Air Compressor Fault
(6 messages)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:28:51 +0100
This might have to go to a repairer but might aswell ask here first. I ran
my 3hp belt drive compressor for the first time in years to blow wasp killer
into the eaves of my house. The compressor was failing to cut out so was
either ...
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cracks in flat lead ledge/ gutter
(5 messages)
Date: 17 Sep 2005 02:02:48 -0700
The house dates from the 1840s. The original eaves above the stone
parapet is covered in lead which is badly cracked in several places and
various attempts at patching have failed. This lead ledge is about 15 m
long and 26inches ...
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Suprima PCB replacement - DIY job?
(8 messages)
Date: 16 Sep 2005 21:52:44 -0700
I have a Potterton Suprima 80 with all the signs of the PCB lockout
problem. Is replacement of the PCB a DIY job from the angles of 1) is
it possible without specialist tools and without specialist electronics
knowledge/skills ...
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Newel post removal
(1 messages)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:21:04 +0100
Anyone know the best way to remove and replace either the upstairs or
downstairs newel post without hacking and butchering the staircase,
which I want to retain?
--
Cordless Crazy ...
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Mystery 3rd Pipe
(7 messages)
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:26:46 +0100
The people who owned my house before me had the water tank(s) in the attic
disconnected and a combi boiler installed. We now have three pipes capped
halfway up the wall in the 2nd bedroom, which for obvious reasons I want ...
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B&Q Performance Pro portable table saw.
(3 messages)
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:51:38 +0000 (UTC)
Popped into the local B&Q today and found them selling their Performance
Pro 10" portable table saw for a tad under 50 (claimed 75 off). On
top of this it's a 10% discount weekend, so it seemed rather rude not to
buy one ...
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bathroom heater
(2 messages)
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:48:25 GMT
Various manufacturers make electric fan wall heaters for bathrooms.
However, I am trying to find a manufacturer that does a heater that
can be hidden in the loft space about the bathroom.
I imagined that someone might ...
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Screwfix
(10 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:38:29 +0100
Is Screwfix OK to order from now?
A few months I remember discussions as to whether they were about to
go under.
sponix ...
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Emulsion to make the joins in lining paper invisible?
(6 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:29:09 GMT
Can anyone recommend a good-value emulsion paint that will cover up
(make invisible) the joins in lining paper with one coat? Will I need
some sort of textured paint, or is there full-bodied ordinary emulsion
that will do ...
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Rogue Traders
(43 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:40:23 GMT
Matt Allwright, tedious little twat that he is, nevertheless exposed the
International Man of Mystery
dIMM, you've been sussed
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geoff ...
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Repair of gas oven
(2 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:58:38 +0000 (UTC)
Hi
has anyone got any idea what is wrong and how to how to repair a gas oven,
which lights up as normal, but then wont 'fire up' to get to the correct
temperature? it appears that something like a temperature sensor/regulator ...
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FA: Aluminium Tower Platforms - Scaffold Platforms
(1 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:51:27 +0100
For Auction - Aluminium Tower Platforms/Scaffold Platforms - No Reserve.
http://tinyurl.com/9kx9w
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loft insulation
(1 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:31:55 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 ...
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Levelling with Mini Digger
(7 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:17:23 +0100
I have used a mini-digger to dig footings etc but never to level ground.
If I cannot move the digger (limited access) and hence can't use the
dozer blade, is there a way to use the arm/bucket for levelling? My
concern is ...
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Cutting (OT)
(25 messages)
Date: 15 Sep 2005 11:01:35 -0700
This definitely doesn't belong here; I'm just hoping that someone will
be able to point me in the right direction.
Many years ago, when using an angle grinder, I was careless and caught
my hand with the rotating disc. I expected ...
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more from B&Q - 10% OFF everything in store - STARTS TOMORROW
(10 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:52:50 GMT
Rick ...
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Retraining advice please?
(4 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:33:49 GMT
Hello All,
for a while now I have been thinking quite seriously about giving up my
IT job, and retraining as a Painter & Decorator. I enjoy it, and think
my work is of a reasonably good standard, and think it could be much ...
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Test radiators with mains waster pressure?
(9 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:31:41 +0100
I have done some re-piping of my radiators as part of moving to a combi
boiler. As the new stuff will be pressurized, is it a good idea to
subject the old, in *good* condition, radiators, old and new pipes, to a
mains water ...
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Creaky Floorbaords
(9 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:24:28 +0100
A question thats been asked millions of times no doubt...
Before I do my new desk I have to sort out some creaky floorboards
underneath my PC area.
I understand screws are the solution... should I be making new screw holes ...
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Boiler in wall unit...
(9 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:48:51 +0100
I have just been looking at the position / size
of the boiler we are going to have fitted in
the kitchen.
It is a wall mounted Gloworm 24HXi.
I was expecting to have it hidden behind a
dummy wall unit. I have just found ...
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