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Toolsatan feature
Just noticed this feature on the Toolsatan interweb page. Assuming you want to collect stuff from your local branch in the morning, you can add stuff to your basket, then print the list. The printed...
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Outside electrics - circuits
Just bouncing some ideas - as in "what would you do"? I don't know exactly how my outside electrics will pan out - but I can see some definates: 3-4 double waterproof 13A sockets under the bungalow...
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lead flashing peeling at joint
My house, built in 1994, has a single storey part with a single-sloped pitc hed roof. The top of the roof meets the two-storey vertical wall of the mai n house. Where they meet, there is some lead...
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RCD protection
I have an extension used for cutting the front grass, that needs replacing. Where is the best place for the RCD protection? I see reels with the RCD on the reel itself, where I would plug my mower...
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Single-room air conditioning?
The highest room in the house gets very hot in the summer. We are going to be doing some minor building work up there soon anyway: mainly redecorating, but also opening up a bit of the currently dead...
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Filling expansion vessel with water
Hello I wonder if anyone can answer a plumbing question. I just changed the potab le water expansion tank for my unvented water system. All seems to be worki ng fine, but I am wondering if I have a...
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Dripping fancy kitchen tap
We have an IKEA tap, Oxskar: It drips. I've taken the thing apart, but couldn't even get into the most intimate parts of it, so I've not been able to repair it. Surely it must be possible to replace...
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2-pin plug supplied
I just bought a new electric toothbrush, one of the Oral-B ones, pretty much universally available. Tesco wanted £35, Morrisons wanted £17.50 for the exact same mode l, so that's where we bought it....
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Problems due to being into DIY
Going to someone elses house and finding: Dripping taps. Doors that need adjusting. Paint on lightswitches. (at least the old Vertical Hold doesn't need adjusting) In pubs - press down taps that are...
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Parabox
Two pictures of one box: I could kick myself for not taking more and better photos which would be rather more convincing. :-( https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/318411/Down.jpg...
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Extension lead for mower
I got a new electric mower today - Bosch Rotak 430. I am puzzled, very puzzled, by the manual that comes with it, concerning extension leads. It says "your machine is double insulated and requires no...
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Gasless MIG - easy?
If I got a Silverline Gasless MIG welder from Toolstation would it be fairl y easy to teach myself how to weld? Would it run from a standard socket? There has been a fox trying to break into some of...
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loft ventilation
I am planning to replace the original fascias and soffits on my house, whic h was built in 1994. Several companies have provided estimates and have spe cified ventilation equivalent to a 10mm...
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Options for 1960s hot-air central heating
A relative has moved into a 1960s house with an original Johnson & Starley hot-air heating system (sorry, no part number to hand). System has been inspected by a gas technician and pronounced OK....
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Replacing PCV Gutter rubber seals (2023 Update)
All My 15 (ish) year old guttering is leaking at the joints. Based on some Googling about, it appears to be Osma squareline but I think they've changed the design. the rubber seals on mine are 10mm...
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