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    New porch.

    150mm crushed compacted hardcore,25mm blinding,D.P.M,100mm concrete,100mm insulation then 75mm screed.As for under front door cill you could hack off existing plinth and paint brickwork with a few coats of synthaprufe lac, its more expensive than the standard gear but well worth the money.
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    New porch.

    grind out just above existing dpc and clear out the old mortar down to dpc lap new dpc over old and re point the joint, as for thermalite blocks i too used to suffer from 3d cracks when block work had dried and after numerous calls to manufacturers i was told it was due to the blocks having...
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    paslode im250 ll

    hi, have just bought one of these 2nd hand but it only seems to fire a few brads then stops as if the safety isnt engaging fully!! (moved around on end piece) but still nothing. any ideas ?????? thanks guys!!!!
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    svp

    hi i have an internal soilstack that runs through my bathroom,i want to redesign the room is it possible to run the vent pipe externally so i can then put a bath in its place? without interfering with regs?
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    re-set batteries

    thanks for the heads up guys will give it a go. there all 2x18v makita 2.6ah or 2x18v dewalt 2.0ah and2x 14v makita 2.0ah? ill keep you posted as to any progress!!!
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    re-set batteries

    is it true that you can re-set a knackered nicad cordless battery ???? if so how do you do it ??? as it is i have 2x 18v 2.6ah and 2x 14v 2.6ah makita batteries destined for the skip and a kidney ready to be removed to pay for the replacements !! :lol: any ideas would be great guys !!!!! [/b]
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    wmachine fault code

    pleased to post that he got a new one at weekend !!!!! the wife won
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    ford focus zetec 05

    cheers micky im going to take it down the garage as the light came back on so moved wires again and light went out so there is defo a loose connection under drivers seat and i dont fancy taking the thing apart and POOOPF i end up with a face full of air bag at least i now know it wont cost £800...
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    wmachine fault code

    Did post details the other day but no info was forth coming- ariston washingmachine avxxl105 power,spin and 4 of the option led are flashing and machine does nothing called a company and was told it was fault f15 but unless we got engineer out they wouldnt say what the code meant...
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    wmachine fault code

    have ariston wmachine have found out it has fault code f15. what is this fault any ideas would be great!!!!!!!!!
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    ariston washing machine avxxl105

    26 views and no ideas looks like a call out fee is due !!!!!!!
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    ford focus zetec 05

    i have a 05 ford focus which the airbag light is on,a "friend" who works at fords put the car on diagnostics and its a fault with the drivers side top apron ? i asked if it meant it needed a new air bag or could it be the loom (as the problem first occured when i had heated windscreen replaced)...
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    You don't get a second chance!

    like the idea but would only make some people less cautious !!!!!!
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    Fence height

    did a job for bernardos ages ago there cars kept getting broken in to so we erected a metal fence around it (with the top of the the fence 3spiked). it worked a treat till someone threatened to sue them when they injured themselves climbing over it and got called back a few monthes later to...
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