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    No laughing...making good hinges and latches advice

    Before you remove the existing door furniture go round the edges of metalwork with very sharp knife. When you buy replacement door furniture you can be limited to buy the same make. I'm your case do think your idea of filler rather than caulk is the way to go.
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    What have you bought today?

    A night shirt (in baby Blue with white dots!).
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    Building a wardrobe frame - do I want a circular or Mitre saw?

    Do you really mean CLS (even not really suitable for Furniture) or MDF (sheets) May I suggest you look at 10 minute workshop for some inspiration. Tracksaws. Wardrobes.
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    What wheels do I need?

    What does the handbook quote? Initial guess is it's the same size wheels as a golf of the same era.
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    Storing washing machine in Balcony

    Makes me wonder what else they are doing, shifting around in your property. Even more strange they removed it (by Curry's?) and then replaced. Do they have money problems? Was their an explaintion why they moved it? Are you a member of the NRLA? If you are I'd be taking advice from the NRLA.
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    Storing washing machine in Balcony

    I think you have 2 choices. Either replace the washing machine completely or have it fully serviced (if you can find someone to to service it (Mechanical operation and electrical safety checks). The costs of either come out of the ex-tenants deposit - you haven't as yet refunded the deposit have...
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    How to cut Unistrut

    When I (we) used Unistrut at work we cut it with a fine toothed Hacksaw. cleaned the cut up with a file and pained the ends with zinc rich paint.
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    Voting age to be reduced to 16

    IMHO I think 18, especially with children leaving school at an older age (17, 18 and later) a change is necessary. IMO rather than set an age I'd say you have to have 2 years after leaving full time education before being allowed to vote.
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    Moving

    Well the parking issue came up again today - it really is insurmountable we have concluded. It's a shared access, not a shared drive, across a public footpath. I returned home to find neighbours have visitors/BBQ party, access blocked and one of their visitors cars on our hard standing. The...
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    Moving

    About to put our (my) house up for sale - I've owned it 45 years in my home village. I'm really in and going through 2 minds on are we doing the right thing by moving. Head says 'Yes' - solves our parking problems and some space issues. Heart says 'No' - moving away from home area and what...
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    What car did you pass your driving test in?

    Fork Lift truck - 1st time (I was only 16 and found out afterwards I shouldn't have been allowed to drive one!). Civvy test - Ford Anglia van (1000cc). Passed 2nd attempt - the examiner I had was notorious for not passing anyone 1st attempt. Same for bike test. Company test passed first go after...
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    Electric shock

    As a child I had a serious shock caused by a F***ing Idiot idea of an extension lead - they had a length of cable with a 15A plug at one end, the other a 13A plug which they plugged into a 4-way socket strip to use. A friends family & house. So on that day I was given the 13A plug to insert into...
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    Cars of old

    My first 4 wheels was a Morris Mini Van; CRW214, secondhand but had been interior trimmed as a Mini Cooper. The car I regret most selling Honda Accord Tourer. Most talked about car I had was a Citreon BX estate.
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    Starmer's Organised Immigration Summit

    I'll put my pennyworth in. It's not just immigration, although it certainly doesn't help, but it the population growth in this country. I say we only have a housing 'crisis' because the UK (and the planet) has a Population crisis. At some point TPTB will have to recognise that fact and do...
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    Routers - Trend T8EK or Makita RP2303FC

    I swear by Triton Routers. But then I wasn't taught to use Plunge routers but they will plunge as well as be capable of Fixed base operation.
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    Dash cam woes

    When I located mine on the car screen(s - 2 car family, both have dash cams). The units I have the screen blanks after 2 minutes then has a flashing indicator to show it's alive. Being 'clever' I first placed them on the screen so I couldn't see the units, 'hidden' behind the interior mirror -...
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    Install O.N.T.

    Locate it where you want it. The ONT requires locating near to an electrical socket that will service that permanently. Do prepare the 'route' for the fibre to it. The ONT will have a (LAN) cable to connect to the router. The router is best placed close to the centre of your house and also...
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    The first cut is the deepest

    Let's have an different 'Green Tax' - Stop paying Child benefit for all births except the second birth. And Tax family's that have 4 or more children.
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    will full fibre improve coverage

    A - any UK Router WiFi signal strength is no more than 250mW on any band. New ones are likely to be lower than old ones.
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    Shiplap fixings

    Don't forget that the fixing shall only go through the thick part of the Shiplap - that means if the overlap is 20mm then the fixing is 25mm so the fixing does not pass through the under sheet - that stops splitting from contraction and expansion due to the weather.
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