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Paint brushes

I've got all the indoor doors to gloss paint and the brush I've started wit is beyond cr@p. It holds very little paint...
31 comments posted 8yrs
posted by news
31 comments posted 8yrs posted by news

T5 kitchen lighting balast compatibilty

Hi all, I have a run of 3x20W fluorescent under-cabinet slimline strip lights; only the middle one of which is still wo...
7 comments posted 8yrs
posted by cbx
7 comments posted 8yrs posted by cbx

Steam generator iron

I have a Bosch steam generator iron, which has just started emitting dirty coloured liquid. I live in Scotland so desca...
10 comments posted 8yrs
posted by newsgroups
10 comments posted 8yrs posted by newsgroups

Plasterboard walls

I've normally come across plasterboard walls that have been skimmed. The ones I'm looking at have just seen paint and/o...
22 comments posted 8yrs
posted by fredxx
22 comments posted 8yrs posted by fredxx

Stopping adjacent neighbour on our shared wall

We live in a very small terraced house in North West London built in 1936. The house adjoining ours next door with a sh...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by mail.invalid456
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by mail.invalid456

LED downlight converter for R80?

I just wondered whether anyone would like to suggest an IP65 LED downlight converter for a R80 ceiling light, to be use...
0 comments posted 8yrs
posted by davidandbella
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by davidandbella

Wonky G clamp

Hi All I have an old G clamp and the main G bit seems to have twisted such that the threaded bit no longer meets the G....
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by leenowell
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by leenowell

Degreaser ?

Looking for a degreaser to use in a trigger spray. To be used for cleaning mechanical parts of oil & grease. Don't want...
23 comments posted 8yrs
posted by rick_hughes
23 comments posted 8yrs posted by rick_hughes

Garden shredder; recommendations?

They seem to run from about£50 to £500 or more. I'm thing of getting one as my garden has a lot of shrubs that get prun...
32 comments posted 8yrs
posted by c.holford
32 comments posted 8yrs posted by c.holford

W10 update oddities

Last update, a few weeks ago, both of my laptops lost my subscribed to newsgroups in Mesnews. I had to resubcribe to th...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Painting 'cardboard' wall

Hello! We're redecorating our entrance hall and while removing the wallpaper off one of the walls we noticed that it wa...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by JohnnySh
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by JohnnySh

Fathers day and a bit of DIY

So I went round to my parents and gave him the present my mother bought and the card that my gf bought and he asked me...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by adamwadsworth

'Sealed' CH systems?

One of my daughters has recently bought a house which I suspect has a 'sealed' CH system. (I say suspect as, while I've...
10 comments posted 8yrs
posted by no.sp
10 comments posted 8yrs posted by no.sp

Fixing into breeze block/cinder bock wall

I've been tasked by my other half to try to repair a handrail up the stairs at my mother-in-laws. The house is early 60...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by news
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by news