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PVA as a sealer
I am about to paint a wall (emulsion) that has a couple of grease stains on it, would PVA act as a sealer? The 2 spots of grease are about 4 cm in diameter.
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Clamp mitre saw for profiling
Leading on from another thread.... is there a known way to clamp a compound mitre saw in a less than fully down position, so it can be used to profile wood strip? NT
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Greek Sewers. Always told about not putting paper in toilets in Greece.
Always told about not putting paper in toilets in Greece. Surely if they had the will to do something then some sort of macerator / separator / shredder could be installed at the exit point of hotels,...
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CH misbehaving
An old Y plan system failing to fire up when CH & HW both called for. Checked programmer output: both lines are indeed live Checked stat output: its live, and switches correctly Checked boiler: no...
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Come all ye young garrdeners ... mower battery saga
Posted here (not URG) because here (where else!) is where I asked about my problem of charging the battery for a ride-on lawn mower (on 11th March). The problem was that the mower wouldn't start (or...
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Bendy skirting - the saga continues
I've had to take a couple of weeks off to attend to other things. Now back on the job. Progress so far: skirting bent almost to fit, but that final pull in is proving that the screw+plug+skirting is...
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OT: Wireless Printer Problem
I lurk around this group and know how broad is the expertise of those taking active part . So I will try here for help. My wireless printer is an HP photosmart 5520. My router is a Netgear DGN2200....
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Eclipsed:(
Well that was a non event, hardly got dark even and what's more the birds were flying around and still chirping away, not a patch on 1999 anyone remember that?, not spectacular but very noticeable....
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OT; How hard can it be?
Been having fun & games with new smart phone since early Feb. Samsung Galaxy Ace 4. Intermittent fault where it suddenly goes completely silent, no ringtone, no text alert, no sat nav voice, no alarm....
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What about I player?
Who cares about clarkson lets have one on getting back the functionality of the I player and its lists that the beeb changed without telling anyone over the last year or so. Brian
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OT: Just Curious
As part of the ongoing replacement of gas mains hereabouts they mark out the routes of utilities into houses and I noticed the leccy is marked in red 'L.V' (obviously 240V), but some are marked 'L.V...
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S.O..problems with tailgaters
Her indoors gets quite a bit of hassle from tailgaters - esp. white van apes and artics who "park" about 10cm behind her, (admittedly small), car. She's not the world's best driver but is not a...
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Eclipse risks national grids
The sudden loss and then rise of output from solar panels is a much bigger sudden drop and rise than national grids are designed to handle. Germany in particular is expecting to loose up to 35GW...
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Composite front doors
Hi- I've been looking at these, and have a couple of similar prices (£1000 - £1100 fitted) for composite front doors. The offers are two very differen t types though. One is made by XtremeDoor ( )...
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Drystone wall replacement
I asked this question on the NG some time ago but the suggested solution of rebuilding in the same fashion does not appeal. Would it be feasible to use "casing" or a couple of wood sheets nailed...
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