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Concrete posts
Can I drill into concrete upright post to add upright wooden posts to support feathered fencing? What are the best fixings
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OT To be fair to people in business
If I have to power up a shed with some SWA the wholesalers charge me double the amount for the cable if the shed is 10m away and not 5m away. But there is more to it than that. If you are on fixed...
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Garage door
Two years ago we had a new garage door fitted. The old one was very rusty and at 20 years old, coming to the end of its life. We live in Cornwall and the sea is only 6 miles away which is also the...
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Small trailer cover ideas
Many years ago I made a temporary trailer cover from one of those cheap blue plastic woven sheets, some plastic "bang together" green eyelets and a length of bungee cord. Oh, and Gaffer Tape...
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Seatbelt issue
Hi all I have a bit of an odd one. The seat belts in my car have a plastic popper in them to top the buckle falling to the end when not in use One rear sea t belts has somehow got over the popper and...
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Alladin self bleed radiator valves.
Hi, has anyone any experience? I bought these to solve a problem regarding noise and frequency of the need to bleed a CH system. They seem fairly ineffectual, blowing through the things prior to...
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Why have an NRV with a secondary hot water circulation pump?
My secondary hot water circulation is quite noisy and I suspect the NRV might be rattling - leads me to wonder why there needs to be an NRV in the return line, before the pump ...?
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Neco roller Garage DOor Remote Controll
Hi Does anyone have a Automatic Roller Garage Door with a controller that looks like the above, i have included a picture of the main board, with Neco branding on the remote (or any other part of the...
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3kw comet kiln-plug socket renewed 3 times...
..so,for the first 2 years,my comet kiln worked perfectly...then the socket burnt out,replaced it(always ised a professional electrician)thos time,socket switches got hardrr and harder to switch...
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Radiators and Building Control
According to Which?'s recent publication about Building Control, adding extra radiators to an existing system is notifiable. Really? Is that true? If so, does anybody bother?
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Traditional bath/shower mixer tap
The lever to switch from bath to shower will not now turn to the right (shower). The taps are new. I changed the washer in the flex as it was dripping from the shower and now it will not turn.
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Daft cats and catflaps
Jesus Christ, all I did was move the catflap from the back to the front of the house, now they can't understand it any more.
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12v electric engine oil vacuum pump
As seen on ebay Anyone tried one of these? Are they worth the money. Will they cope with ho t oil ? We destroyed the manual Pela suckling petrol through it :-(
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Thought for the century?
Somehow this clip just keeps running through my mind as I regard the unlovely spectacle of New Urban Man...
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Diagonal bracing for garden gate
I've been making a featheredge garden gate this weekend, and have just got to fit the diagonal bracing. Most gates I've seen in the Sheds and garden centres have the diagonals parallel - bottom left...
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