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Shower and type of water system
Excuse the real lack of knowledge here! I have an old Aqualisa Shower which, after, leaking into the back unit, I have isolated the water flow to. It's been like for the past 6 months now, has a few...
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Moving a WC by 3ft
I would like to rotate my WC by 90° to increase the space in front of it (currently 14"). This would need the soil stack to be moved 2ft to the left and then 2ft along the side wall. I am not too...
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cement for concrete
I need to lay an approx 3m x 1.5m x 100mm concrete base (ie about 450 litres). I'll be buying a 0.6 c.m bag of ballast - delivered ex builders merchant. What I'm unclear about is, how much cement is...
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Powerdrivers - tips please!
I finally took the plunge and bought one of these things recently - nothing very exciting, just B&Q's 14.4V PP at 30 quid. However, never having used one of these things in anger before I'd appreciate...
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Boiler losing pressure
I have a C&M Britony 80 combi. Every day I pressurise (fill) the system, and within a few hours the pressure drops back to 0, with water dripping out of the overflow on the back on the boiler? Any...
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Flooring my shed - suggestions?
I need to floor the concrete base of my shed to make it habitable as an "office". There is no damp problem and the concrete is pretty thick. I was thinking that I could fit 40x50mm joists directly to...
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Thomson help line is good
Just bought a Thomson TV and VCR. First time I've bought their goods. I had a technical question about the VCR and, with a wry smile, decided to email their help-line. In the past I've had poor...
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Shock! Horror! Laminate floor cracked!
In my final push to moving, I had been packing boxes all day today for taking them to the self-storage place tomorrow. In one of the rooms I cleared some stuff and yikes! The new laminate flooring,...
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Can you get 15mm 2-port motorised valves?
I am considering overhauling and zoning my central heating later this year, and would like separate control of each rad. I'm looking for motorised valves which are as small as possible and which will...
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Security again
This is d-i-y related in the sense that I will end up doing the work... I've just installed a camera which covers the immediate vicinity of my house, at the front. This is to try and see the scrotes...
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URGENT - Oven Hob Electrics - Another question?
Hi Further to my other post today, I have tried to do some further investigation, but I'm not so up on electrics, I'm only a mechanical engineer :-) So pull the oven out and disconnected all the...
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Painting a York Stone Fireplace
Just moved house and the wife has wants to demolish the seventies york stone fire place, thing is I like it and somebody put alot of TLC into building it. Unfortunately it was given a coat of gloss...
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Extractor fan shutters sticking
Anyone had this problem? It's a 4" bathroom fan and the external grille has 3 flimsy plastic shutters which keep fouling each other so that they stick open. Can you buy separate external grilles? As...
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Car aerial cable
Having had unwelcome visitors last night I now need to replace the cable from the car stereo to the aerial (or more probably to a connection point in the cable as I am sure that it will not be one...
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Weatherboard Costs
We're thinking of buying a cottage which has a weatherboard exterior and it looks like it has mould on it. Can anyone tell me: (a) what sort of costs we would be looking at to buy new weatherboard,...
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