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How far would a car run on the battery ?
Longish story. Scenario was son had done deal to trade his car in and coming down through Gloucester warning light about low battery came up on dash. 17:00hrs Lashin g rain. Has to get to Bristol that...
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Any use for a fridge freezer motor / compressor?
I was about to scrap an old FF. Can anyone thing of a worthwhile use for the motor compressor before I scrap it with the machine?
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Problems with a whirlpool S20E fridge/freezer
This thing is still working but the temperature displays have started winking at about 1 wink/second and with an associated tick noise. It's about 8 years old. Any suggestions for what might be going...
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Kinetico water softeners
Just back from an interesting visit to the Homebuilding and Renovating show, where I was surprised to find a design company offering a house called The Millstone - I wonder if they have many takers?...
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10 years ago
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How to washing tonnes of muddy gravel?
En el artÃculo , Andrew Mawson escribió: Are you planning to put a membrane down first?
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10 years ago
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Close coupled back to the wall toilet
I'm now shopping for a toilet. I've seen ths sort: Not wall hung but the sort where the pan part goes back to the wall like this: With regards to installation do they present any additional problems...
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10 years ago
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eBay Poster Required
I need someone who can post ads for me on eBay I will pay 70gbp per ads
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10 years ago
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finishing MDF - spray? foil? 2 pack?
I fancy making a piece of furniture, a chest of drawers in fact. It will feature a CNC routered design and so I thought MDF - but how to finish it off as professionally as poss? hardwearing "paint"...
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10 years ago
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Sound proofing advice required please
I get woken up regularly when my neighbour closes a door, because it makes a "thump" sound. I'm renting, so I can't make any structural changes to my flat, but I am wi lling to put any sound proofing...
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10 years ago
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Cladding block wall on terraced garden
I have a small terraced area at the back of my garden. The bottom two level s of the terracing are slabbed over so you can put furniture on them. Howev er, they are ugly grey slabs. Similarly the two...
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10 years ago
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How to test unknown substance
Ok to be more specific I have some white granules/powder (like household salt) in a jar. This comes from my last house and just getting some stuff from the garage unpacked (after 2 years) Now has...
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Best "de-grouting" method?
I've got some grouting to remove from between some tiles and I thought I could use my dremel type tool to grind/mill it out but it turns out that the tool is too hard or the tiles are too soft as it...
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10 years ago
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Large cupboard handles.
Anyone know where to get Imperial sized large cupboard handles ? I need to match existing ones, which have a distance between fixing centres of 12 inches and the caps covering the mountings are 2...
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Stitching round the edge of bits of carpets to make mats
I've laid some new carpet and I want to get some offcuts of carpet stitched/bound round the edges to make them into mats that won't fray. I can't seem to find anyone that does it locally. Anyone know...
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Do CPC ship to Europe?
As per subject, will CPC send stuff to a European mainland address (France to be specific)? I couldn't find anything on their web site about non-UK shipping.
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