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Updating a property soon to be sold
I'll shortly have the task of helping an elderly relative sell his 1960s two-bedroom semi-detached bungalow. I'll be taking advice from local estate agents of course, but what's the current thinking...
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Can one put a gas fire (eg a living flame one) on an internal wall?
One room in my house (well actually it's two rooms & a tiny bit of hall at the moment but the wall between them might get removed) is about 20' long and 9'6" wide. One end of it and an L-shaped part...
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Anyone used Toolstation delivery recently?
Had to order from Toolstation's website today as the local branches were out of stock of the item I wanted. When I clicked on "tracking info", I saw the usually reliable DHL has been replaced by the...
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How sweet. I have a new stalker/bunny boiler:-)
In the good old days I just used to get my brother to run them over. Now that he is married with 2.4 children he will not do that for me(-: Any ideas?
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Recommend shower mixer bar for elderly lady?
I'm trying to find an easy-to-use thermostatic mixer bar for a shower for an elderly lady. It has to install with exposed pipework. Any recommendations, or are they all much-of-a-muchness? many thanks
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Mower engine - issue found?
Hi all, Further to my earlier posts on my mower engine troubles.... I have now stripped the engine back down and removed the snapped head bolt. When I fired her up after the previous "fix", it gave...
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RAID antkiller foam
Anyone know of UK stockists for the above product. Used it some years ago and it was wonderful - killed em dead and they never came back - until now! It was a foam that you applied all along internal...
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My new neighbour
I think that that I should properly introduce my new next door neighbour to the newsgroup Well we just had a BBQ and a few beers. Thanks to owning a phone that can take videos I was just able to get...
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Time for a Makita drill?
The 8391 18 volt NiCad combi kit with two batteries is featured in CPC today for £90 + vat (so actually the Screwfix offering at £99 including VAT is cheaper). I have an old (non hammer) Ryobi 14.4...
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OT The Olympic Games
Is it only me who considers the Games to be a huge waste of money, another fuck up waiting to happen and that the money could have been better spent on the NHS? I live in the north and will not see a...
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Bathroom shaver socket
Rather than install a standard large shaver socket in the tiled wall my idea is to put a single switched outlet inside a cupboard in zone 3 of the bathroom. I would connect my contactless shaver...
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Electric hedge trimmer
Does anyone know if the Wickes Electric Hedge trimmer is OK or just cheap crap? We need a trimmer to do some smallish beech hedges and the occasional conifer. Don't want to spend much since they won't...
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Grinding burr
Anyone know where they sell them? The usual suspects Screwfix, Toolstation, Selco have drawn a blank. They look like router bits, but with a little conical (usually) grindstone on the end.
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Wickes real wood flooring
I've just started to lay some Wickes real oak tongue and groove flooring. This has 2 grooves cut on the back of the boards and uses thin metal clips to hold adjacent boards together. This is proving...
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ramp for disability buggy.
I need to make a ramp so that a small disability machine get in and out of the house whilst carrying a person. The ground clearance of the machine is 40mm. The door threshold is 75mm above the...
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