IKEA Home Delivery
(7 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:29:14 GMT
How do you sort out home delivery from an IKEA store? Do you still have to
go hunting around the store for all the bits you need and take it to a
central point, or can you just give a list of stuff to a store assistant,
they ...
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Sealing a Water Feature
(2 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:13:02 +0000 (UTC)
I'm going to make a small water feature consisting of a "pond" (about 60 cm
square and 30 cm deep) with a fountain (well, more of a dribble, so as not
to blow over the edges).
I already have a concrete base, and brick wall ...
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dry rot
(4 messages)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:53:48 +0100
Does anyone have any dry-rot DIY experience?
I have a cottage that shares a wall with the main house. The cottage is full
of wet and dry rot, mostly caused by leaking roof and broken gutters. The
dry rot has come through ...
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Grout Sealer
(2 messages)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 09:07:35 GMT
Hi,
I've posted this question twice before, but I thought that I'd try once
more. Had anybody ever used a grout sealer, and do they work or are there
any drawbacks.
TIA
Will.
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loft installation
(3 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:34:42 GMT
Hi my loft is insulated with what appears to be shredded glass fibre which
seems to have shrunk over the 14 years it has been there. It was a new built
house in Dec 1991. It has also been floored with tongue and groove chipboard
i ...
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sound/heat insulation - installation
(2 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:44:03 +0000 (UTC)
How do you go about inserting sound insulation or heat insulation into
walls? How do you get "into" the wall to put it in?
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Electric underfloor heating
(1 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:24:35 +0100
Any one used the screwfix supplied underfloor heating (matting type). Any
good, easy to install etc?
Planning to put something similar into a new build so will screed it into
the floor etc
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Light bulbs
(7 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:26:38 +0100
How many forum members does it takes to change a light bulb?
1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed
14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light
bulb could ...
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Concrete saw
(6 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:42:49 +0100
Anyone had any experience/got any advice about cutting a channel through a
concrete floor (about 4 inches thick) using a Stihl Saw with a diamond
blade?
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Steel box section for gate ?
(4 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:36:37 +0000 (UTC)
I am looking at making a sliding gate for my back garden driveway out of
square steel box section and cladding it with ply but I am unsure of the
strength of the box section, the gate will be approx 3.2m long X 1.8m high, ...
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Roof support removal in loft
(6 messages)
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:16:05 GMT
I would like to make a room in the loft of my bungalow but there are three
vertical supports from the ridge to the floor. They do seem substantial
(about 2"x1"). What are they for. Can they be removed and if so what other ...
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Soil pipe
(3 messages)
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:14:46 +0100
Hello
I am installing a new lavatory in an outbuilding, and have laid the drains
to the point where I want to connect to. I intend to have the soil pipe
continue vertically past the new loo, into the roof space, and fit an ...
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Portia - new job on Monday
(1 messages)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:38:32 +0000 (UTC)
So what happened to the old job?
Bobby
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Dry Cell Rechargable batteries
(4 messages)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:20:47 +0000 (UTC)
Hi all, I have got three dry batteries like you would find in a ride on
electric kids toy.
I have no charger for them , I do not know if they are any good or not. They
are all different voltages.
Could someone point me ...
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(1 messages)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:21:49 +0200
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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:17:04 +0200
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Garden Vac Recommendations?
(2 messages)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:05:49 +0100
I hope this is the correct forum for this post.
I'm trying to source a Qualcast Turbo Vac 1100W.
My next-door neighbour has one and I've used it and was very pleased with
it's performance.
He bought it some years back and ...
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Paviour block paving query
(7 messages)
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:50:28 GMT
Hi All,
We have this paviour block paving which has been washed with
a power washer, this has resulted in the loss of the sand which is used as
a grout between them. Could anyone advise what type of sand ...
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Help with Fridge Lamp
(9 messages)
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 18:21:17 +0100
Hi,
My friend has one of these American style fridge / freezers (Whirlpool) and
the lamp has gone. They are quoting about 16 quid to replace it. It is a 40w
250v ES27 lamp made by Sylvania and has the word "Appliance" printed ...
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Worcester Bosch 230 Combi RSF Boiler; Water Pressure Problem
(3 messages)
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:57:08 GMT
I live in a hard water area, and use a Liff water conditioner to stop it
furring up. So far I think its worked!
I also use de-scaler in the radiators to prevent blockage.
I have a strange problem that I think is to do with ...
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