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Carpet Types
I am after some advice on carpets, as I am a carpet buying virgin here... I have had a carpet guy come over to measure up for carpet upstairs and on the stairs of am 3 bed semi (excluding the...
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Re: OT: breakdown insurance... cancelation fee
Gazz put finger to keyboard: That may be tempting, but the person opening your envelope ain't gonna be the person who made the rule, or the call centre droid who wound you up. It'll be Sally in...
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roller garage doors
Hi, What is the life expectancy of a roller garage door? I bought something that looks a bit like this: It has a motorised central cylinder which rotates, wrapping the slatted door "curtain" around...
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Bath waste+overflow
I'm looking for clarification of what is a pop-up waste and a click clack waste. mark
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Rad calc websites
Radiator sizing isn't something I do every day, so when I wanted to get one for the small bathroom ensuite I thought I'd find a straightforward online calculator which would help. Well, I did. Several...
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Finish for brass plate for doorbell push
The wireless door bell has always been a bit dodgy because of stone walls I thought, but in fact I found that these things are not weather proofed and the batteries develop poor contacts. Fortunately...
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3/4" olives
I've just got a couple of brass 3/4" olives to fit new 22mm compression fittings to old 3/4" pipe. I see that one end has a much longer taper than the other whereas standard 22mm olives are either...
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Always make sure you secure cans of paint before driving
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Barometer Dismantling
Hi all Back again with the old baro! So I decided to take a peak last night to see if the chain was crudded up or the bellows unit shot. But fell at the (almost) first hurdle. Unscrewed three screws...
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10 years ago
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Cleaning Scotchguarded carpets?
I have carpets with Scotchguard. Her indoors is always on about cleaning them. I saw an article today which recommended the VAX (Which - 'best buy'), but it pointed out that it removes the...
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Wind turbine kills rare bird
I shit you not, some bird that hasn't been seen in the UK for 22 odd years, makes it over from Siberia to the isle of Harris, goes about doing what birds do, just flying about minding it's own...
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What power for wire brush and mop?
Hi all, I'm thinking of getting a bench grinder but only equip it with a wire brush (or brushes) and / or a brush and polishing mop. I'm not predicting industrial levels of use but I have a feeling...
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Steam cleaner for carpets?
We have some high traffic areas that could do with a clean but not enough to justify reting a carpet doctor machine. Are steam mops any good for this sort of job? Something like this: Tim
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Lintel choice & design for window cut into garage wall
Hello, I wish to install a couple of windows (approx. 90cm. wide)into a single-thickness brick wall of a garage, which I want to convert into a store-room/workshop. The garage is typical 60s design on...
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Sealing between bath and wall.
What is the best way to seal between a straight bath and a wall. I shall be fitting a new bath and tiling round it. Options that I can think of are : a) Use plastic tile trim around the rim of the...
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