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    What's the best way to apply mortar between paving flagstones?

    I'm looking for the best way to apply mortar between exterior paving flagstones. I have used both dry and wet mixes in the past. The dry mix is easy to apply - just brush in - but after a year or two the results are not very good. The mixture gets crumbly and never fully sets. The wet mix...
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    What tap washer is this please?

    Help - I have a leaking tap - I thought the problem was a standard washer but it looks like something else. The washer on the plunger (excuse my words if not correct) is OK but it beds into another washer which sits around the outlet hole which has broken. In trying to source this item - I do...
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    Mortise and tenon substitute solution

    I would like to replace my stair hand rails (pine to oak), but I do not want to go to the bother (and expense) of changing the upright posts (newel posts) as I intend to paint them. The existing hand rails are attached to the newel posts by mortise and tenon, the only way to get them out is to...
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    Plastic elbow sink down pipe with central thread

    Hi again - the sink in question is a drainer sink (smaller one of a double sink unit). I enclose a picture for more clarity as requested. The small hole (lower picture) is where the threaded column was before it got wrenched out by me over tightening the "pull screw". Thanks everyone for the...
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    Plastic elbow sink down pipe with central thread

    Help I am trying to source a plastic elbow connector from a sink drain hole. I broke the last one by over tightening a central screw in the plug hole. I have discovered that there is a central threaded column in the outlet pipe which allows it to be pulled tight underneath the plug hole by use...
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    As a DIYer can I install electric built in cooker?

    I am about to receive delivery of an electric built in (built under) cooker. Do the regulations require that I get a qualified electrician to install it or can I go ahead and wire it in myself. I live just across the border in Wales. Thanks.
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    can I fit a 32 amp rcbo?

    JohnW2 - the kitchen fit is only a proposal at this stage I haven't agreed a contract so I just wanted to weigh things up. Re the circuit I guess it relates to the cooker which is being replaced - currently built in electric oven (gas rings) to be replaced with range cooker with electric oven...
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    can I fit a 32 amp rcbo?

    Many thanks for the feedback - I'm sorry to have caused a bit of uncertainty by not mentioning that this question is based on replacing an existing MCB with an RCBO as EFLImpudence assumed. The reason I ask the question is I am planning to have new kitchen - the kitchen co. arranged for an...
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    can I fit a 32 amp rcbo?

    I am not a qualified electrician - do the reulations allow me to fit a 32 amp rcbo or must this be done by someone suitably qualified? Thanks
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    Painting over varnish

    Hi pigeon85 - I was planning to use solvent based gloss.
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