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Lidl taps ..
Our (hot) kitchen tap has started leaking - well weeping more like - when a bath is being run. It's a 1/4 turn mixer jobbie. About 10 years old, so I suspect the ceramic valve is going. I removed the...
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small fence and gate project
In message , Bill Wright writes I looked at the photos and admired the work, and was going to comment on the gate in photo 5, which looks lop sided. However, looking at the 7th photo, I see it is the...
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should I give in and claim a PPI refund ?
Should I be claiming PPI ? I have been rebuffing the emails and phone calls for years. It appears that one might be entitled to interest on the money one should not have paid. I am not aware of having...
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OT The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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OT Greece for sale
Everything must go. Knockdown prices. Already sold: most of Greece's airports -- for sale: gas transmission, oil refineries, power company, post office, national highways, water company. The creditors...
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Heat-shaping uPVC guttering downpipe
The ongoing question of how best to connect the mini-guttering for my shed to a downpipe (without it qualifying for bodge of the century) continues. Current thinking is - since I bought one - to press...
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Wildlife Cameras
As we are considering adding to our current bird and bat boxes, it has been suggested that getting ones with cameras might be interesting. This may have been prompted by a recent documentary "The...
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Repair Cracks in Cement Rendering
Victorian semi, large south facing wall, smooth rendered and painted. Has some cracks that need repairing before I repaint it. The cracks aren't huge, 1-2mm wide, probably full depth of render. Just...
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Where to buy decent (genuine) mobile phone batteries?
Looking for one my son's LG Nexus 4. Everywhere you look, suppliers say "Genuine LG item" etc but I know from bitter experience that this is usually twaddle; and it's all too easy to end up with a...
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bosch gbh 2-24 dfr alweys on
while driling the SUPPRESSION CAPACITOR Short circuit so i discinnected it, but it was on in low speed even without me pressing the switch what it might be the switch doesn't seem to be stuck, and...
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8 years ago
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Moving primary phone socket
Looking for advice about relocating my primary telephone socket (not an extension socket). I found this discussion, and it seems the necessary bits can be acquired readily, Anyone here done this? Any...
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Thought on LEDs for ceiling light
I made the decision and ripped out the 4 x halogens in the ceiling (Shower room), I will replace with LEDs, to make life easier I want standard fittings, no transformers and an easy change bulb. My...
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Lifting white goods (washing machine) under kitchen work surface
In the past I have used a sack truck, or just opened w/m door and hauled it out from under a kitchen work-surface as best I can. The only snag, is that lino, or kitchen covering is sometimes caught,...
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uPVC Replacement
Getting a quote for some new windows. We have a window at the top of our stairs. We have never opened it. It is even hard to reach the handle as the stairs drop away and double back. One fitter...
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What does the sticker say?
Spotted it whilst on the way to the pub/beach/takeaway. Answers on a postcard from Filey preferred but not required. http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/0/03/Bestguess.jpg
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