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What sticks to stainless steel?
Try again :-] I have a problem with our stainless steel sink counter-top. In one area th e top has become detached from the wooden base, and lifted slightly, affect ing the draining and causing water...
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This week's project...
(draft, and its late, so n doubt full of typos!) Probably could have built something 10 times the size is the same time period. Oak Drawer Organiser - DIYWiki
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Adhesive question
I have a problem with our stainless steel sink counter-top. In one area th e top has become detached from the wooden base, and lifted slightly, affect ing the draining and causing water to pool. It...
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Laser levels
My (basic) laser level has stopped spinning. I will open it up tomorrow, but in case it is not fixable do I recall an earlier thread enthusing over the Bosch Quigo? Or any other suggestions? Current...
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OT Hinckley point new reactor
Ministers led by David Cameron want to allow energy company EDF to spend the best part of ten years building a new nuclear power plant next to an old one at Hinkley Point, Bridgewater.
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Wooden slats on shed roof
I need to fix some wooden slats on to my shed roof to make sure it doesnt blow off in a gale. Must I use `fekt nails` or can I use screws (thinking leaks)
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Shower pressure issue
Hi, I'm trying to improve my parents' shower. The problem is the cold feed to the mixer unit is extremely high pressure (much more than at my house, though both are direct feeds). It results in the...
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Correct pointing direction of TV Aerial viewed from the garden
I have got from an internet page the exact bearing in degrees to which to point my Aerial straight at the Freeview Televsion Transmitter Station. I've downloaded a compass app to my android phone, so...
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Microsoft can disable your pirated games and illegal hardware
Microsoft?s updated End User Licence Agreement terms and conditions let it disable any counterfeit software or hardware and, if you?re running a Windows 10 computer, you?ve just agreed to them....
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How do I deter spiders?
In our house, in the last couple of years, the 'normal' species of spider (large scary type, fat body, stout legs) has been totally usurped by the 'daddy longlegs' variety (tiny body, long spindly...
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Roof ladders
I see a lot of tradespeople using roof ladders these days (the ones with little wheels where you hook that end over the roof's ridge). What is the point of these? Is it some healfnsafety requirement...
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AEG Oven service manual
Our oven has packed in - it's an AEG Competence 5311. The internal cooling fan comes on plus the knob lights but nothing else, not even the oven light. I've done a search on the web for a service...
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Ronseal wood filler
We have used Ronseal wood filler on a project but my partner forgot to add the catalyst. Will the filler ever dry without it or do we have to strip it all out? Cheers, Chris
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shower cable
Hello, I am thinking of installing an electric shower as back-up to the combi boiler. I was expecting to use 10mm^2 cable but when I put some hypothetical figures into the TLC calculator it said I...
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ancient garage
Hello, The best way I can describe the garage is it looks as if someone has built four walls by putting concrete fence posts every 2' in an oblong and slotted short gravel boards between them. There...
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