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Fobi screwdriver bits   (1 messages)   Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 09:39:22 GMT
Hi Dose anybody know were you can buy Fobi screwdriver bits. Thank you. Ken ...

FA: Arrow ELECTRO-MATIC ET100 Electric Brad Nail Gun - New   (2 messages)   Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 22:53:20 +0100
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5997166742 May be of interest. Regards, jonnychart ...

Electric Oven   (2 messages)   Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:50:56 GMT
I have a gas hob with a separate electric oven that was put in when I had my kitchen refitted a few years ago. The hob is still fine but the oven really needs replacing, it is a built in electric fan oven which just plugs ...

Ridge Tiles.   (8 messages)   Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 18:28:03 +0100
About 15 Ridge Tiles on my Bungalow need re pointing, some cement having fallen out. A Roofing Contractor called at my request (Not just a mobile phone One with name on vehicle. To re move tiles and reset 380 to re point ...

Food waste disposer.   (7 messages)   Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:29:26 +0000 (UTC)
Hi i'm looking at getting a new disposer for my new house. If anyone has any reccomanditions i'd be glad to hear them. My old unit was a waste maid. Had a poke around and found a couple of british manufactureres. maxmatic ...

Tiling   (3 messages)   Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:12:52 GMT
Am about to tile the Bathroom Floor of my nearly finished Extension. THe floor is the usual Chipboard. Do I need to put some Plywood down before tiling on Chipboard, or is it OK without. Was thinking of puting a layer ...

Mouldy bathrooms   (4 messages)   Date: 7 Sep 2005 11:31:06 -0700
I have a fairly well plumbed bathroom and we are careful to make sure that the room is ventilated as much as poss. So much so that after 4 years, we still have white tile grout and it all looks as good as the day it was installed ...

Shower Tray Base MIx   (2 messages)   Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 18:13:35 +0000 (UTC)
I will be puting a shower base down in the morning onto an exterior ply 'sledge'. What strength should the sand & Cement be (4:1, 5:1...) and should it be reasonably dry or sloppy so the base settles into it? Cheers John ...

Toilet Ball valve   (6 messages)   Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:47:02 +0000 (UTC)
Thinking of replacing valve in toilet cistern And was having a look in DIY stores.It is a bottom entry fitting and I notice the 'arm' on all the ones I see is PVC.Can anyone please tell me what the red removable gadget on ...

false chimney breast   (2 messages)   Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:16:29 +0100
I am about to build a false chimney breast in our living room and origionally planned to use plasterboard which would then be skimmed. Plan B which I am now favouring, would use plywood instead. Any thoughts, pro's and cons ...

false chimney breast   (2 messages)   Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 09:12:53 +0100
I am about to build a false chimney breast in our living room and origionally planned to use plasterboard which would then be skimmed. Plan B which I am now favouring, would use plywood instead. Any thoughts, pro's and cons ...

Socket in MDF wall   (6 messages)   Date: 7 Sep 2005 00:08:24 -0700
I have a wooden garden workshop with waterproof lining and insulation inside.The inside lining is 6mm MDF. Is it acceptable to mount a 13A dual socket using flush mount plasterboard box into the inside MDF. What is minimum ...

Shower problem   (5 messages)   Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 06:10:35 GMT
I have an en suite and main over the bath shower. The en suite is a mira 88 mixer shower that runs from a hot water tank on the first floor into the loft and down the wall. The cold is fed from a header tank in the loft ...

No hot water - Any ideas?   (6 messages)   Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 23:36:35 GMT
Hello there, Can anyone help us? A few days ago our immersion heater stopped working. We have no idea why. No problem we thought. We will pop the central heating on and then get our hot water that way. The radiators ...

loft conversion beaurocracy nightmare   (2 messages)   Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 23:14:23 +0000 (UTC)
A few questions, if anyone can help- How far retrospectively does "old" conversion work have to be undone/re-done to meet Building Regulations if upgrading an existing loft conversion? We have a conversion done by a previous ...

Repair to Pressure Hose   (6 messages)   Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 16:28:12 -0000
Greetings from Norfolk I have a Kracher 232 pressure hose, which today started leaking (water) from the area of the pump. Having examined it I cannot determine the type of screw used to hold the two parts of the housing ...

ground floor toilet   (2 messages)   Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:29:36 +0100
Hi we are trying to decide where (or if) we can install a toilet on the ground floor. option 1. put up a partition wall to create a small isolation room (8ft x 2ft) then the toilet room at the end of our long thin kitchen ...

Replacing Shower Mixer Valve   (2 messages)   Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:12:03 +0000 (UTC)
I am planning a style change to my bathroom that involves replacing the taps and the shower mixer. Taking that the gap between the entry pipes, hot and cold, is the same on the new unit is replacement just a matter of isolating ...

getting latex house paint out of synetheitc bristle house paint brush   (1 messages)   Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 07:00:00 -0400
Does anyone know a good way to get dried house paint out of the bristles of a synthetic house brush? Thanks FACE ...

Ciruit diagram for two switches to control single light   (3 messages)   Date: 6 Sep 2005 03:15:45 -0700
How do I wire a light with two switches where either can be used to switch on/off? Thank you & Regards ...