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Deposit on floor tiles
My son has a problem with his kitchen floor tiles. A white deposit keeps re-appearing on one part of the floor as in the image below Any ideas as to the problem or cure? Mike
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Ceiling light fault
Number 1 daughter had a problem with the ceiling light in her bathroom a few months ago. It wouldn't come on. Had a look & the wiring was a right dog's breakfast. Remade all the connections using the...
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refitting banisters - newel post and spindles etc.
Well, I was going to be sorting out the fireplace, but I have been reminded of priorities. We are expecting our first child in october, and the stairs have no banister. Apparently the health visitor /...
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Water supply problem
Our water supply comes from the public supply, via a tank a few tens of metres up the hill. Possibly this arrangement is because the supply pipe is a few miles long and relatively small. The house is...
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10 years ago
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Guttering fixing for concrete garage
The snow from a few weeks ago has bent the brackets which attach the guttering supports to the concrete panel garage - here is a photo of one in a dropbox folder My googling hasn't found the right...
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10 years ago
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Bosch dishwasher problem
Hi All I've got a 13 year old Bosch SGS6612 and it has developed a fault. For the duration of any program, it repeatedly lets water in, then starts the pump. This repeats every 4s or so. Inside I can...
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Skirting - straight or bent?
Just about to put the skirting on for my current job. The wall is (as ever) far from straight and bellies into about a 15mm dip in the centre of a 2m run, so there's a choice: either follow the wall...
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10 years ago
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OT Who renovates reel to reel tape decks in the UK these days?
I'm looking for either a working quarter track stereo hi fi deck or somone to fix my old tandberg as I want to run through some tapes and see if they have anything worth keeping on them. any ideas?...
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10 years ago
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Oil based varnish
Has this been banned by the EU without me noticing it? All I want is 1 litre of oil based mahogony varnish. I've Googled the sheds but can't find any. All they seem to have is quick drying water based...
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10 years ago
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Firmware updates... on sewing machines!
How the world has changed. Partner fretting over whether her sewing machine firmware update will work or go wrong... :-) I guess when I go up to bed, my flaming toothbrush will be asking for Braun...
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10 years ago
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OT: Quicken free, anybody?
Intuit has mad available, FOC as an aid to updating to modern versions, Quicken 6 for Macintosh Quicken 6 for Windows Quicken 99 for Windows Quicken 2000 for Windows Quicken 2003 for Windows Quicken...
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For those of you who like to see stupid people get hurt
What were they doing at 2:16?
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10 years ago
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Roll your own rollerskis
I would like to try rollerskiing, but absolutely cannot handle the off-the-shelf ones. For various reasons, I need ones a couple of metres long, with ratchet wheels on the front and a REAR braking...
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OT Washing machine test
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10 years ago
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washing machine will not spin/new electricity meter
Hello, I have a Hotpoint WMA63 washing machine. It was working fine until this morning. Now if I run a program, the water will run into the soap tray and the drum fills with water but the drum will...
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