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Patio heating - gas or electric?
Now having a covered veranda we are contemplating adding some heating to ward off the evening chill and extend our sitting out period. The obvious candidates are a bottled gas patio heater or a wall...
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Buying syntheic engine oil on the web
I see there is quite a spread in cost of fully synth. oil on eg ebay. eg £19. to £30 for 5/30(40). Are the more expensive ones (Castrol) worth the extra? I usually go to Halfrauds but 1st time try...
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12v smoke alarm for low temperatures?
Hi I'm looking for a 12volt smoke alarm to install in my garage that I can link back to my house alarm control panel. I found one at TLC Direct but I noticed the specification states a minimum ambient...
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Discharging Drill Batery
I have recently power surged a couple of 18v drill batteries to bring them back to life. I would now like to discharge them. I've thought of connecting an 18V bulb which can be bought ,but ive no idea...
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Over-painting gloss paint
The time has come to redecorate, previously I have removed all the old paint and started afresh on bare wood. However as I am older I find it too much work, so I just wish to over-paint the gloss with...
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Hanging (heavy) radiators to stud plasterboard wall
As subject. Going to replace 2 x (400mm x 600mm), single radiators, with a (800 x 600) and a (600 x 600), double ones. The new radiators are substantially heavier than the existing ones, so I want to...
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draught proof window
I have a couple of 3 x 3` wooden windows, they are hinged at the top and where they close at the bottom with a latch thingy there is an uneven gap, going from zero to approx a couple of mm. I am...
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Painting rusty spots on roof
I want to check that I have the right procedure for dealing with superficial rust on my galvanized steel roof. I understand that the sequence is sand the rust off, wash with water, apply rust killer...
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Cat flaps
Anyone got a recommendation for a decent through wall cat flap? Looks like replacement moggies are arriving shortly (previous psycho kitty[1] finally pegged it a couple of years back, and I never got...
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drain and disconnect a backbiler
hello - I have just bought my first house and wish to drain and disconnect the pipes feeding the backboiler as the chimney breast has recently craked and I need to fit a log burner, therefore digging...
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attaching wooden fence posts to a nice stone topped wall
have a say 1m fence to construct atop a nice old curved low stone built garden wall, gtopped with some nice old large bits of flattish stone (think wall that had railings ontop before they were cut...
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Things change and remain much the same
I was looking at pics of places I used to know and came across a connection. Half a century after this pic was taken, I was working for the same company. Even though the people in it were probably...
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Change an extractor fan? Advice please
My wife recently had a humidistat and extractor fan fitted to her shower ro om. The fan is ~very~ loud and doesn't seem to have a lot of suck either - it can't even hold a tissue to itself........Are...
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Heavy mirror onto dry lined wall
I am visiting an elderly friend on Tues - about 20 miles away. He has moved into a retirement home - stone built old house modernised and dry lined. He has asked me if I will put a mirror on the wall...
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Connector blainking pin question
I'm making up some flat IDC cables which terminate in a 0.1 inch pitch IDC header socket. This fits onto a board connector with 9 pins (one omitted). Clearly I'd like to fill the unused hole to make...
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