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    circular saw blade sharpening

    Who does it? For a 72T 230mm blade. Around Bristol preferably
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    Double romans sizing

    Sorry they are clay, that's what I thought, thanks for the confirmation.
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    Code 6 lead price

    And 52 make a pack
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    Double romans sizing

    I replaced a hole in the felt and di the battens, but the cracked tile that caused the problem had to be replaced and about 5 others which are looking a bit worse for wear. Is there any sizing guide or do you just go the reclamation yard with a pattern, the lengths vary and the arc at the bottom...
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    Code 6 lead price

    Got 2off 150mm wide x 3metre rolls of code 6 to sell. Not sure where to sell them or what they are worth as they are or scrap value? any ideas please.
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    shower mould

    In my ground floor bathroom which is compact it has a bath, shower, loo and basin. There is no window but a fan and the door is 2' 3" wide. The shower is in one corner with two glass side panels which are divided in half to slide open and closed. Because there is little ventilation there is a...
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    Combi care water softener

    Thanks for your advice. I now know.
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    Combi care water softener

    I had the annual maintenance carried out on the Worcester Bosch 12-14 combi and the engineer reminded me to replace the water filter softener, and also he kindly told me to drill the two holes clear of scale when I did so. So off I trundled to the plumbers merchants to buy a new cartridge and...
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    New kitchen sink advice please

    Thanks for your advice. I bought a £330 1 & 3/4 Franks sink and a Franke mixer tap form an internet site. It is a very good sink and my parents are very pleased. The first sink I had to return because of a dent to the main bowl, the packaging is not very good. One further question, I tiled...
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    New kitchen sink advice please

    My parents have asked me to source and install a new kitchen sink in their small holding cottage. The existing one is ceramic and is 25 years old and has a few chips on it and a crack wich does not leak, and the ceramic is wearing away. It is a 1 3/4 sink, and drainer set into a pine unit...
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    Canopy roof over alley

    I have been asked to put up a sloping canopy roof, perspex or similar over an alley that runs alonside the side of a house. The purpose of the roof is to give a dry area that can be used for keeping dogs in and other general household items, The alley is regularly used to enter and exit the...
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    spikes

    The radio is a std analogue tranny, I listen to Radio 4 on FM
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    spikes

    I wired up an annexe coverted from two garages and toolroom in 2004. I live there now. It was checked by a sparkes before the power company hooked up the mains and it was safe. Everything else is fine. I am getting spikes on the radio when the fridge door opens and when I turn other things...
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    Torbeck toilet bottom inlet valve

    Cheers mate, I'll try them.
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    Torbeck toilet bottom inlet valve

    I installed this a couple of years ago chez moi. It is the simple one with the inverted plastic mug as the float on a lever. It shuts off fine and opens fine, but instead of water coming out of the anit-siphon device water comes out in a spray and dribble around the valve. If you turn...
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    PIR lighting

    Thank you. Over a cup of coffee I had a look at it. I think what I have done is a load of ******. I need a live feed to the halogen then to put the switch in that circuit. There is a two core wire from the lobby light to the halogen but not connected. So I'll put in a junction box by...
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    PIR lighting

    I wired up a pir and halogen on my house. It works fine. I added a cable and a switch so the halogen could be turned on and off independendtly of the PIR. The switch is one of a gang of three in the lobby by the main door, the other two are for a lobby light and another std external light...
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    boiler servicing how often?

    I installed a Worcester Heatslave combi 12/14 two years ago in a garage/toolroom conversion where i now live. I had an Worcester Bosch engineer call out after 3-4 months to check the settings as it was putting out a lot of smoke. He checked and adjusted the settings with his specialist kit...
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    Oil fired floor system boiler recommendations please

    I am installing a central heating system in a house which has an AGA which supplies the hot water, so I need a boiler for heating only. What recommendations are there for floor standing oil fired system (ie with expansion vessel integral) boiler, output is for 12 rads, so 15-20 Kw. I have not...
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    Estimator express

    I have a job interview tomorrow for www.hbxl.co.uk, or estimator express software. customer sales exec I think? I do not know how good this software is or if it is in anything like widespread usage. I did a search and found such comments as DIY with excel and retain the format for future...
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