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Polyurethane alkyd resin floor paint - any good?
red-2-5ltr/52442 Hi, I'm wondering if that paint is any good - has anyone used it? The application is 3 tiled external cills on my front bay windows. Reason: 2 are tiled with clay tiles and would...
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Exterior white paint
What sort of paint is used to make the white traffic markings on roads and in car parks ? It seems good stuff. Is it available commercially ? Jim Hawkins
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Metro Tiles
I'm about to order 15m2 of metro tiles as part of a bathroom refurb., to be tiled brick style. One thing I'm concerned about is how to do the external corners. Presumably I'd have to cut all the...
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independent testing of ufh electric systems (mat, cable etc.) I can't find any....
Is there any reputable body who's done a research/test on the reliability o f electric ufh systems? I'm amazed by the lack of info about reliability of electric underfloor hea ting mats, cables,...
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Howdens Kitchens
I recently had a kitchen planned by Howdens and as they only supply to the trade, I ended up giving my kitchen fitter/ builder a checque for Howdens. The cheque was for the price quoted by Howdens...
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German solar PV fail
Quite a spectacular fail in fact.
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Under-roof spray foam
This has come up on this newsgroup a few times at least. A friend who I've been helping out over the last year who bought a house which needed lots of work doing has finally just had a new roof...
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SDS Wants New Home
Anyone want an old-ish, very heavy, cheap Ferm/Screwfix SDS? Must be towards 10 years old. OK for concrete in the ground but so heavy it is almost unusable for holes in walls, etc. So far as I know,...
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4 in one fix.
I have a 4 in one garden strimmer/pole saw/pole hedge cutter/brush cutter that I bough on eBay some 7 years ago. It of unknown Chinese manufacture and apart from having a new carb diagram a couple of...
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Yet another one for Adam
Spurred on by Adam's use of CCTV I have installed my own cameras. Less hi tech, I have put several trail cams with PIR sensors and infra-red flash around the garden and garage. Mostly I was interested...
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PVC waste pipe diameters
Is there any good reason why the solvent-weld & push-fit pipes with the same nominal diameters have different real outside diameters? (The only reason I can think of is so they can sell more pipe...
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new mains drill
I have a decent SDS drill and a makita battery drill. But no mains drill since a killed a cheapy a few years ago. My makita does not have the oomph to turn the 50mm holesaw once the whole saw (d'ya...
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tapered dowel
Having cut the hole in the newel base with a 50mm holesaw, it has ended up about 50.5mm and the newel turning spigot is not quite tight enough. I wish to fit my newel turnings using the method shown...
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creosote smell
My son soaked the rafters of a bedroom extension with creosote about a year ago and unfortunately the smell of the creosote is still making it impossible for my granddaughter to sleep in the room. He...
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How to replace 1120mm wide radiator?
Hi I have a radiator that is 1120mm wide. It is certainly more than 35 years old. I have two questions: The main motivation for replacing it is that it looks old and has lots of coats of peeling...
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