Screwing MDF
(24 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:42:58 GMT
Hi All
Having problems with putting screws into the edge of 18mm MDF.
I've tried correct size pilot holes and special MDF screws from SPAX but I
still get splitting and a slight bulge where the screw is.
Special MDF ...
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Creaky Floorboards and Table update...
(2 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:07:09 +0100
Table - went to 2 B and Q stores - they stopped selling table legs in one
and don't sell them in the other - Homebase had some but they were not as
good as the ones B and Q had. B and Q website is sold out of the ones I
wanted ...
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Back boiler?
(23 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:33:19 GMT
H All,
I just popped round my brother in laws (general builder for 35 years)
and he was talking about the back boiler he has had in his house for
the last 25 years needed 'fixing'.
He said he had mentioned this to a Corgi ...
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How best to join kitchen "decor" panels?
(6 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:30:43 +0000 (UTC)
We have a breakfast bar as part of the new kitchen so I'm fitting decor
panels to the backs of the cupboards. Because of the length I need to
have 3 panels side-by-side but the butt joints look pretty awful because
of the ...
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Cleaning enamel bath
(13 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:15:57 +0100
A while ago, someone on here said that T-Cut could be used to get rid of
water stains and restore the shininess (sp?) of an enamelled bath - then
someone else said that T-Cut wasn't really up to the job and recommended a
cutting ...
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[?] How to clean a marble headstone in a cemetery.
(5 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:58:48 +0100
Hi all,
I would like to clean up a marble headstone that has been exposed to
the elements in a cemetery for the last 20 years.
Searching the 'web' has, so far, not turned up any sensible DIY
options. Most of the ...
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Sealing 110mm plastic > Iron joint
(3 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:45:41 +0100
Hi,
I'm about to remove a 4" iron soil/vent stack and replace it with plastic.
I intend to "break" the pipe at a vertical socket near to the ground and
replace with plastic above.
What material should I use to seal ...
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Slightly OT: Decorating - how often?
(18 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:45:46 +0100
Tenuous link to DIY is that I am doing *some* of the work myself :o)
We're renovating my mum's victorian mid-terraced house that we inherited
when she died last year, with a view to renting it out. For various reasons
it ...
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Waste
(9 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 16:32:24 +0100
I want to connect a dishwasher and washing machine to the same outlet. At
present the washing machine uses an untrapped 32mm vertical pipe about 8"
long that exits the wall at about 2" above floor level. Is there anything on
the ...
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FITTING OF FULLY INTEGRATED DISHWASHER
(8 messages)
Date: 18 Sep 2005 07:39:52 -0700
Am having a new kitchen fitted and my fitter put the new Miele fully
integrated dishwasher on a thick wooden board. He said "that way I
dont have to adjust the legs"
Is that acceptable that a machine rests on a wooden board ...
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Toshiba SD42HKSB
(1 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:56:13 GMT
I hope some one will know the answer.
This Home Cinema kit will play DVD sound from speakers But then if you
select audio 1/2 or Radio no sound. You then have to remove from power to
get it to play Audio from DVD. If you power ...
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Bliss overbath shower screen - dimensions?
(3 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:32:57 +0100
Hi,
I'm looking for an overbath show screen, but as the sink sits next to
the bath I have no space for movement into the room at this point.
I've seen pictures of the Trevi Bliss screen which appears to have one
large ...
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Washer-Dryer steam escaping
(3 messages)
Date: 18 Sep 2005 05:06:52 -0700
My Indesit washer-dryer has just started spewing steam on the drying
cycle. I have cleaned out the waste 'trap' in the front (and made 6p in
to the bargain) but I still have steam escaping from around the
detergent tray when ...
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How do I dissolve and clean burned sugar from an enamelled metal surface?
(15 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:09:45 +0100
I have tried all the solvents I can lay my hands on but can't find any
that will remove burned sugar syrup from the white enamel metal
surface of the cooker.
Any remedies?
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patio nightmare - help!!
(11 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:09:27 +0000 (UTC)
About half way through a large patio, slabs on 10:1 sharp sand cement semi
dry mix, individually bedded (as per the excellent pavingexpert.com advice).
Several attempts at each slab til I was happy, so it's taken four days so
far ...
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Leaking heat exchanger on a new boiler
(16 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:15:00 +0100
Long tale of woe...
My mother's 14-month old boiler sprung a leak yesterday. The water
that came out was completely black. After finding a plumber out of
the Yellow Pages (Tesco Insurance's 24-hour emergency hotline, my
arse ...
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Re: Attention Mr Phillip Kyle
(3 messages)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 10:29:29 +0100
On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 19:52:14 +0100, Diana Ethridge <me@privacy.net>
wrote:
>Are you aware that over the past two days 35 of your posts have been
>rogue cancelled by someone calling themselves a814574@hotmail.com?
Well ...
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New garage roof with different roofline - permission needed?
(7 messages)
Date: 16 Sep 2005 06:17:28 -0700
Hi,
Have a concrete sectional garage with shallow ridged roof, made from
corrugated asbestos cement.
The front of it is ~1.5m behind the back of the house. The garage is
set back about 4 car lengths from the road.
I ...
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Clips for corridor carpet
(1 messages)
Date: 18 Sep 2005 00:08:57 -0700
We've ordered a carpet for a 6m long corridor. The shop have suggested
clips for this rather than a rubber mesh underlay as there are lifting
boards for access to CH pipes and to the CH drain-down point. They are
now having ...
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Desperate for advice on central heating
(16 messages)
Date: 17 Sep 2005 16:05:07 -0700
Hi Guys
My first post!! After extensive research on the web I am close to
tearing my hair out. I was hoping you could advise me. I live in a
1950's semi with double glazing - wooden floors, cavity wall (not sure
if insulated ...
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