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Door Jamb
Just about to screw a six foot length of 3 by 2 over the door jamb (back door) where some scroats jemmied it and kicked it in prior to doing us over Tuesday evening. Luckily it doesn't have to look...
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Ping TMH (or rather his daughter)
Having Parkinsons I'm on regular medication, at the moment not particularly time critical but as the brain rot progresses it will become time critical. So looking ahead I'm looking for some form of...
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Garage floor paint
Anybody got any recommendations or avoids for garage floor paint? The concrete was laid in October, and I'm just sealing it now - sodium silicate-based sealant from the local BM. The garage is going...
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Decent weatherproof padlocks recommendations?
Hi, I bought some Yale "weatherproof" padlocks a couple of years ago and they've already rusted to the point of uselessness. I did try and keep them going with graphite powder but that only appears to...
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lever type taps constant dripping.
Hi all, all the taps were changed in my Housing Association flat from the normal screw open type to lever type, which are easier to use. But the tap I use most, the cold water one in the kitchen is...
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OT: Green marks on shower?
We have a Gainsborough shower about 6.5 years old. Not electric. Plastic "chrome" pole to which the tube and shower head are attached. I've recently noticed green deposits on the pole and shower head....
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Car seat construction.
I'm attempting to remove the leather faced cover from one of the front seats in my old Rover - the leather has split. I've got as far as getting the sides of the cover free from the main foam body,...
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Re: LED streetlamps - jobs for the boys
Tough Guy no. 1265 scribbled Nuff said
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cable clip size ?
What size of cable clip (flat) do I require, it is to hold a twin run of 7mm cable so 14mm in width x 7mm height, that would be the internal area of the clip, the space that holds the cable. I have a...
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pressure rating of solvent-weld overflow pipe?
Does anyone happen to know the pressure rating of solvent-weld overflow pipe (40, 30, 21.5 mm sizes) labelled "MuPVC BS EN 1566 CS B"? Thanks.
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Number of pipe clips - opinion...
Last Dec I made a cold water distribution manifold - Mains comes in top right, through a pressure regulator. Top right 2x15mm are a pressure test dial and an early take off for garden taps. Then...
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OT: Insurance company trying to fleece me?!
Hi all, Would really appreciate some advice on how to approach this. Basically, I recently renewed my car insurance with the same company as before (Elephant Insurance) - never had any issues with...
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Washing machine won't end spin-only cycle
Hi all slightly different from the more usual 'washing machine won't spin' threads... We have a Zanussi Aqua Cycle FR1450 Washing machine, probably 5--8 years old. I have been informed of a recent...
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Blown fuse
I have a New World Stowaway 411/1 back boiler which was in our house when we bought it 30 years ago, up until Sunday we had not had a single problem with it. On Sunday the 1 amp boiler fuse blew and...
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CH fault, the programmer won't turn it off
My daughter has a fairly old fashioned but pretty standard gas CH system which is controlled by a Horstmann H37 controller. A couple of months ago it stopped working completely, it was blowing the...
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