Painting (spraying) a light switch
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:08:56 +0100
I need to spray paint a light switch so it matches other ones in the area.
Basically, I have replaced all light switches and sockets in the house from
the standard white to modern black nickel round edge types. The problem is,
I have an architrave switch for the downstairs cloakroom which I cannot get
in blac ...
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Re: Getting rid of a piano.
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:11:41 +0100
"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
>> You are an old fart as I have said.
>> Just because it doesn't look like a piano is enough to make you claim it
>> isn't a piano.
>> Tell the musicians that play electric violins that they aren't violins.
>
>They don't sound like violins either...
They ...
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Re: Getting rid of a piano.
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:06:29 +0000
On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:50:57 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
<dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <rrr7b4dbk2cgsb8kc1bsdh7q262rh803al@4ax.com>,
> Stephen Howard <seesigfor@email.uk> wrote:
>> >Of course. The difficulty of transporting a real piano has been
>> >mentioned - and then there's the small matter o ...
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Another tape easure to me belt. :-)
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:02:23 GMT
Didn't see the tape measure in with the trowel set from Aldi on
sunday...¡ê5.99/
Tis a big trowel. ;-)
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Laminate Floor Fitting Advice
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:03:40 -0700 (PDT)
Hi,
We're about to lay laminate floor in our louge and dining room.
In fact, it's more of a 'dining area' -- an extension of about 9ft x
9ft at the back of our lounge, with an archway about 4ft wide between
the two. The archway is through the former external wall of the house,
so about 10inches thick. It's no ...
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Hob Ignition Spark Generator.
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:02:56 +0100
My old - but still looking good - gas hob is a Thorn.
The spark generator looks as though it is on borrowed time as the housing
has melted badly at some time (I blame the chip pan) due to heat being
reflected downwards through the hob top. The makers info is "TURNRIGHT
GL830" It measures 3.5 x 2 x 1 and has 4 ...
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Ideal Response 120 - Heat Exchanger
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:38:22 -0700 (PDT)
Hi my Ideal Response 120 (about 6 years old) has started to leak
inside the heat exchanger.
Ideal will sell me a new heat exchanger for ¡ê272 but i wondered if
this will be a short or long-term fix?
Cheers ...
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Lapvent - anyone actually used them?
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:17:08 +0100
Hello,
Save these mentioned in an old posting here (found by Googlegroups):
http://www.lapvent.co.uk/
Seems to be a way to emulate breathable sarking without actually having to
refit the sarking and thus strip a prefectly OK roof.
The idea seems reasonable and easier than fitting tile vents, though these
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:?)Creosote.
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:59:01 +0100
So what's the best alternative to original Creosote like me Dad used to use?
Just had a load of fence posts/panells replaced and would like to giv'em
a good start in life.
Can't stand that "paint" that everyone uses which flakes off.
Something thin and dark that will soak right in and do the trick.
Best recom ...
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Desludging old central heating
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:34:07 -0700 (PDT)
Thought I had posted this yesterday, but it doesn't seem to have
appeared.
I am replacing radiators, adding thermostatic valves, and have
installed a Magnaclean unit on my 40 year old central heating (boiler
only 5 years old).
There is a lot of sludge. Obviously removing the old radiators is
removing a lot, ...
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