform Power Tools

Any idea who makes/owns/where made Perform Power Tools as sold in the Axminster Tools catalogue?
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posted by john
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drinking soft water?

I live in hard water area and I am thinking of getting a water softener..... the type that uses salt. To keep this shor...
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posted by activator
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by activator

uPVC Cleaning Products

Hi, can anybody recommend a good upvc cleaning product for frames which are a couple of years old and seem to have a "i...
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posted by david.gr33n
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by david.gr33n

Advise on DIY chin up/pull up bar

Hi all, I'm trying to make a chin up/pull up bar for home. The simplest idea I've come up with is to have two p...
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posted by gman
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by gman

Painting dormers

Hi all I am in need of painting the dormer windows and fascias outside and have thought of getting a scaffold company i...
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posted by r3engineering
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by r3engineering

Fasciaboard, Soffit and Guttering

Got a three bedroom detached house 1930's style does £3000 sound a lot of money to do this job? supply and fit uPVC...
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posted by noone
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by noone

Shower "Liner"

Hi I am having trouble with water getting behind the tiles in the shower and I would like to "line" the shower. I under...
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posted by stephen
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by stephen

Briggs and Stratton engine

Sorry if this is slightly off-topic, or not quite the right group for thi, but if any of you have knowledge of these en...
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posted by barneyxyzNOSPAM
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by barneyxyzNOSPAM

diy sash windows

Has anyone tried to diy restore their sash windows ? www.diysashwindow.co.uk here you can get a kit for around £110 per...
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posted by rinket
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by rinket

lighting question

Hi, I have lust bought a new light fir the living room, on it is says 60 watt max, however I use energy saving light bu...
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posted by keith
10 comments posted 21yrs posted by keith

Electrical work (just thinking out loud)

Recently set up a distribution system for freeview, using one of the bedroom sockets to power an amplifier (needs 240 V...
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posted by 1
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by 1

Storage in Utility Room

I want to put my washing machine and under the unit freezer into a small utility room. The trouble is they will have to...
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posted by itsonlyme
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by itsonlyme

Composite Doors

Apologies in advance if this seems like a silly question - I know nothing! Can a composite door be fitted to a timber f...
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posted by itsonlyme
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by itsonlyme