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Paint Won't Dry!? Help.
My Mother had an old fireplace surround made out of ceramic tiles. They were out dated and due to it being custom made for the house we couldn't cover them, knock them out or put a wooden surround...
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Being stupid - how do I take the top off
I have just bought some Wudcare PU glue - see I cannot for the life of me work out how to take the top off. I don't want to cut it as I want to be able to re-close it once I have used some of it. Does...
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Cistern leaking?
I have fixed the main original fault which was that the cistern valve was not cutting off and overnight the level would rise until it hit the overflow. The overflow avoided inconveniencing any spiders...
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Soundproofing Question
I'm building a new internal wall of heavy concrete blocks and then puting sand behind it to try to reduce sound to and from neighbours. [g]
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LED lighting strip under cabinets
When I scrape carrots with fast motion under the LEDS I see multiple images of blade. Some feature of LED no doubt?
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TVR radiator valves
One radiator (on a single loop system) is completely cold this year. It use= d to be very efficient. On investigation, it seems the TVR valve has closed= - and no amount of 'fiddling' has opened it....
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RIP Sir Patrick Moore
1965 so it must have been Harold Wilson.
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improving floor insulation
I am thinking of improving the floor insulation of my house. Under the ground floor of my 1897 stone-built house in Edinburgh I have a space about 1.6m high under all the rooms so access for work is...
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Hitachi drill batteries
I need new battery packs (EB1814SL) for my Hitachi cordless drill. The replacements are sufficiently expensive that I might as well chuck the whole thing away and buy a new one. The re-celling...
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Exterior "stain" finish - what's any good?
In 1980 I would have sworn by Sadolin PX65. Unsurprisingly, the old adage "Sadolin poisons the world" seems to have caught up and it doesn't exist anymore. I need: 1) Exterior grade; 2) Microporous -...
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Sander recommendation
I have a very old green Bosch rectangular jobbie. But it is not very effective for aggressive removal. OTOH a belt sander would probably be *too* aggressive. The immediate applications are: 1)...
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Oil Burner Safety Controls TF 830.3 & TF 832.3
According to the spec sheet, these control boxes are available for 1- or 2-stage oil power burners. is meant by "1-stage" and "2-stage"? Thanks. MM http://www.satronic.co.uk/download/TF%20830.3...
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LED light strip
I picked up a Dioder LED strip from IKEA: , according to which "Can be connected together (up to 4 pieces)". That suggest that using fewer than all four of the strips supplied is OK, but is it likely...
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Quadruplex TV outlet plates
A first class knob head of a customer has just gone and bought his own kit without listening to a word I said to him. Will the TV outlet on as just a TV outlet plate on the quad input of the plate if...
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Floodlights - led or tungsten?
I want to install some security lighting externally around my workshop. 5x 150W tungstens with standalone but linked PIR's would do the job. All lamps lit if one PIR is triggered. I think most will...
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