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    Preparing garden for re seed

    I have a large garden, that has had the front lawn tipped onto it! It has lots of weeds and unwanted growth. My plan is to kill everything off, and then rotovate and reseed in time for use this summer. Is it possible to use a large amount of a generic extra strength weed killer, that will...
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    Multiple Halogen bulbs blowing! (at the same time)

    Cheers, for the advice, I had a look at the 2 way switch the sparky put in, noticed he had put in a small "bridge" between probably 2 lives, i thought i'd see what happened if I removed it and funnily enough, not only did it solve the mcb issue it didn't have any effect on either of the lights...
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    Multiple Halogen bulbs blowing! (at the same time)

    Right ok any clues on where to begin looking? Should i check if all lights operate on both mcbs? Or if they are crossed as you say, i guess they will be. I had a sparky in to run some outside lights, he took his source from an existing ceiling rose, could this have been the cause, as I don't...
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    Multiple Halogen bulbs blowing! (at the same time)

    Hi, I have recently moved in to a new house, it has 10 gu10 50w halogen downlighters, in the kitchen. I've had no issues with the bulbs since i bought it about 3 months ago, however today the lighting circuit triped, When I switched it back on 4 of the ten bulbs appeared to have blown. I have...
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    Solid Oak flooring installation.

    Apologies for posting a similar problem, but I've read many threads on here and have yet to find a definative answer. I am laying an 18mm x 120mm Solid oak floor (mixed lenghts). I am laying them 90degrees to an existing T&G floor. The floor is reasonable, not perfectly flat but not far off...
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    Bathroom speaker for bathroom television

    Trying to be flash, I bought a bathroom TV, surface mounted the built in speaker is hidden (great design), The only outlet is two phono outputs Must be red and white I guess. My theory is to buy a cheap ceiling mounted water proof speaker and link it up. Probably a silly question, but is it...
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    Wiring a humidistat Bathroom extractor fan.

    I have a humididstat fan to install from scratch. The fan has a live, neutral and switched live terminal. I wondered if i could bring a live and neutral direct from a lighting circuit, via a fan isolator switch(positioned outside the bathroom) straight into the fan, removing the need for a...
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