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12 V battery drill
Is this powerful enough to drill into plastic corrugated sheet roofing and timber? Any advice would be appreciated
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DeLonghi oil filled radiator
I have an oil filled DeLonghi electric thermostat/timer radiator that has a small amount of oil that has dripped out of the bottom. Having checked it underneath I can't see where it's coming from....
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Electric Sanders for decorating - Can anyone advise?
BlankMy ancient B&D electric sander no longer works and I need a replacement. Can anyone give me some advice on what would be the best thing to replace it with - I'm pretty ignorant! I need it for...
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Who Do I Need - Builder or Surveyor??
There's a terraced house for sale which has obvious damp and needs work done to it. I'm not sure who I need to come out and have a look at the place before I buy. As I mentioned, the house requires...
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Curtain Pole Height
Is there a standard height that curtain poles should be put up at? Or is it determined by the length of curtains? Would about 6" above the window be about right do you think as a general rule? TIA
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Radiator Covers
I have been looking into radiator covers/boxes lately; mainly so I don't have to decorate behind the ***kin things. From what I can see the design is pretty simple, a wooden frame with some form of...
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Digistat RF1. SCR not responding
Hi I have a Digistat RF1 which recently needed new bateries. Since changing the batteries I cant get the SCR to recpond to the RF1. I have tried putting the SCR in learn mode but after intiallising...
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Water Tank Problems
2 problems have recently started with my hot water tank. 1. Every time we have a bath and the tank fills up it starts to drip from the overflow. Running the hot tap for a minute or 2 causes it to...
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tiling over melamine?
I'm about to tile a small corner in our utility room - one side formed by a solid wall, the other by the end panel of a run of kitchen units. Any special prep I should apply to the melamine-faced...
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Cavity Wall Insulation -> Advice?
Hi, I've been told by our local council that by taking advantage of a grant I can have our 3 bed semi treated and it will cost me £175. I've had a surveyor from their agent round to inspect the...
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Barn conversion - how deep should the footings be.....?
again I've been out and dug a hole (inside the barn) to try and establish how deep the footings run. I have put a photo and description on my web site (at the bottom) - I reckon they are 2' in total -...
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Installing Your Own Double Glazing
There are websites where someone can purchase double glazing. You take the measurements, send them on and they despatch the windows. You then install the windows yourself, with a friend or two for...
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Re: 34 GRAND for a cooker that doesn't work?
*plonker*
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Underfloor Heating
Sorry about the new post, I've tried twice to continue the old thread but it doesn't seem to work. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Anyway, thanks for the Equator lead Bez, on their website they say:-...
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Diy as a Career
Hi as anyone here started there own diy business, maybe if you have you could let me know how it went, problems as seriously considering after my lay off in August. Steve change cold to hot for email
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