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shame this is closing
Its a shame this shop is closing. I'll have to pop in before it goes: The Period House Shop in Warwick, Warwickshire has survived through six different monarchs and two World Wars only to close...
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Glue for metal to UPVC door?
Daughter bought house where venetion blinds are fitted to the patio doors. The fixing brackets are glued to the doors (not frame). One bracket has come off and she wants to re-glue it. Araldite any...
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Sandblasting
My house has that awful plastic paint "lifetime coating" on it that was popular in the 1980s but which hasn't lasted a lifetime or anything like it. Scraping it off, even with a blowtorch, is going to...
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SoakAway - nowhere to put it!
I'm aware that soakaways are supposed to be 5m from a building or road, but in my case that's impossible. I live in a small terrace property that fronts the road, and would like to deal with the...
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How best to rip off and con an OAP
"They said even if an amount was above 50% it would still be considered to be a fraction."
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T&E cable on outside wall damaged by weather
One of my outside lights is connected to about 2 metres of T&E cable clipped onto the outside of a brick wall. The cable goes through an air brick and then about 1 metre to a junction box under the...
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IBC fittings
We want to connect three IBCs together so they all fill up (Have got 2 gutters to come in to the tops) - and want at least one tap... Any suggestions as to cheap places to buy them?
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kitchen wiring
Hi, In my kitchen I have some unswitched sockets under the counter for the washing machine and dishwasher. These are switched above the counter by FCUs. Is there any reason that FCUs are used rather...
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free UHF amplifiers
'm having a clear out of my junk, to make room for my dad's junk. I found this box of stuff. The amps are very high powered UHF ones, capable of shooting a signal several miles if feeding a decent...
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Patress screw thread
What is the screw thread in a patress box? Kevin
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Disc cutters
Anyone heard anything about the new regs on the use disc cutters, all have to have water feeds to stop the emitance of silica dust.
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Pet PIRs
Someone (ARW?) recently mentioned PIRs that are not activated by pets. I think I might be in the market for a couple as Management will soon be wanting the moggie to stay in the house and out of the...
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source of a basic tool
Does someone know where a get another one of these? This original was purchased 15+ years ago from a local hardware store It's stainless and has just the right amount of springiness.
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No good deed goes unpunished
Driving along today I saw what I thought was a purse in the road. I turned around and picked it. Yep it was a purse, with all the CCs (who needs that many), cash and a driving license plus various...
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Polytunnel water source - rain water ?
The rear garden is being re-modelled (to use the in-term). Apart from a bit of earth moving, there's a polytunnel (6m x 4) to go in and the rain water drainage on that side of the house to be sorted....
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