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    General screwing advice

    That, except I use a claw hammer. Fast and doesn't damage the plaster as with the screws only in a little way, they aren't clamped to the side.
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    pv solar systems

    There is undoubtably big profits to be made here, especially the large turbines of 1.5mw and up I do find it interesting the number of companies sprouting up (And the great names they call themselves), how they go around the countryside chatting up landowners, making wild promises and...
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    New heated towel rail/rad

    If it's sharing a leg with another radiator, that might have less resistance and the water's going there instead. Try turning off other rads in the room or area. If that helps, adjustment should allow you to balance the spread so they all get hot.
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    Garden pond ideas

    Good for you - ponds are great, although they seem to suffer garden fashion a lot. Spent my boyhood poking around in them, great fun. Rubber is fine, unless you have big dogs or curious children. Do a realistic size and depth. Note you'll want to leave the water for at least a week...
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    Free Solar Panels - Whats the Catch

    Can you give a source and link for that please? I couldn't find any backing to that claim when I looked, only advertising guff. (Also heard that Germany is pulling its FIT subsidies early, although how they're going to manage to keep their lights on by dumping nuclear in 2022 escapes me...
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    Mysterious water leak.

    Wait for it to happen again and spot a pattern. Leaks do resolve themselves occasionally, or someone's done something to fix it without realising.
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    Free Solar Panels - Whats the Catch

    The one I looked at briefly it was a complete con. There was no mention at all of any money or power going to the householder. All you're agreeing to is to contractually *give* them your roof for the period with no benefit. They could bang holes in your roof too - so what? Not their roof, your...
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    More darned malware - now is it dying?

    You've got a proper job going on there. Sounds like you've got several live ones, and when a computer is in that state you may want to consider reformatting and reinstalling windows. Obviously you'll need to reinstall all your software and set it all up again, so budget for plenty of time and...
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    How do I remove a stone staircase leading to the cellar?

    I would proceed with utmost caution. There could even be some cantilevering support being given by the staircase, or it providing some bracing to the wall. If you remove it, even without disturbing any stones in the wall, you could end up wearing your house. Generally I'm quite gung-ho, but...
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    Leaky MDPE Wall Plate Elbow

    I'm normally a supporter of Screwfix, but they've dropped a ball with stocking these things. I've had a lot of failures with this type of fittings from new. Utter rubbish. Screwfix do do the blue pushfit which are marginally better, but still have poor reliability. The black Philmac...
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    New Oil Tank help

    Advertise it in the local free papers as free to collector. Somebody'll find a use for it!
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    How to turn an out building into a childs play house ?

    The only sticky bit in your plan is the power. Will need swa, taping etc. but will need to be done by an electrician (or certify - part p etc) Rest of it sounds fine. It's likely to be damp though, as no dpc so you almost certainly want to include ventilation in your plans somewhere if you...
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    scaffolding over public footpath

    Won't the scaffold company who are going to erect it be aware of regs and who to approach?
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    WMC hoses

    Fair point. This stuff is not always the best quality, but you can get food grade stuff that /is/ much better made (for drinks machines etc) but still - I'd rather reduce the connectors if I had a choice.
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    "FREE" solar PV schemes- are they a rip off?

    The biggest question I see about costing this is that the FIT's don't appear to be guaranteed and can be pulled at any time. (Please tell me if I'm wrong - but googling doesn't help me here, only that the german system is guaranteed 'up to 20 years') Without the FIT the costings don't break...
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    Freesat

    Quad lnb's can be picked up cheaply on ebay and it's a cinch to change them over. Then just run new satellite coax to the new freesat box. The ends are easy to fit too - just strip the wire and screw them on. I have four wires off my dish, two to a single freesat dvr which can record another...
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    WMC hoses

    Two 1.5's and a straight-through connector?
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    what Router with CCTV

    You're asking three questions in one here - router, wireless and modem! I have switched exclusively to draytek vigor 2820's and find them superb. But, really - what do you want it to do? Wireless is not 100% reliable (I wasted a lot of time trying to achieve 100% connections and...
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    CCTV Solution To View Driveway & Front Of House

    Dome cameras - not all can be mounted vertically, some have quite heavy parts and the motors aren't enough to work against gravity. Also, they're angled for the horizontal so you'll either be looking at the sky or the ground. Many will, and the panasonic tilt/pan ones have internal stuff and...
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