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    French Doors - hold ajar

    Elastic band round the 2 handles and the wedge something in the gap the size you want
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    Wetherspoons tea/coffee

    £3.10 in the Portsmouth Weathersoons
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    Be careful!

    I am the same..... Trolley jack, axle stands and a wheel under the sill if its been taken off just incase
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    Big BBQ shelter - am I doing it right?

    We used this company on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/omegabuild?_trksid=p2047675.l2559 They will cut them to length and sell you a kit to fit. We used bronze as clear and white made it look too much like a car port. Bronze allows the light through but takes the harshness away.
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    Battery Ratchets?.

    They are a life saver sometimes. Had a bolt that you could only move the ratchet about 10 degrees. Used one of these and it just wizzed it out.
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    Removing an oxygen sensor

    Its a crush washer. If your worried about any leaks fit with a smear of silicon to seal it as silicon is heat resistant and wont be effected by the heat of the exhaust (we use silicon to fit exhaust where we work as the exhaust paste can crack and cause leaks)
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    Neighbour attached washing line to My fence panel

    Offer to drill a hole in the concrete post so he can fix it to that
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    Prevent TV reception, but retain radio reception

    Amazon and Netflix dont air anything live. Its only if you are watching it as its aired. We haven't watched live tv for about 10 years, Just every 2 years you get an email asking if anything has changed and to make your deceleration again that then lasts for another 2 years. Also it makes no...
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    wheel barely spins, Droning noise, hot caliper , what is the problem here ?

    Gave up reading the whole post. Did you sort your hot brake and droning noise?
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    wheel barely spins, Droning noise, hot caliper , what is the problem here ?

    Really easy on the Vectra: www.youtube.com/watch?v=szYAM3GNsVo
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    wheel barely spins, Droning noise, hot caliper , what is the problem here ?

    As you removed the pads so there was no friction material on the disc it has to be wheel bearing. They are bolt on (Large Torx bolts) so quite easy to replace if you have the tools. From memory I think you can undo the driveshaft nut and it will move far enough back (Into the gearbox) to allow...
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    wheel barely spins, Droning noise, hot caliper , what is the problem here ?

    I am a mechanic and also own a Vectra...... 1 - Front wheel barely spins ( other side spins freely ) It should spin freely like the other side. 2 - side to side movement on wheel (quite a lot of play ) That sounds like a trackrod end worn 3 - Caliper get's hot after a drive ( stays cool on...
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    Concrete Gravel boards on wooden Fence Posts???

    Just use these brackets attached to the wooden post and slot the concrete gravel board in. https://www.avsfencing.co.uk/fencing/closeboard-fencing/gravel-boards/?_bc_fsnf=1&Product+Type=Bracket
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    Have any of you ever fitted this type of drop link ? done it now but what a nightmare

    Good squirt of silicon spray will help remove them
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    Stop cock doesnt work?

    Turn off outside the house and just fit a new one above it?
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    what glue to stick threshold bar down with?

    Ours have been down for 3 years with gripfill
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    ABS sensor keeps failing

    Thats definitely the prolem
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    How do you avoid this on screwless switches and sockets?

    Ours clip to the metal. Just take the front off and have a look.
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    How do you avoid this on screwless switches and sockets?

    Why not? Ours were the same so broke it off so they fit flush.
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    How do you avoid this on screwless switches and sockets?

    You can remove the plastic bit to help sit closer
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