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The easy way to lay conmcrete blocks.
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Serendipity
Years of patient squirreling have finally paid off! You know, those endless wall warts, acquired with the latest mobile phone etc. Searching through my box of possibles, I was able to match the output...
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emergency tyre repairs
?Tire flat inflation and seal products do work however they are for emergency use only,? Akers told me. ?We find they can caus e irreparable damage to the rim of the tire you?re repairing.? ? Really ?...
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Duff drill bits
I've just ordered a saw horse in the form of four metal "tuning forks" which are inserted a log-length apart into a piece of 4x4 timber, as a base to which the "forks" and some legs are attached. The...
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Painting galvanised steel
I have a very minor requirement to paint some galvanised steel. There are some mentions, out there, of using vinegar to enable paint adhesion. (Rather than expensive etch primers, etc.) Paint it on,...
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Premazor 57 weed killer
Can anyone advise the dilutions rates for this product. Google is no help (for me anyway)
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3 years ago
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Toilet Cisterns
Why have they become so complicated. Went to see daughter's - slight noise - obviously light leak past fill valve - the likes of the whole thing defeated me - the flush valve had quadrant gears! - the...
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Does what it says on the can
Needed some floor paint for the garage - I don't keep a car in there - but was frustrated by the dust when I swept it - last painted in 1988. Bought some Ronseal Diamond Hard Floor Paint today. I...
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Is the Earth really overpopulated?
Is the Earth really overpopulated? Yes, for two main reasons. First, people are rapidly displacing wildlife species across the globe, initiating a mass extinction event. Second, we ar e degrading...
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Rate of Flow versus Pressure
As is utterly predictable, grab the nearest diversion when the polls look b ad. "Donald Trump?s hair has mesmerized many observers since he began h is career in politics, but now the president?s own...
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Crap Tools
This morning I tried to undo the oil *filler* plug of my BMW's ZF 6-speed automatic gearbox so I could change the oil and filter. I managed to find an allen key that was an excellent fit (8mm) but the...
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Wasps
We have a very large wasps' nest inside the eaves of our roof - football size. (My question is at the end of this message.) I've repeatedly sprayed it with the excellent Rentokil "Wasp Nest...
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3 years ago
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FTTS (Fibre to the shed)
Hi All, I have settled on running my mains cable to the shed in buried conduit and have decided a fixed network link makes sense. I was going to run CAT5 (naughty but cheap (or so I thought)). But it...
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Air source heat pumps - difference from aircon (if any)?
I was thinking about air conditioning anyway - longer term fit because I assume that installers will be very busy at the moment - and assumed that the standard split unit air conditioning (compressor...
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Problems drilling hard concrete and using screw anchors
I finally got round to putting up the handrail I mentioned in a post a week or two ago. The company I bought it from modified their standard design after I sent them photos where it was to be fitted....
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