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La-z-Boy spares?
I have a inherited an unpowered La-z-Boy recliner. It is in good condition and the leg-raise is fine, but the sliding seat was very stiff. Closer inspection shows that at least one of the 'wheels'...
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SAD light boxes
Seasonal affective disorder on the box last night, so now SO wants one. General consensus seems to be 10,000 lux of broad spectrum, commercial units 30 x 450 mm from £45 to £250. All you seem to...
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Rats!
I spotted two rats using the greenhouse as their residence and the back garden as their playground yesterday. The bird table on top of a 5' piece of 3x3 turned out to be their outdoor dining room. The...
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Positive pressure ventilation
I've been informed that my damp problems are caused by condensation and that a positive pressure ventilator would solve them. This seems to consist of an extractor fan (with or without a heater)...
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sag factor for 2 x 3 timber
Whats the likely sag factor to be for a 2 x 3 inch beam. Outdoors, very little load bearing (apart from wind, couple of plastic sheets) 12 feet length in bog standard pine. My options are. Leave as...
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Sizes of tap washers
I have just bought four tap washers from B&Q. They are made by Plumb SURE and labelled "tap washers 3/4". They are 1" in diameter. Are they wrongly labelled or is it that I don't know how tap washers...
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Bolting-up porcelain
Hi all, I'm just in the process of bolting this new WC bowl (one of the concealed f rame-behind-wall types) to the frame through the tiled plasterboard that co nceals it and was wondering how tight it...
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mutant rat nuclear saboteurs.
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new boiler part 2: potterton?
Hi, So British gas went to look at the house and were trying to talk me into a Potterton boiler. Are these any good? I was thinking of asking for a Valliant as I had heard they were more expensive but...
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Fuel pump for diesel mower - where to get one?
The fuel pump on our diesel ride-on mower has died. It's a Kubota and I suspect that a Kubota replacement is going to cost me an arm and a leg. Since it's just a simple little pump to circulate fuel...
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hobs and cooker hoods
Hi, As you may know, I am slowly looking to refurb my kitchen and I need to choose a cooker hood. It will be extract rather than re circulate and I think function is more important than appearance....
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Why oh why?
The disabled toilet started leaking at Church. Investigation showed it to be the joint onto the plastic filler pipe. Thought that it might be the washer in the metal stop valve. Replaced stop valve...
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Robbing Bastards, UK
I have a venerable Sealey PC1450 pressure washer and it's been great for around 20 years or so. Recently it started to get a bit iffy with the on/off switch, so today I discovered the switch had...
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RCD and power cuts
There's a fault on the underground cable 'somewhere', Northern Grid can't find it, and so we're getting a ridiculous number of power cuts. The 'reset the clocks' routine is well rehearsed and I can't...
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Electrical fault
I caused a short circuit when working in the central heating. I assumed that it had knocked out the RCCD but when I went to reset it the RCCD is on and the mcb for the downstairs ring main is on but...
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