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Changing washer on mixer tap
My kitchen sink has a mixer tap which has started to drip. I'm told that they have a ceramic washer. Are they easy to change or is it a job for the plumber?
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Barn conversion - how deep should the footings be..... - UPDATE
Hi all Just a quick update for anyone interested. Structural engineer been round this morning and checked the footings. Although they are not very deep, they are sitting on clay and he is happy with...
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Router Cutters Q
Are there any 'Slotting Cutters' for 2mm. kerf which are less than 30mm overall diameter? I have looked on various websites but the smallest dia. I can find is Trend 36mm. Reason I ask is that a Trend...
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Flat or slim cooker hoods
On the back cover of the free copy of Magnet's brochure that has just dropped through my door is what looks like a very slim cooker extractor. It's not your conventional hood jutting into the room at...
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Shocking Experience .
I have recently been getting slight shocks from different things . I noticed it from a Photographic Flash Unit that has a metal body and again from the fixing screws on light switches when I...
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Interior or Exteriro ply?
I have a piece of plywoodand there are no markings on it. Is it possible to identify whether it is interior or exterior ply? TIA
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Combi boiler
Hi, I have installed a combi boiler with sealed central heating radiators. At presant one radiator does not have a thermastic radiator valve, can I fit one? The rest all have thermastatic valves. Geth
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Help - washing machine flooding kitchen!
Well, not quite but I live on the 2nd floor so any water is bad. I posted before about this Whirlpool machine - just got round to taking the back off it. The motor seems to work - goes at various...
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Re: uk.d-i-y down the pan
Talking of pans, I am looking for a good heavy duty, non-stick, long handled, tiny pan. My mum has one and it is perfect for 1 egg. I suppose they are omlette pans, but they may be a different name...
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Good quality kitchen equipment needed?
I am looking for real good quality kitchen equipment that includes hardwood doors - birch/beech, pos granite work top(s), and gap dampers/hydrolic on all doors, carisols and space savers etc at a...
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Slippery floor
Hi All, I train at a local community hall and after all this rain of recent the floor round the perimeter is very damp and hence very slippery. Its definetly worse on the wall that are only external....
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Worcester 280 combi-boiler
Can anyone help with this? After we've run a bowl of water for say washing up, the overheat thermostat (OT) operates and has to be reset (by pushing down the button). The strange thing (at least to...
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Joining rooms and adding value or not?
Hi, I'm in a house with 5 rooms ( 1 large, 2 medium, 2 box rooms ), I'm planning to knock down a partition wall between one of the box rooms and a medium room. Mainly with the idea of adding more...
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Cable connectors for telephone wiring
I'm in a house that originally had telephone services supplied by NTL but now has them supplied by BT. There are NTL sockets in the living room and bedroom which connect to the incoming cable in a...
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cables through noggings
I have a plaster board wall, screwed to an outer wall, which have horizontal noggings (battons) in them. Is it okay to drill 1 hole and thread 2 or more wires through them, e.g. light wire and heating...
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