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heating oil prices
Anyone got a reasonably recent price on domestic heating oil so I can beat my supplier up a little? Online quoters all want 'valid email addresses' now and I have just spent two weeks on spam filters,...
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Recommendations for door-closer?
I'm interested in fitting a self-closing thing to the bathroom door because I'm tired of seeing the toilet every time I go up to the landing. (The door tends slightly to fall open if the "engaged"...
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Single-gang indicator that lights are on inside a room?
Does the following thing exist, & if so, what is it called? A plate that will fit on a standard single-gang box, with nothing in it but a light; the idea is to put it on the wall outside a room so you...
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plastic 75mm surface mounting square accessory box?
Is there such a thing pl? Background is that I want to mount the receiver for another wireless thermostat (after success with 2 aged relatives thanks to advice here). The cable's all on the surface so...
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"Stanley" Knife
I bought a JCB retracting blade utility knife: absolute crap - the blade will not easily lock in the extended position. You apply pressure and the blade goes back in to the body, unless you bugger...
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V.V. O.T. : Date of Easter Sunday
Does anyone here have access to the current authoritative _printed_ UK Law on the date of Easter Sunday? It appears in the Annex to the Calendar (New Style) Act (1750 c.23), as amended to date. I am...
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Teak or Tung oil?
I've a nice old oak door to my playpen. Bought secondhand [1] and fitted in 1984 when I built the place. Every year I have given it one or two slurps of Teak oil. Couldn't find any locally today so...
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Garage roller shutter door recommendations?
Does anyone have any recommendations for roller shutter garage doors or any tips of what to watch out for? We are in Leeds.
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New Saws on the block
Just got hold of a Stanley 7 tpi from a discount warehouse. £3.99. Has Bahco gone the way of all flesh? This thing has your actual heavy duty moyenne section. WTH is that? And should I have got half...
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D-I-Y Flood lighting
Any one any suggestions as to how or where we might obtain a few used telegraph poles for the above project? United Utilities have not been helpful
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Misting DG window and drilling glass: a result!
After about ten days, the misting has cleared completely. For the first few days, the inner surface of the outer pane was absolutely streaming, because water got in when the drill first broke through,...
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OT: Utility Warehouse
Son No 2 has just bought a house and I'm trying to help him sort out his utilities. Gas and Electric were supplied to the last owner by the Utility Warehouse Club, which I had never heard of. Looking...
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Creosote
What is the actual position on buying creosote? I have been told and have read that it is illegal to buy it but I've just ordered some online.
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DIY Frankenvac
Did you know, that a Dyson DC05/08 motor fits nicely into the casing of a Nilfisk GM90? It works bloody well, too. A big finger up to the ripoff bastards with their over-priced spares.
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OT: Come Duncing QI DVD
Hi - I know this is not DIY, but there seem to be people here who have knowledge of a lot of issues. I've just seen the QI DVD "Come Duncing" - in which Steven Fry asks questions and teams compete...
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