Cutting a wall..
(3 messages)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:12:24 GMT
I'll be dismantling a garage wall (OK, make that knocking it down) and I
need to leave a section attached to the corner with a nice neat edge. What's
the best way to obtain that nice edge? Cutting disc to slice through the
bricks ...
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Ovens & Hobs
(1 messages)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:08:06 +0100
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Designer ovens look out for the new V8 by CDA
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Glowworm Compact 100E
(1 messages)
Date: 20 Jul 2005 12:48:36 -0700
Hi
I have a combi Glowworm Compact 100E which is about four years old.
Same old story, cover ran out last week boiler breaks today!
The symtons are as follows.
With hot water tap running, boiler fires up at 1 bar
Pressure ...
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Will this be OK
(1 messages)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:33:18 +0000 (UTC)
I have a 800 x 800 cast shower tray to fit in the morning. I have done lots
of these but never on my own due to the weight and awkwardness, (my helper
is on holiday). As I need to bed it down on 1/2" mortar and lift it into ...
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Garage floor.
(1 messages)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:38:07 GMT
Hi,
I've dug out the trench and floor foundations for my garage extension (well
a man with digger did). The intention is to convert the existing garage into
a double one. I'm a little unsure about laying the floor slab.
Before ...
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earthing a kitchen sink
(5 messages)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:39:21 GMT
On the new sink which I just bought I am instructed that it must be earthed,
certainly the sink in my utility room is so earthed - although the old sink
which I just removed from the kitchen wasn't.
While I understand the ...
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Outside WC
(7 messages)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:06:22 +0100
At present we only have a WC inside our house, in the bathroom, and this is
a serious inconvenience (no pun intended) at times. Because of this I am
thinking of using part of my garage to build a small 'wet' room -
incorporating ...
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Want to ask a DIY question? Here's how. (Version 13)
(1 messages)
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:50:59 GMT
This is an introduction to the UK.D-I-Y newsgroup for new and
experienced Do-It-Yourselfers in the United Kingdom. If you want help,
or just want to find out more about a problem before calling in 'the
professionals' you are ...
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Creda Washing Machine spares
(3 messages)
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:49:04 GMT
Hi All,
does anyone know of an online supplier of Creda washing machine spares?
Cheers
Mike P ...
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Microporous paint
(1 messages)
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:29:24 +0000 (UTC)
My BAC aluminium and white painted hardwood widows are about 6 years old and
in need of repainting when the walls are done in a few weeks
When new BAC gave dire warnings about needing to repaint with the correct
paint.
BAC ...
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gas fire/box/flue
(2 messages)
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 17:53:08 +0100
I am planning on putting a flue and fire box in the living room so that we
can use a gas fire instead of our currently used electric fire.
The flue will be a class 2 type and I know that I am obviously limited to
a class ...
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Sash Window Lock
(4 messages)
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:05:36 +0100
Is there a gadget / lock for sash windows available that allows them to be
left slightly open but still secure?
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water, water, everywhere...
(5 messages)
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:07:53 +0100
well, not exactly everywhere, but...
came home from a dogwalk yesterday and there was about half a bucket of
clean water spread across the bathroom floor from the toilet bowl. The floor
mat was soaked, and I cleaned up the ...
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Re; Heat resisting paint.
(2 messages)
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:45:28 GMT
Short of contacting nasa any "brush on" paint won't last long - Thermal
dynamics I'm afraid. - This is precisely the reason that ovens/cookers are
"stove enamelled" during manufacture.
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dishwasher / washing machine
(11 messages)
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:25:03 +0100
Waste pipe set up
I have installed the dishwasher and washing machine waste with one of those
twin entry things as the top with a breather hole connected to a stand pipe
u-bend and exit out thro wall and down to drain.
Now ...
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Cobble Stones
(7 messages)
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:13:46 +0100
Hi all
In the past, I have used a concrete footing for any retaining wall brickwork
that I have layed in the garden.
I'm now building my flower beds using cobble stones as the edging. The
Stones are 8" high by about ...
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Totally OT: B & B
(13 messages)
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:43:42 +0000 (UTC)
I am asking this question as obviously theses groups are patronised by all
areas of the country.
We are going on holiday to Newquay in early August and we were thinking of
stopping overnight in the Taunton / Exeter area ...
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Rawl plugs / wall plugs - what's the secret?
(43 messages)
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:37:45 +0100
Whenever I use these blasted things, whatever I've hung up ends up falling down, pulling with it half a tonne of plaster. TIPS PLEASE!
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Air coolers
(7 messages)
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 22:21:31 +0100
I have seen air coolers (not air conditioning) for sale in Argos, I have
seen a challenge air cooler priced at 49.99, what I would like to know do
these really work well, I know they will not be as good as an
air-conditioning ...
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Underfloor Heating.
(2 messages)
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:52:39 +0000 (UTC)
My wife wants to install underfloor heating underneath cermic tiles in our
new Kitchen and planned conservatory. The product she has seen is Warmup
http://www.warmup.com
Does anyone have any advice for on underfloor heating ...
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