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    How do I remove and replace my window for a new sofa?

    Its easy take out the edging strip that holding the glass in, use a wallpaper stripper or putty knife to get into the joint between edging strip and the main frame remove glass carefully do not bang it or put it down to hard or it will shatter rest it on a couple of pieces of wood note where the...
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    fitting kitchen to wall not flat

    what is the problem with loosing the female joint at the rear of the cupboard just screw the unit together at the back or use double sided plastic joining block you can buy these by the pack at Wickes or B&Q as long as the front looks level when finished nobody will ever see the back of the unit
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    Airlock in CH

    if you leave the air wil slowly rise to the highest point so you should then be able to blead it out of the system
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    rough cost estimate for replacing clouded double glazing

    look and see if you have a local double glazing repair company near you I got one in to change the unit in my bathroom window and it only cost sixty labour and all I am in Carlisle, Cumbria. the repair as apposed to installation labour cost are cheaper just a small guy earning a crust as...
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    t90xr pumped electric shower - Tee off existing tank flow?

    I would replace that asbestos tank If i where you there not safe to be used even for a bathroom, I found one in my mums old council house many years ago, when I phoned the council to complain they change it emmediatly and also the several hundred other houses on the same estate within months of...
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    fitting kitchen to wall not flat

    Could you cut 20mm of the depth of the first unit so it will appear to line up with the rest
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    Porch Footings - whats the best mix

    you will need to put a lintel over the pipe so it cant be crushed by the weight of the building dig hole slightly deeper either side pour in two small concrete pads left and right of the pipe then place lintels on these,then pour yor footing over that
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    how many mist coats before putting the colour on?

    Hi I used travis perkins contact matt white as a cheap base coat on top of the mist coat I mixed up from the same this gives a good solid finnish for very little cost and then apply the better quality colour to get a really good finnish I put two top coats I prefer the dulux colourguard rich...
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    Quick-Drying Wood Primer & Undercoat, Any good?

    hi I have used the dulux version of this and its very good, they even have one for difficult surfaces
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    Earth continuity and radiators

    if the heating goes into push fits joints the earth continuity is lost as plastic pipe and joints with neoprene o rings break the metal to metal so there for the towel rail is not earthed through the boiler, make sure its not anywhere near any possible contact to a source of power supply if in...
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    Kitchen cornices and pelmet: make your own?

    the one before that they where thats when I bought mine could have been slightly earlier though I bought all the kitchen through there sales a bit at a time, Mine is still in the attic waiting to be fitted work tops in the garage though to heavy to put in the attic
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    insurance required/ advised?

    it should be ok to assume but if your worried ask him
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    Earth continuity and radiators

    check to make sure your boiler has been earth bonded at the outlets
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    Boiler Kettling

    fernox make a product called noise reducer you pump it into the system through and air vent, firstly close both radiator valves and crack a joint of one of the valves to the radiator placing a bowl or tub of some form to catch the water ( I found an old ice cream container very usefull for this)...
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    No Recovery CD for PC

    try this link to get a copy http://www.user-guides.co.uk/ if it was windows xp oem borrow a copy from a freind and use your product key xp will install you may need to download some drivers from the manufacturers web site
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    Earth continuity and radiators

    the radiator pipework is cross bonded at the outlet supplys from the boiler and providing the radiator joint are metal to metal as designed then none of the radiators need cross bonding the only difference as someone has already said is in a bathroom more so if there is an electric shower involved
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    Kitchen cornices and pelmet: make your own?

    wait untill the next sale and buy them then
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    insurance required/ advised?

    the bricky or builder should have his own liability insurance to cover any accidents etc
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    Mounting a vice

    would it be possible to bolt it to a board wich could then be clamped to the tail gate when needed with either G clamps or the quick release version
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    Boiler certify?(corgi)

    I was a corgi registered gas installer until a few years ago when I retired from having a stroke. when the gas board was broken up for monopolizing the market, the health and safety took over the job but never really took full responsibility for it ,Corgi is a registered list for gas installer...
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