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Grooving concrete
Does anyone have experience of putting anti-slip grooves into worn concrete? The problem is in a livery stables with aisles about six feet wide between the boxes. I'm told they had grooves ground in a...
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tap washer split in 2
Got a large water bill - my daily consumption was 500 litres/day more than previous bill. So started replacing tap washers ... found the culprit was the backyard garden tap. The end of the hose was...
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DIY expenses and balance sheet for a Will
Maybe doesnt sit properly in this newsgroup but it is DIY. Does anyone on here have experience of accounts with reference to finalising a balance sheet for a Will, specifically to do with expenses.
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OT: Why can't a petrol engine start itself?
On Wednesday, 28 March 2018 00:25:00 UTC+1, Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp Many of mine have required prolonged periods of foot to the floor just for normal to sluggish driving. Consumer expectations...
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Part P and house extensions
I am currently planning an extension to the house and whilst I will be gett ing a builder in to construct the shell I will be undertaking various other jobs myself. One of the DIY jobs will be the...
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Kinetic remote/wireless light switches
I posted a while ago asking about kinetic light switches. Anyway, if anyone is interested, I got some of these, And i'm well chuffed with them. It's paining me that they are drawing 0.3W though, i'll...
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Skanky insulation
I've been messing about in the ceilings in the upstairs flat at work this week, sorting some lighting out. There's insulation up there, looks like fibreglass stuff, some of it looks like it came on a...
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OT - Saucepan handle
One handle is broken on our large saucepan, so I made a rather crude wooden handle and glued it to the lugs. Only then did my son tell me that this is the saucepan that goes in the oven, for stews. I...
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OT - Ideal boilers (and boiler quality in general)
Just went round a couple of new developments purely to be nosey, and I noted that both (different developers with very different quality) had Ideal boilers in the show homes. Advice here seems to be...
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Ideal Icos HE 18 troubles
Some years ago, it failed and it turned out to be PCB failure, the onboard transformer. It was expedient to get a replacement PCB (#2) at the time, then I later sourced, fitted and tested it with a...
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Rod Speed
Anyone seen sight or sound of him? According to another group I'm on that he infests, he hasn't posted since January. According to Reddit, he may be quite old; Hopefully he's popped his clogs.
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Flushing heating system and rads
I had my Worcester combi boiler serviced last week, and the engineer suggested that the system needed flushing out as the water in the system was discoloured. I spoke to a local plumber who told me...
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Re: “Powerflushing” a CH system. How much?
£600 seems a little high. £400 might be closer, depending on system size. A special offer just for tomorrow is probably standard for little old ladies who are assumed not to know much about stuff....
 
“Powerflushing” a CH
My mother has had some combi boiler trouble recently, first a diverter valve that wasn’t switching properly when HW was called for and now a mysterious leak from somewhere internal. According to the...
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Stick on real wood veneer.
Sorry to ask for some DIY advice, but has anyone any experience of using either stick on or iron on veneer on a fairly large panel? Roughly 750 x 450 mm? I've found a few places online that supply a...
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