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Dried Blood on Carpet
Mr Medway or anyone else, do you have any advice on removing blood marks from off-white wool-blend carpet? Although quite some attempt was made to clean them up at the time, various circumstances have...
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Freesat and freeview through one box?
Does such a thing exist as a box that combines freesat from the dish and Freeview from the aerial? Mike
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Welding mask - necessary?
For a small arc welder for a small job, is a mask really necessary? The spark doesn't look any brighter than starting at a bright lightbulb.
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Fixing TO tiles ...
... as distinct from fixing tiles. What adhesive is likely to be effective? We bought a wire fixture for the bathroom that came with self-adhesive discs to fix to the tiles. These lasted about a week...
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non-toxic high-temperature non-stick paint
Hi all, Where can I procure some small amount of the above substance for a bread maker whose 'stirer paddle' (made from cast iron by the look of it) is losing its coating? cheers, cd.
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Tumble dryer power consumption
HI guys, Can anyone give a guestimate of how much power the heating elements of a typical condensing tumble dryer use up on a) low and b) high power? I'm not concerned with power used up by the motor...
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No pouches in B+Q
I walked into the B+Q at Hanley. looking for a simple pouch -or maybe to buy a cheap belt and pouch: Where will I find the pouches? What pouches Nail pouches or thing like that We don't sell pouches...
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Gas Bills
Having done a bit of work over the summer on draught proofing and insulating, albeit with plenty left to do, I just received the (late) august to november quarter gas bill. Satisfyingly, it shows...
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Safe to re-cell a rechargeable shaver?
Well it's done 10 years on the original batteries, so can't complain; but I want to get some replacments as they are definitely stuffed. First port of call was the manufacturer's website, where I find...
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OT (ish): recommendations wanted for built-in combi microwave
The trusty free-standing Panasonic combi microwave needs replacing - any recommendations for a reasonably-priced combi (micro+grill) that I can build-in?
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OT: christmas nutcrackers
Peter Crosland grunted in news:jrOdnfuaTI0gmT Yup, that's the one - I rembember the name now. But are you sure you're talking about genuine 'Crackerjacks'? It's very evident that there are plenty of...
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Drain-waste-vent
In all of my old homes which were houses there was a vent pipe from the toilet etc going up the outside wall. This sort of thing On my bungalow there is no vent pipe. None of the other bungalows seem...
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Best recommended external wood stain ?
After recommendations here I used Liberon Decking oil on a large decking project earlier this year. Have now added a large Pergola project, and along with an outbuilding I need to coat it all with...
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Folding door hardware
The kitchen is next on the tidy up the house a bit list (ripping it all out and putting a decent one in will have to wait until my numbers come up on the lotto!) It has a folding door that I quite...
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Floods
That image also available with a photoshopped bull instead of 20' tall killer lambs :P
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