100 year old house ceiling cracks
(6 messages)
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 11:21:01 +0100
Hi
On the first floor 1 room has cracks showing under the woodchip paper.
once i get the paper off (Big job i know) what's the best method to fix the
cracks and recover the ceiling ready for repainting.
Mark
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Gas boiler question
(2 messages)
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 08:43:44 +0000 (UTC)
Got up this morning , and no hot water, got one of those Thames Main gas
water heaters.
Pilot light is lit but when water is turned on it does not ignite, any ideas
gents plse?
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newbie q re non-functioning cold water tap
(17 messages)
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 22:38:02 +0100
The cold water tap on my bath has stopped working. It was fine, then
one evening I turned it on and there was a very small trickle of
water, which then stopped. Now there's no water coming out at all.
All the other taps ...
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Bricking
(3 messages)
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 20:04:25 GMT
I'm thinking of bricking up a doorway in a storeshed, the shed has two
exit's/entrance's and is the subject for vandals to keep kicking in the door
therefore I am thinking of bricking it? Would anyone think that breezeblock
would ...
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Rim latches
(4 messages)
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:06:11 GMT
Can anyone recommend a good cheap source of either new or reclaimed rim
latches.
Thanks
Tosh ...
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dwarf wall question???
(3 messages)
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:44:39 GMT
im building a pvc conservatory but in needs a dwarf wall....any one know if
instead of a dwarf wall i can make it from timber as it would fit the style
of house better..
dave
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circular tip soldering irons
(6 messages)
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:43:47 +0100
Some time ago I saw a soldering iron designed for pipework. It had a
circular clamp tip. It went around the whole pipe joint.
This meant that any idiot could evenly heat the solder joint in one
operation.
I can't seem ...
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Fan venting into loft - ok?
(5 messages)
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:58:54 GMT
Hi,
I work from home and my office, in a bedroom upstairs, seems to be full
of computers and other such bits. All this stuff generates heat, plus
the room faces south, so it can get quite warm in there.
I am considering ...
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No Earth Light Wiring
(14 messages)
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:33:09 +0100
A friend as recently moved into a new house and has a gift i brought her 3
ceiling fans - for the living room and the 2 bedrooms, this afternoon i came
to install them for her and noticed when i removed the old light fittings ...
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laminate floor sealant
(3 messages)
Date: 16 Jun 2005 09:28:57 -0700
We are intending to install laminate flooring on thr kitchen floor. We
have been told to seal it does anyone know the name of the sealant.
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This dial on my hot water tank what should I set it too?
(5 messages)
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:34:39 GMT
Hi all.
We have a hot water tank with a dial on the side ranging from 40 degrees to
80 degrees, what would be the best setting for economy as our gas bills are
enormous for some reason about 140 a month. We had a Micro ...
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Safety Matting for Outside
(2 messages)
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:36:19 GMT
I am looking for some sort of soft safety mats/ slaps that I can fit
under a climbing frame I have built in the Garden for the kids.
The sort you see in the Playgrounds, that can be fitted in place so the
kids can't move ...
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Safety Matting for ouside
(1 messages)
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:35:25 GMT
I am looking for some sort of soft safety mats/ slaps that I can fit
under a climbing frame I have built in the Garden for the kids.
The sort you see in the Playgrounds, that can be fitted in place so the
kids can't move ...
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Cloakroom Light Switch
(4 messages)
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:18:40 GMT
We've just made a cloakroom out of a utility room on our single skin
extension. Had plastering done and all finished. Unfortunately we've both
realised that our light switch is a wall mounted one and, with two children, ...
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Kitchen Cabinets (fittings)
(2 messages)
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:11:50 +0100
What are the best fixings for attaching kitchen base cabinets and wall
cabinets to plasterboarded stud walls?
TIA
Jim
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Self build conservatories
(3 messages)
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:04:45 GMT
Hi all,
I am considering a self-build conservatory.
Can anyone recommend somewhere to buy the actual glazing / kit from? I
prefer an online supplier, but would consider any.
I am in the North west UK, so anyone close ...
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Anyone know what I can replace 1.5 bowl IKEA sink wastes with ?
(5 messages)
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:43:32 GMT
I would like to replace the IKEA sink waste and pipework with standard
non-IKEA fittings.
I have found over several years that the seals on the IKEA kit is not
reliable.
It is a 1.5 bowl sink, overflows are no-standard I ...
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floorboards nail or screws
(4 messages)
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:08:29 +0100
Hi
I need to replace a few tongue & groove floorboard that have been damaged
over the years.
i have new boards which appear not to be as thick as the old boards by the
thickness of hardboard, (thinking of using this to make ...
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Timeswitch to mount on 6cm centres
(1 messages)
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:04:40 +0100
I have a Smiths Industries timeswitch, 24-hour version, controlling a 13A
socket which supplies our washing-machine. It can switch a load up to 3 Kw
resistive.
It has developed after 15 years a fault, whereby it switches ...
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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 04:07:42 GMT
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