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What size flush hinges to use
Hi All, As part of my cabinet building, I am planning on using flush hinges for the doors and fitting them so that the door sits inside the carcass. Both carcass and door are made from 18mm ply and I...
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Re: Straightening bowed ply
This is the standard (and very effective) way to connect together individual kitchen units. But do I take it from the OP's description that these units are backless? It's normal to have a back on...
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2 years ago
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Underpinning - typical cost?
Can anyone tell me roughly how much underpinning can cost please? It is a bog-standard brick 1930's house, 3-bed detached. The previous owners told me that it had been 'monitored' but nothing was...
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2 years ago
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Straightening bowed ply
Hi All, I have built the base units for my study out of 18mm ply and when I went to fit them today one of the sides has bowed (i.e. top and bottom are fine but the centre goes into the cupboard more...
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2 years ago
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Plug sockets in cupboard
Hi All, The study project continues and now looking at the electrics. Where the cupboards are going, there are some plug sockets on the wall which I intend to move into the cupboards for printers as...
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2 years ago
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micro switch suggestions?
I have a max/min thermometer which uses 2 AA batteries for a digital display. It doesn't have a re-set switch which mean the only way to reset it is remove one of the batteries. I'd like to attach a...
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2 years ago
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rewinding tractor starter motor
I had a mishap this week when the main terminal on a tractor starter motor became loose and rotated allowing it to contact the motor winding terminal, while the engine was running. I didn't notice...
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2 years ago
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Erbauer impact driver
Srew bit stuck in drill
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Silly Bergers
"Engineers are working around the clock to clear a ?monster? fatberg 1km long which is clogging a sewer in Birmingham. The blockage is not expected to be removed until June, water services company...
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2 years ago
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SOT: injection process (computer)
Whenever I run CCleaner, I now receive a warning about an injection process taking place (coming from Bitdefender). If I acknowledge this, I receive a message 'Injection Process Ignored' and...
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2 years ago
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Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/a/ad/Shitwall3.jpg http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/8/84/Shitwall2.jpg
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2 years ago
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Multiple front door locks
The main door of my flat has 2 yale type locks and a Mortice lock. The mortice lock key is the only one I ever received. It's only when the plumber came to do some work that I realised the possible...
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2 years ago
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Cracks in walls?
When it was freezing cold over winter I noted that our back doors were catching, but they've since sorted themselves out. I'm aware that's not unusual. Recently I've noticed a crack in some plaster...
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2 years ago
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Greying ceiling above boiler
The ceiling and wall/ceiling corner above our boiler is slightly grey having got that way over some years from previously 'is the ceiling a bit grey there' to now 'it definitely is, yes'. There's no...
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2 years ago
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Thinking abut a cordless hedgetrimmer
I'm cross--posting to DIY and to Gardening. I have had two Bosch AHS 55-26 (corded) hedgetrimmers in the last 10 years. I cut a lot of hedging, in three different gardens, and this is a great cutter:...
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