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    Help with a hinge

    It is possible to use normal hinges ,it is a bit fiddly but if you just chop in the hinge on the door as normal then the front edge of the hinge leaf on the side panel to the right depth making sure the hinge pocket is pared back at a angle ,so you can still see the butt end of the hinge ,the...
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    the life of a DIY. NOT member

    Fish & chips but realised there is not a fish &chip shop anywhere in England that does a home delivery ,when to the fridge and got youre head stuck in the freezer box looking for something to eat and had to........
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    hands up

    Yes we did (although I haven't been on here for a couple of months
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    Caption Competition number 80?

    ET didn't get home ,then
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    moonshine

    I read this last night and got drunk ,forgot what it was about ,woke up blind and ain;'t got a clue what you are all writing about
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    glueing mitres.

    If you want to use mitre -fast,make a jig out of mdf with a internal 90 degree angle and just slide them together ,not the best of glues for picture frames though
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    making door open the other way

    Might be even easier than that if it fixed with screws under the door stop.
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    Door wont fit anymore....

    By slight I thought you meant 1or2mm NOT 10mm,Don't try and chisel this amount off might pay to check to see if the door lining is lose at the bottom ,you never know
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    Wood Doors (Paint stripping, and mouldings)

    It could be a astragal moulding But very likely a ogee moulding that can be bought from any decent timber merchants and as you are replacing all the mouldings/beads I would have thought this would do,just a word of warning thought the colour of the wood in the door will very likely be...
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    making door open the other way

    It is quite simple if the door stops will come of.The door would have to be turned around ,as the leading edge of the closing side would have been under shot.Then there is the patching up of the old hinge sockets and wherethe lock lock keep is .Like I said not a hard job but it is down to the...
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    Door wont fit anymore....

    Thats about the simplest way,unless it is very slight and right at the bottom of the door ,in which case you could use aSHARP 3/4"-1" chisel then clean it up with a piece of glasspaper
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    Garage Inspection Pit.

    WHAT :shock: does that mean I can Un-brick my windows, don't know about the inspection pit in the garage ,the one I filled in because my rates wnt up.I really should not have put the wives body in there ,still at the time it just seemed such a waste of a good hole
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    Iraq

    Sadly not as all my knowledge is second=hand ,anyway I thought you was away for a week
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    Scalextric sets

    Yeah,If I ever come again ,it would have to be a woman like Sam Fox. A lovely looking woman and a lesbian to boot .Heaven :lol:
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    Scalextric sets

    That's what I found brilliant about having kids ,they got everything I ever wanted
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    Scalextric sets

    People only reminise when there is more behind them than in front of them :lol:
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    Iraq

    Every country needs a enemy,I wonder who's quote that is
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    wind turbine in well known shed

    It might help if they are cost effective also
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    Scalextric sets

    Jesssus H Christ Crafty ,I am sure you are to young to reminise
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    Garage Inspection Pit.

    I seem to rember that years ago this use to affect the "rateable"value of your house,there again so did having windows :lol:
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