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Painting a composite door
My front door, a black composite door has began to fade and it's only 5 years old. What paint is best to use? I asked a builder and he said wood gloss was not the answer.
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Thomas Sanderson Duette blinds - cords are slack.
I have a small favour to ask. I have Duette blinds bought in 2014. They are fine apart from one where the tension cords have gone slack. I guess that I have to remove the cover on the bottom support...
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Hive Heating
Hi, If I install a receiver+thermostat+hub package, will this allow me to control my home heating remotely or do you also need an active subscription? I cannot find a straight answer on the web. Ta.
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Twin and earth or flex?
Why do we use twin and earth when flex is only 10% more expensive and a lot easier to connect and route and won't snap if it's bent too often?
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Wiki update - new file formats supported
We had some files hosted on the old faq site using MS office file formats files (things like .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx etc). Since that site was retired in favour of the wiki, access to those files was...
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Name of power tool which joins copper pipes without soldering?
What is the name of the hand power tool which joins copper water pipes without soldering? Is the correct term a "press tool"? The plumber who fitted an expansion tank to my central heating system used...
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Estimate thermal efficiency of house
Now that I've got my smart thermostat in operation if can see from the app the loungw temperature and the external temperature. For the past 4hrs the outside temp has gone from 10decC to 9degC whereas...
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What countersink bit for M3 screws into aluminium?
I'm building some amplifiers which have an aluminium top plate and I want to countersink M3 screws so they are flush with the top. I have one basic countersink bit, the serrated all the way round...
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OT: Mouses
At the moment, I'm using an Amazon Basics mouse (wired) with my Mini, and it's generally OK except that it clicks too easily. In practice, this means it quite often clicks...
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OT: Any value in old drives
Few years ago I replaced four or five external hard drives here with SSDs. These have sat around but now I've stirred my stumps to erase them prior to disposal. They'll get random data written...
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Labels of furniture boards
B&Q label every board giving a description of what they are (16 or 18mm, size etc). The trouble is getting the b...y things off. I had to use a chisel today before my wife took over. Is there...
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Remove permanent marker ink
I have been repurposing a Pilot CD/DVD marker to mark cutting lines on B&Q melamine furniture boards. It does that well but getting it off afterwards is a pain. Obviously I have tried Dettol surface...
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OT: Not DIY - dry ridge
Certainly not DIY for me - I don't like ladders :-) It's coming up to that time of year when I start to worry about our ridge tiles (more specifically, one landing on someone's head). I was wondering...
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Another mains supply question.
Sort of from my previous post. The smart meter man said my cutout was overheating and wanted it fixed before proceeding. Said it was leaking pitch or whatever. Called out UK Power. They said nothing...
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An earthing question
Sorry to dilute the posts with a DIY question. About 20 years ago, having extended the house and with some new circuits, changed the CU to a split load type. The old was earthed to the incoming water...
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