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Is it illegal to fit a boiler yourself
I fitted my last one, can i still fit my own? Ta Steve
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Join skirting
How best to cut skirting for a decent join along a straight run? Straight edge to straight edge, or 45 degrees? Or something else?
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fitting EFI
Hi I have a problem I need solving. with little or no specialist tooling. I want to fit a lambda sensor to my motorcycle. It is a 125 and the exhaust is chromed, thin steel . (ybr125 type) I am...
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8 years ago
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car insurance
Hello, Foolishly I did not protect my NCB. I hadn't had an accident in years, so was hoping this would continue but it didn't, so I now have three years' NCB. I have used web sites like go compare and...
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cavity wall insulation
Hello again, Whilst searching the internet to learn about celotex for my other post about floors and ceilings, I came across a web site that said a house built today would need 100mm of celotex in its...
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celotex insulation of floors and ceilings
Hello, I lifted a floorboard in the lounge and found that the joists are about 4.5 inches thick. I was wondering whether I should put celotex between the joists; I have read about people doing that on...
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Feasible build project? Comments welcomed
Hi I have a shed which is built from blocks, this replaced a couple of buildings constructed from drystone walls. Some of the original rear wall is left, this continues after the RH end of the rear...
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GPS on parcel vans
Dave Plowman (News) scribbled WTF wants to steal parrot seed?
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Cleaning paint brushes
Excess paint removed from brush. Brush in jar overnight, immersed in Clean Spirit. Next day brush still had plenty of paint on it! Brush washed in hot soapy water and left to dry. Brush now in the...
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8 years ago
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Unusual hinge bolt sought
My mother had some PVC DG French windows fitted a few years ago. They open outwards, with hinges on the outside. Not the best design, I know. There is a single hinge bolt of sorts on each side. I want...
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pull switch with timed "off"
I need a 2-pole bathroom pull switch with the following behaviour: a. Quick pull/release causes toggle between ON and OFF of "pole 1" b. A normally on "pole 2" with timed OFF (say 30 mins) A quick...
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1800 messages!
Wow, just back from a week away at a trade show to 1800 new uk.d-i-y messages. Mike
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OT: The homeopathy trip
Life gets weirder by the minute....
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8 years ago
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Oh no more trailers
I have recently rebuilt some trailer hubs with new bearings. While it was a part I repainted the chassis, Axel and so on. Now although the trailer seem s to be running okay I have been left with a...
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Bathroom extractor fan questions
At long last I got the fan (timer/humidity) running. From previous post re electrics I got an electrician in who found the problem was where they had taken the permanent feed from thats what threw me....
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