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Recommendations for small paint sprayer wanted
I had a cheap little 'airless' paint sprayer bought in France a while ago and found it handy for certain jobs. It has now gone astray so I'm looking for a replacement, requirements (or 'nice to have')...
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Metric-ish
In the timber merchant today. "I want some 4 x 2 please," "What length?" "2.4 metre." "Anything else?" "Some 18 mm ply." "What size?" "4 ft x 2 ft." We haven't quite adopted this metric lark, have we?
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Post and beam foundations
I need to do a foundation for a garden building (log cabin style summer hose) about 3 x 3.6m I was toying with the idea of a post and beam style foundation for it, since the location its going is clay...
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Gas oven thermostat
Our gas oven is about 20 years old and I've just had to replace the thermostat for the third time. The part is getting harder to find and is consequently way more expensive (around £100) than it used...
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Jeyes Fluis and Tarmac
Is Jeyes Fluid bad for tarmac ?
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7 years ago
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Carbon filter material
I've a Lidl dehumidifier (SLE 420 A1) and am having difficulty sourcing original carbon filters. Even if I do get a reply, they're likely to be expensive (for example their workshop hoover bags are...
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DIY water softener vs professional job
[24 lines snipped] Jhesus. £484.24. I expect cheaper ones are available, but we had a Monarch for a few years (that I fitted myself) and it seemed OK. Fit it yourself. It's a pain, but not difficult.
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Nailing solid floors
I'm laying a new solid oak floor in the lounge over the existing 20mm Victorian pine floorboards. The new oak is thinner than normal at 14mm. I'm planning to put hardboard down first then 6mm...
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7 years ago
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OT: Ramblings on Tidal Power (long)
It says more about the number who die from accidents with radioactive waste when they are named individuals. The numbers who die from fossil fuel exploration and extraction are so many and deaths so...
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Removing screwed-on plasterboard
Some over-hasty plasterboarding has to be redone in order to re-route some cabling. I've never had to do it: can the boards simply be unscrewed and then put back again, without damaging them? Many...
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are three phase machines any safer than single phase?
at a frieinds work the single phase machines have to go because of Health and Safety rules. Are 3 Phase Machines safer than Single? There is only single phase in the shed he works in. Thanks
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Protecting garden furniture
We have a wooden garden swing mode from treated softwood which has been outside throughout the year since we bought it. It does get a bit green and grotty over winter and need cleaning up a bit once...
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7 years ago
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Sharpen angle for wooden plane
Never used this wooden plane (had it 40 years) but have decided to tidy it up and start using it. The plane is 14 inches long. Should it be bevel up or down?
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DIY Surgery
A man performs a minor operation on himself to remove a suture left in his body during surgery, accepting it was reckless.
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7 years ago
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Power Banks - Buy Power Banks Online
To keep your phone, tablet or other USB gadget going throughout the day you require a force bank.
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