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    Digging up the garden ready for the sub-base

    are the diggers easy to operate? How much should i be paying for a day (including them dropping and picking up)?
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    Digging up the garden ready for the sub-base

    I see the confusion - when i say "a ton of grass and soil" I was writing this as an expression! Sorry my fault - it is actually probably 7 or 8 ton! D
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    Digging up the garden ready for the sub-base

    i tried to get a quote for a mini digger and a man for the day but no one wants to come to Hemel!
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    Digging up the garden ready for the sub-base

    Hi all- I need some advice. I have to dig up a ton of grass and soil (to about 10cm) so I can put down a sub-base before paving. There is quite a volume so am looking for a easy way to do it. A mini digger is a bit extreme (and not sure I have a 1m to get it in). I was thinking of...
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    Hanging a heavy basin on a stud partition wall.

    sink is 600mm wide by 450 depth - the fixing holes are centred 11 inches apart. i havent opened up the wall yet but I suspect there is one central support (wall is 80 cm wide). Walls sits on a concrete floor Finish will be in plaster (well, board and easy fill)
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    Hanging a heavy basin on a stud partition wall.

    oops - can you just epxnad a little on what you mean by making the batons cover the whole hegith of the sink? Do you mean remove the plasterbaord and add vertical batons all the way down from the height of the sink (about 90cm) down to the floor? My plan is to baton it this way but have...
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    Hanging a heavy basin on a stud partition wall.

    There is no pedestal - is free hanging on the wall. And these are the fixings: http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsessionid=DCCCFCPLAGRECCSTHZPCFFA?_dyncharset=UTF-8&fh_search=fischer+basin
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    Hanging a heavy basin on a stud partition wall.

    Hi everyone I'm replacing the basin in the downstairs loo - the existing one is tiny. The new one is the same sink I've used upstairs and is secured with fischer bolts (ie slid onto the steel bolt and tied in with the nut underneath). Anyway, I need to secure this one downstairs onto a...
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    Scantronic 9800 intruder alarm beeping is waking up my baby!

    breezer - I seem to be upsetting you which is making me lose sleep so please accept my sincere apologies. the manual i have is: http://www.securitycentres.co.uk/Manuals/9800.pdf which says "open the keypad" but fails to say how, hence my question. Just underneath this is the guidance...
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    Scantronic 9800 intruder alarm beeping is waking up my baby!

    so i can turn the bell off when i open the case - worse case is it bleets for a few mins while I get my screwdriver in.
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    Scantronic 9800 intruder alarm beeping is waking up my baby!

    Europlex - thanks for this, i missed your post earlier so only just read it and will action. The factory default access codes are: Engineer Code 7890 Access Code User 1 1234 Access Code 2 to 4 AAAA (inactive) Access Code 3 BBBB (inactive) Access Code 4 CCCC (inactive) Duress Code OMIT...
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    Scantronic 9800 intruder alarm beeping is waking up my baby!

    not really - it doesnt tell me how to get the cover off the keypad without the alarm ringing!
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    Scantronic 9800 intruder alarm beeping is waking up my baby!

    breezer - i have the install manaul - you turn the volume down with a screw dirver so that is strightforward - the issue is getting the front of the panel off as when i try the tamper alram goes off!
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    Scantronic 9800 intruder alarm beeping is waking up my baby!

    Hi all When i set the code before i go up to bed at night, the blasted thing beeps away for a few seconds and wakes up the yound one. Any ideas how I turn the volume down! Darrenh
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    Adding downlights beside cooker hood - how?

    Hello all I have a cooker hood (a hidden under canopy type one) that has 2 halogen 35w lights in it. We have a big cooker so it is a bit dark - anyway, i want to add 2 more (bathroom suitable) downlights (with transformer) to the circuit under this hood recess (the extractor is built into...
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    Steel Cable Lights (wire lights) or maybe another name

    So I got the lights and transformers from a company I googled - spark came round this am to do first fix on plumbing (he seems to be a spark and a plumber) - anyway, he has given me the option of either building a concealed access under the window sill of the conservatory to house the...
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    Taken up tiles and half the concrete floor with it

    Hi all I have removed a floor of tiles and a large amount of the screed has come up with the tile and adhesive. In some areas it is 4-5 cm deep and in others just 1 or 2 cm - the DPM can't be seen. Should I just mix another 3:1 screed and fill it over? Am worried how effective this will...
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