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Hi, I have a Panasonic 28" CRT tv, (a few years old) a Humax F2-Fox T Freeview tuner (five years old) and a Sony RDR-HXD719 DVD recorder with built in Freeview tuner (three years old?). The only thing that's unsatisfactory is the Sony. It only records to the time selected from the epg...

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I'm planning to add another toilet to our house. The new connection to the soil pipe would have to be about five feet down the pipe from the existing toilet connection. Would this be okay?

Single height adjuster suits me well. However, Etesia has a very good single wheel adjusters I could live with easily enough. I like a mower that cuts down to around a half inch so I can cut the grass very short before I have to scarify. This is too low for normal cutting of course. B &...

If you can stretch to a petrol strimmer, I have a Robin two stroke that I've had for well over 20 years. It hasn't given a moments trouble and I've used it a lot.

Rotary mowers are a complex subject, largely due to the number of makes and models in the market. You have to simplify it by deciding what you want from your mower. Here are a few factors that could be important. Do you want a wide range of cutting heights? Do you want a centralised cut...

joe-90, Interesting reply. How do I fix the wire mesh to the blocks after clearing off the old plaster? And would wire mesh be stronger than this fibreglass repair tape? I have a substantial crack to fix which is why I'm looking into the methods available.

Hi, I've just read an account of how a movement crack was repaired. A few things puzzled me. He cut a V into the crack - I take it that this is with the wide side outwards? After cleaning, he applied a sealer to ten inches either side of the crack - what type of sealer? He...

It took me three visits to electrical distributors this morning before I found one with what I needed. The first one, I suspect, didn't know that there were starters designed for an enclosed fitting and of course only had el cheapo lamps, like the next one. The light is now absolutely...

RF Lighting, Right, I'll try those tomorrow and let you know how I get on. Thanks for your reply.

Well, it lasts a much shorter time than I thought, now I've actually measured it. 10 seconds! It does flicker faster than before and I can hear it making a clicking sound when it's doing it. I have four 2d lamps outside around the drive and they charge up much quicker and quieter. Mind...

Hi, I have a 4pin 28w 2d lamp in our bathroom. The lamp failed the other day so I shot out and bought a new one, a Pro-lite. When I installed it, the starting flicker was much worse than the original. So I shot out again and bought a new starter. This has improved things a bit but not...

crank 39, That's a nice shot of the needed joint. I'll show it to my mate. Happy New Year to both of you.

crank39, We can't remove the frame. It was an outside door with 3 top lights and wide side lights with sills over brick half walls. The door frame is part of the woodwork on the sides and top. I've had double glazing companies in and they don't do plastic doors without the plastic frames...

Sorry about the late response. New Year and all that. The chippie is a retired friend of mine. He was a house carpenter all his life and now makes excellent furniture to amuse himself. Double glazed doors aren't his area of expertise. Making the frame is no problem, obviously. What we...

This used to be an outside door before a porch was added to the house. It has a very old-fashioned look, has a letterbox and four horizontal glazing bars, single glazed of course. I would like to to replace it with a better looking, double glazed, internal door. The double glazing companies...

I was in a plumbers merchant recently and they had a demo of a fan named ICON. It was very quiet indeed.

I'm often amazed at the way some people don't bother to reply with thanks for a very comprehensive instruction post. Like Robbie's above

Whatever moss killer you buy, it will have an iron compound in it. The cheapest way to get this is to go to an amenity supplier and buy the 'neat' iron in powder form. Dilute it according to the instructions and spray it on. The problem with moss isn't the easy job of killing it but the...

Good idea. Many thanks for your responses.