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Garage door rusting
My garage door is rusting at the top and at the sides. Last autumn I took the rust off and down to bare metal. Undercoated and top coated, but to no avail, the rust is back again. I seem to remember...
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Preparing ground for summer house
Okay, my next job: put up a summer house in the garden. We have the house itself, one of the 7ft corner units manufactured by Solis= and sold by just about everyone at wilding varying prices and brand...
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Condensate from boiler
I'm reading conflicting info about the condensate from boilers. My easiest option would be to plumb it into the back of the toilet cistern where it could, if necessary, go down the overflow through...
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waste run length..
Just back from a trip to the friends *grand design* house in Suffolk. Lots and lots of glass but the thing which caught my eye was long waste runs. I have some vague idea that anything over 4m is...
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DIY Central Heating Flush
How practical is this as a DIY job and how can it be done? The cost of a power flush is silly money.
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Some customers do complain
Anyone would think that I am the only person in the world to have ever stood on and killed an 8 week old puppy. I actually feel quite sick, but shit happens.
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Where can I buy replacements?
Anyone recognise these lights? two cabinet lights, filenames Light 1 and 2. They plug into a connector block with small two pin plugs on the end of approx. 0.5 meter lead and seem to be a sealed unit....
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Li Ion batteries
Just been reading through the safety instructions for the Li Ion batteries on my new Hitachi 18v SDS. "Do not place in a tumble drier or a microwave oven".
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rotten posts supporting porch
Just started painting mother in laws 1930's house and discovered the wooden posts supporting the porch over the front door have completely rotted at the base where they are set into holes in the brick...
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Is it true
Many British employees "prefer a lie-in to hard work", a group of Conservative MPs claims as they call for measures to boost productivity.
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Glow Worm Ultimate boiler firing up but no CH or HW
Pump?
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A question for the old CH gurus please.
Hi all, So, Mums New World / Ascot wall mounted, low capacity, copper HE balanced flue gas boiler has been running fine for the last 30 years. It was inserted into what was a full gravity, coal fired,...
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Sticky Binoculars
I think his mice also have balls. Brian
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No sockets? That's not a problem
The old leccy board guys used to regularly boil their kettles using leads croc clipped nto feeder pillar busbars in the sub stations
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Half round 10mm x 20mm wood mouldings
Help! Does anyone know where I can buy a couple of 2.4m lengths of half round wood moulding 10mm radius and width 20mm diameter. The only place I can find that will do it has a minimum order of a...
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