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clearbrite - "liquid glass"??
what's in clearbrite then? IFIHTB that it's "liquid glass".... Is it like Rain X? Jim K
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Wash basin pop up plug
The plugs where you operate a lever on the wash basin and a linkage between the lever and the plug, causes it to pop up... I'm presently trying to fit one to a wash basin, where the wash basin is...
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10 years ago
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waste for triple sink?
Got a triple sink to change waste on (taking waste disposer out). Had a look about & can't immediately see on sf or ts a "triple" trap set -which leads of to believe there is probly a more usual way...
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10 years ago
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Wood Glue
Need to have a high strength wood glue for a external joinery - joining some 8x2 beams end to end ... with stopped scarfed dowelled joints. Originally was going to use my usual external adhesive...
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10 years ago
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WC or bidet?
Hi folks My WC has started behaving oddly. When I flush, the water jet from around the rim starts climbing back upwards and spills and spatters around the top of the rim and the toilet seat. Any ideas...
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10 years ago
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New Freezer: Keeping freezing cold the longest in the meantime?
Swapping freezers tomorrow so contents will need to be put in cool bags/boxes (including Esky for those that have been to Australia). What can I shove in the freezer tonight that will keep the...
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10 years ago
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TPO
Anyone got any hands on experience with tree preservation orders? Our local council is selling land containing three trees which an independent arboriculturist has deemed worthy of TPO status....
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10 years ago
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First class sofabeds
You know how it is... your friend invites you to stay for the weekend and everything sounds great until they let slip the fatal word 'sofabed'. And then it doesn't seem so appealing any more. We've...
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10 years ago
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Quick reminder, test your heating
Getting to that point of the year where it would be handy to find all the broken bits before you really need em ;-)
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10 years ago
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Possible new email swindle?
I've not come across this one before.... My best guess is you respond and then they start to ask you for money to forward your application. _____________________________________________ TRANSAERO...
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10 years ago
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Broken Combi
Our combi has been broken since Wednesday, the maintenance chaps are not to blame. It has been an intermittent fault so very difficult to diagnose the problem. Anyway to come to the point, years ago...
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10 years ago
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Insulating options for a Victorian semi
My Victorian semi (c 1873) is not suitable for cavity wall insulation - something to with rubble filling and/or not enough of a cavity. I'm not sure exactly. However, with huge bills, I have to find a...
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10 years ago
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Paint Stripper residue
There's a box in my parents porch that is used for parcels, or items that are too large to go through the letterbox. Well, the lid needed a new coat of varnish, so stripped the old stuff off using...
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10 years ago
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Efficient gas fire insert with air intake from below the floor?
We have an open gas fire in an old coal fireplace that sucks the air out of the room & blows it up the chimney. I'd like to replace it with something that meets the following specifications. * closed...
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10 years ago
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Fitting a couple of extra radiators
Got the system drained down, and I'd like to take the opportunity to fit a couple of extra new radiators - one GF kitchen, and one FF bathroom (heated towel rail in fact). Access is fairly easy, and...
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10 years ago
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