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  1. Tricky-Dicky

    Tiling downstairs bathroom

    Hi, what about a 1/3rd overlap? Used this pattern in my bathroom and ensuite.
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    Dishwasher rust streaks around the area of the salt refill cap

    Hi, my Bosch dishwater states that after replenishing the salt container, a full wash cycle programme must be completed immediately, to prevent this type of 'damage'.
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    New to Gardening

    You can try a herbicide on Ash, but I find it needs to be dug out. On future Ash saplings dig out as soon as spotted.
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    New to Gardening

    PlantNet can identify by either the flowers or by leaf. Load the App, use your camera to take a pic, then either select identify by Flower or Leaf and then read its suggestion. If will give a percentage % of the probability of its answer being correct. Found if useful once to identity a 'weed'...
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    New to Gardening

    Suggest acquiring an app for your phone to identify plants, I use PlantNet, must be others as well.
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    New to Gardening

    Privet, like all hedging will take a year or two to reach 6'.
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    New to Gardening

    Not sure of this one.
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    New to Gardening

    These also look like Ash. Especially looking at the new growth after pruning, needs to be dug out.
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    New to Gardening

    Hi, Ash - smooth bark - is a fast growing nuisance, it puts a deep tap root straight down, it takes a bit of digging to remove. ( I have a big problem with this) Elder - brittle - again fast growing, no strength, very leafy in summer. Neither are good hedging plants. The rest of the hedge...
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    ElectriQ oven light on but not heating up

    Have you checked the timer (if installed) is set to manual ?
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    No Water after 4 plumber visits please help!!!

    Whoops, well spotted, thanks
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    No Water after 4 plumber visits please help!!!

    Hi, One other thing I've noticed is that the immersion heaters are rated at 16 amps each, but they are feed from switched fused spurs, that can only accommodate a 13 amp fuse. Surly a 20 amp switch should be used, and directly wired back to your consumer unit.
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    VHS to CD

    Plenty of VHS recorders for sale on fleabay, this one is new and boxed: Bush VHS video recorder | eBay
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    Baxi back boiler

    One pipe above your hot water cylinder (the draw off pipe) can lose a lot of heat due to 'single pipe circulation'. Ensure this pipe is well insulated.
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    Rad valve leaking, (very old Mistral)

    This short video might help, watch from 2 minutes: Three Ways To Remove An Olive Without A Removal Tool | Two Minute Tuesday - YouTube The trick I've discovered is to find a screwdriver with the right size blade !
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    Rotten egg smell when boiler on

    Could it be a heating pipe adjacent to a dead rat or mice, (beneath a floorboard) ? We were warned about this when we had mice in our house (pest control bod warned us this, saying mice like the warm of the heating pipes).
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    Key won't turn upvc door

    I don't have/use a lipstick, but otherwise the suggestion is spot on.
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    Key won't turn upvc door

    Hi, Open the door, turn the key to activate the bolts, and push the door to. Now mark on the door frame were the bolts strike. This should indicate which bolts/slots are out of alignment. Should help. You might be able to adjust the lock keep on the door frame, rather than adjust the door.
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    Electrical mechanical valves central heating

    I notice that you have 4 motorised valves, Hot water, Flat, Upstairs ? and Downstairs? Do any of these 4 circuits working ie Flat and/or Hot water?
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    Condensation on stop cock

    Hi, if the stopcock appears to be leaking, rather than condensation, it usually is from the spindle that emerges through the gland nut. A clockwise turn of the gland nut will often stop the leak, or if more severe undo the gland nut and wrap some PTFE tape around the spindle and then tighten...
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