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How to remove moss from roof tiles?
My house has an East-facing ground floor bit that is part flat roof, part pan tiles and quite near a big tree. The moss on it getting quite bad so I'm tempted to get out on the flat bit to...
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Earthing back boxes and socket outlets
Just came to fit some socket outlets from Toolstation and realised the faceplate screws aren't connected to earth. They're the top ones in this pic: Older MK version with earth connection is below. I...
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Where can I find an inline tap for garden hose?
I have a bayonet coupling on the end of the hose to connect to my car washing brush. I also have a spray attachment. I don't want to have to walk all the way back to the garden tap each time I want to...
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Slightly OT: Street Recabling
Just had a circular from the local PowerCo saying that over the next three months they will be replacing all the mains distribution on the estate - about 200 properties built in the 1980s. We've had...
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Removing chuck on B&Q Performance Power NLH1050HD hammer drill
Hi I have knarled up my chuck and have a new one of a different make to fit but I can't get the old one off. I am told it is a left hand thread on the chuck and I know how to use a lever in the chuck....
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FLAT Capping for meter tails chased into a breeze block wall.
I am chasing a channel in a breeze block wall to take 25mm meter tails and 16mm earth and then capping this over with 150mm wide 3mm thick 2m length of steel for mechanical protection. The whole lot...
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Garage socket & pattress question and 17th Edition wiring regs
Hi, I am putting in a new 32A ring main that will just be for garage internal sockets and external outside sockets. This is on a RCBO. Reason for this if anything happens outside, it does not affect...
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House insurance and burglar alarms
Hope someone can help..... We have a Friedland SA5 6 zone wireless alarm system that I installed approx five years ago, and have maintained since. This unit is very similar to Yale wireless alarms so...
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TOT Insurance
I phoned up to get some motor insurance and got the scripted hard sell for additional cover. Approx 10 seconds of conversation: sales rep : "We can offer the extra benefits for £29". me: "No thank...
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Balancing heating system including U/F heating
I've been fiddling with a number of rads in our badly piped-up house over t he last few weeks to encourage some unenthusiastic radiators to start heati ng up. I've not got a thermometer to balance...
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Acrylic mirror material ...
In message , Arfa Daily writes Expect it to scratch badly in use.
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Vitodens 200
Noticed a small leak from my Vitodens 200 system boiler today. It's coming from what appears to be a thermocouple (its a brass cylinder with a thin copper tube going to the PCB) in the water return....
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Not a leg to stand on
You can DIY the rest
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OT History of the world in two minutes.
Excellent.
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speaking of carpets...
..my stair carpet has disintegrated in 10 years, which is probably my fault for actually selecting a not especially hard wearing one, and having cats and dogs and it being the stair case that is in...
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