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    I found it funny...

    But then im not a fan of Margert.... dont start a political bun fight please. http://jguk.org/bbc_news_politics.html
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    backboiler, dead... how do i get rid of it?

    I know yawn.. saga ah... Just had the Homewarm grant gas engineer round and he said without actually looking at the thing that the backboilers dead. Which is fine. they are going to put a combi thing up in the airing cupbord apparently venting thro the roof, due to the wall betwixt kitchen and...
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    A brake problem and a mystery

    just a sugestion from my experience.. had a motorbike once (suz GT750) and for no seeming reason one of the front disk brakes (two discs on front) would develop a death like grip on the disc untill it glowed red hot!.... The bike had enough power to push it along even then, but it would judder...
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    Spilt super glue on lense

    try soaking them in water..... its probably the only thing you can do, i think anything else will disolve the lenses.
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    Spilt super glue on lense

    glass or plastic?.. "superglue" reacts with water to the extent if submerged in water after a day or so it goes white and crumbly and flakes off...... worth a try but takes time.
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    Repairing cracks

    Well... sucks teeth... well.... i duno dear, tea ten sugars and a beacon sarnie... start next week, expect me at ten...lol it dipends on what sor tof cracks they are!. Big and deep? as in house subsideing? or just in the render?... if it just the render it could be abigger jon than you...
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    Tap washers or clips. Help!

    circlip?.....http://www.huyett.com/catalog/index.php?ref=1&adwc=rr&cPath=23
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    Free Money ??

    i was in Superdrug yesterday and the announcement said "limited to £70"... i think.
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    Rats

    one would think "ultrasonics" would do little for the poor old dogs either
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    Rats

    You need a rat proof bird table/food station for a start..... up on legs with rat guards on legs. i once ahd arat run over my bare feet while in bed and persoanly i had no hesitiation with useing a trap to kill it and its mate.... Traps can be set in boxes, so the dead rat isnt exposed to being...
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    Leaking shower floor....

    are you sure its leaking between tiles?... much more likely to be seeping from round the drain hole...
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    superglue on new car

    errr yes ask the glue manufacturers... otherwise "superglue" loves water and will react to water till its all white and flakey... so maybe tape a damp rag over it for a few days and maybe itll flake off.
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    clean / silicon sealants which I have kinda messed up

    Homebase had it when i messed up my bathroom floor!...
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    Door hanging(inside out)

    well it dipends what sort of force a thief is likely to use. Two locks will make it much harder to shoulder open a door. and make it more dificult to gemmy it open, one has to gemmy two spots.... but nothing will stop someone getting in if its a quiet place with time to work.
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    Dumb Question...

    im not too sure but i have seen wood glues that sort of foam to fill gaps. theres lots of differing glues about some are flexible (Like Sikaflex) and others rigid (like cascafen etc).. in any case all glue joints should be as thin as posible if they are being put under any pressure. It was...
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    clean / silicon sealants which I have kinda messed up

    You can get mastic "eaters"... comes in a lill tube like mastic, jet it on and wipe it off... try masking the good bits with tape.
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    Door hanging(inside out)

    Put two locks on as far apart as posible. Much harder to force open.
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    Central heating from back boiler to combi.

    It seems we might get a grant to convert back boiler (not functioning and red tagged) with a combo boiler. Now the grant inspecter said by tthe look of the rads they would go too and all the pipes!.. just how destructive will this all be? im sort of thinking floor boards up walls with grooves...
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    tesco

    i rather think they don't actually loose anything, if they take thousands of vouchers they can trade them for something else like real currency, Asda do similar deals.
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    Masonry fireplace

    one can buy in Uk at least a sort of fire proof rope/string. Woven white stuff maybe used for stove doors...
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