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    Zinsser paint and nicotine

    Hi, My sister has a heavily nicotine stained room, walls and celing. I've read Zinsser's booklet on covering over the surfaces but, my word, the preparation seems to be very complicated. It seems the sound surfaces have to be hot water washed, degreased with meths, and then rubbed down with...
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    Which led batten for my garage

    Hi, Interesting. I've been looking at the Voltaled Uranus led battens from ledison-led-lights.co.uk and I can't find a lumens per watt given. They do look nice and are made in England which is a strong factor. The say that these lights must be installed by a qualified electrician - are they...
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    New dvd recorder

    Hi All, I now have a new PVR a BT DTR-T2110. I've set it up without trouble but have yet to fathom out the intricacies of accessing last weeks programs, things like that. The picture and the remote are good and all the signs are indicating that it's going to be a good 'un. Thanks to all who...
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    New dvd recorder

    Okay Lucid. I'll suss out the Humaxes. Thanks for your help
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    New dvd recorder

    Hi, Our old Sony DVD has gone phut. We would like a replacement, obviously, but my wife would like something simple. When I start to talk about connecting to the internet and all the benefits that would confer, she just glazes over. So is it still possible to get a basic DVD recorder, one...
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    Bare Makita combi drill

    Thanks. I'll run round local dealers tomorrow. If no luck I'll buy a new combi drill which is the best bargain at the moment.
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    Bare Makita combi drill

    Hi, I want to add a bare combi percussion drill to the Makita drill driver I already have. My existing drill is 13mm chuck, model 6337D. 14.4w, 2.6ah, NI-MH. I am very happy with it. Would any Makita 13mm combi drill fit and use the charger? Or would I have to look for a specific model? Any...
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    two loop-in roses and two pull switches

    Thank you all for your posts. I've studied them this morning and got the lights working beautifully. I think that I'm not bright enough ever to be an electrician so I'm glad guys like you are around. Bludger
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    two loop-in roses and two pull switches

    Right, it's after one in the morning so I'll have to study the posts when I wake up. Must get to bed now.
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    two loop-in roses and two pull switches

    I appreciate your willingness to help but, unfortunately, I can't understand what you have said. What I need is where to connect the live and neutral wires, both from the supply cable and the other one, on the rose. There are three sections on the rose and I suspect that I have to fix a...
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    two loop-in roses and two pull switches

    I have two lights in my hall operated by two way pull switches. I have taken off the old flush-to- ceiling lights and want to replace them with pendants lamps. The old lights just had simple live, neutral and earth connections, The loop-in roses are different and I can't figure it out. The...
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    variable cold pressure to an electric shower

    Thanks, flameport. That looks like it will solve the problem
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    variable cold pressure to an electric shower

    I know what it is. The cold water main to the house is shared with the house next door. Most of the time this isn't a problem but when next door uses a washing machine the shower emits a much reduced flow of water which is much too hot. The reduced water flow still stays hot even if I switch...
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    wireless signal enhancer?

    Hi, I have a computer and router in a distant room from my new Panasonic LCD Smart TV. It seems I should be able to wirelessly receive things like BBC IPlayer from my router but there are too many walls inbetween the two machines. Is there a gizmo that will strengthen the wireless signal...
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    new tv

    Thank you Lucid, that was a very helpful reply. I've spent a couple of hours this evening looking at my new Panasonic tx-L42E6B. I'm delighted with it. All the features meet my expectations and I'm only sorry I had to go out this evening. The sound is a lot better than I thought it might...
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    new tv

    Thank you all for posting. I went down to a well known large store today and looked at the Panasonic and Sony sets in my price range. There were seven of them and I checked the field of view on each of them. All were okay. This was one of my concerns: there are two more. Reading user...
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    new tv

    Well, I just finished reading it and it is really interesting. It seems that buying any other brand of tv than Panasonic or Sony is not sensible so that's where I'll aim my attention. Pity there aren't cheap, reliable, durable sets isn't it? Tony
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    new tv

    No I didn't and I feel a right prat. I've ordered the book. Many thanks for your patience. Tony
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    new tv

    Sam, I have put my full name in the full name box, my full address and , post code in the right boxes, in all combinations of upper and lower case letters, without success. I think it must be because I use Linux rather than Microsoft which does give me problems sometimes. Pity. Tony
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    new tv

    Thank you for your reply, Sam. I can see what you mean about new models coming in all the time. So I tried to buy the book you linked to. I can't. It keeps telling me that I must put my full name and address in the box - which I keep doing without success. So I'll keep reading user and...
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