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  1. AstonHill

    screwfix tank connector leaking

    I bought one of these https://www.screwfix.com/p/mcalpine-straight-overflow-tank-connector-white-22mm/220hr It is a 3/4" BSP nut and bolt though the tank side with a washer included and a 7/8" compression fitting on the other end ( though they cant seam to be bothered in listing this info in...
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    tank lid and gasket wanted

    am building a waste/ water tank the internet search brings up loads of resaults for lids to screw onto prefabricated threaded water butts. But nothing with the lid and the gasket its self like you where making the tank from scratch Any ideas on shop please?
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    how much mortar do i need?

    I had a look a Jewsons web site and for a 25KG bag of Cement thy dont tell me the area it covers So if I want 1 part cement; 2 part sand; and 4 part agregates And i am filling 4 windows up with a total of 1013109 cubic cm, any ideas please on how much matirial to buy? Thanks
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    fitting 3"or 4" Bauer quick couplers to tank

    So i have looked online and rang several plumber merchants on the search for 3" or 4" tank fitting and they have none and cant find any either! It is for the drainage pipe on my waste tank that I am building you see. I want to connect one of these couplers to my tank...
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    A jigsaw blade for A reciprocating saw

    I can not see them for sale! But i have a reciprocating saw that I want to cut neat circles (aprox 2" on 2mm plastic) The reciprocating saw blades are to wide for a turning circle of 2" So any ideas on this one please Thanks
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    replacing window and space with hard cord

    so say if i wanted to replace a window and its space with hard core like concreate then what would be the best stuff i could use
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    lighting circuit keeps tripping (Ed.)

    so at first i had the trip switch on and the lights in one room on for about an hours or 2. Then the fuse tripped; so turned it on again, then it tripped again about 5-10 minutes later then switched it back on again. then tripped again and i turned all lights off and tried it and as soon as i...
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    finding water supply into a house

    Hello Have a house hear with no running water inside! Trying to find the source of it to see if is connected Where/ how dose water normally come into a property? Thanks
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    cheap black pain needed

    Hi again! Have about 4-6 square metres of interior OSB that I would prefere to paint black Any idease on cheapest paint please
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    best cheap paint for wooden floors

    I have a 45 foot box trailer with wodden floor boards Would like to paint them so they are looking nice and to protect from water damage in the future Dont want to spend to much money on it though as it will never ever add value to it any ideas on paints please? Thanks
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    Running a dehumidifier off of a 12V battery (thinking of)

    Evening/ morning! Would like to run a dehumidifier in a no mains electric environment. This must be a common theme on new build building sites where dampness has occured before mains electric has been fitted right? An example of one I could buy can be found hear...
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    AGM battery or should I have a leisure battery? (Ed.)

    I have just bought a used "12V AGM battery (NGM 019) from the battery man for 50 quid It reads 12.65V and it ran my load ok! But I was before wanting to buy a brand new 110amp led acid leisure battery for 65 quid. But he insisted that what i was buying hear was far batter value for money then...
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    Aldis new "full size car cover"

    Out now in Aldi stores is the new full size car cover made by Auto XS I want it to cover my car from the rain But it says on the packet Water repellent 100% polyester What do you recon? Thanks
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    wiring up cheap chinese diesel heater

    Greetings! I bough one of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155927514982 Could not get it to power up with several batteries and no manual from the suppler. Decided enough was enough and said I want to send it back for a full refund Goods of sales act, not fit for purpose However the supplier...
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    central heating from a log burner

    Greetings! So I have a log burner with a built in back burner. Hear is what I bough https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115981134053 I would like to run a central heating system with radiators piped up to it. First I would like to do only one radiator/ room with it, but then more on afterwoods I am...
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    Thinking of installing a marine boat toilet

    Greeting! Caravan toilets dont come cheep! But the boating ones look a better price Looking at buying one from this site https://www.marinesuperstore.com/marine-toilets/toilets/seaflo-manual-marine-toilet but not sure what a regular and compact sizes are though? The price they quoted for a tank...
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    removing voltage regulator from diesel heater

    Greetings! I own one of the very popular 100 quid chiness diesel heaters seen hear...
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    chinese diesel heater, (12V webasto style)

    Looking at getting one, think they are called now a renoster or eberspacher diesel heater. They are a copy cat of the 12V Webasco diesel heaters fitted to vans and stuff found hear...
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    plumbing a radiator up back to front and upside down

    So the guy in this vid was told by his TY followers that the intake of a radiator should go in the top and the out put should go out the bottom so the flow will go right though the radiator. As he is not pumping water but pumping though hot gases still the princeable is still the same, but surly...
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    fitting a bathroom sink without the stand

    OK so when I went to pick up my sink and stand for it; the stand broke and I now only have the sink Can i fit this to the wall on its own and will it withstand the weight without the support of the stand? If so how do I know what hight to fix it to for when I find a stand at a later date? Thanks
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