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  1. mrcrow

    glued vinyl flooring

    no dummy you used the wrong log in mrcrow!!
  2. mrcrow

    glued vinyl flooring

    had the flooring chaps in today...they diagnosed the flooring is just as you suggested.. they are going to take up all the tiles and ply and then check the flooring for gaps and tight bits etc and correct and renew as necessary, ... fix new ply and retile/plank as it happens we can change to a...
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    glued vinyl flooring

    i didnt see the surface as all this was done by others but the old tiling needed a hammer gun to get them off no heavy stuff put in afterwards...our kitchen is the usual stuff...we have a laundry in the garage so the washer and dryer are there.. cant get access under the floor unfortunately..in...
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    glued vinyl flooring

    yes sounds a bit like that...sort of scuffing..thanks suspended floor..had been quarry type tiled before and had to be gunned all off...left a rather ragged surface thanks
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    glued vinyl flooring

    our kitchen was done in a black slate finish vinyl tile with "grout" lines inserted...pics available if needed or relevant plywood was laid over the existing chipboard flooring and fixed at short centres then treated to take the adhesive which had to cure for a bit.. that was 3 years ago there...
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    Word of the week..

    Hermes and Aphrodite...originators of the dual sex organism name...they were both mythodogical greek god/goddess A rough estimate of the number of hermaphroditic animal species is 65,000 (wikipedia) that doesnt contain humans as they cant reproduce but only have combined genetalia and mixed...
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    Word of the week..

    Read above Word Origin for ditto. C17: from Italian (Tuscan dialect), variant of detto said, from dicere to say, from Latin. Word Origin and History for ditto. 1620s, Tuscan dialectal ditto "(in) the said (month or year)," literary Italian detto , past participle of dire "to say," from Latin...
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    Word of the week..

    Word Origin and History for execute. v. late 14c., "to carry into effect," from Old French executer (14c.), from Medieval Latin executare , from Latin execut- / exsecut- , past participle stem of exequi / exsequi "to follow out" (see execution). Meaning "to inflict capital punishment" is from...
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    Word of the week..

    its from the french...sleight of hand...
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    contactless cards

    bring back the sliding thingy....
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    contactless cards

    i got mugged in israel and my card was stolen...i got the police to give me a crime number and contacted my bank the fraud team called me and told me that around £40 was spent on groceries and £1100 on jewelry by the thieves this was when the only way to do card payments was by the signature...
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    Word of the week..

    some of the longest words are macdonaldschocolatebiscuits and dustbinlid
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    contactless cards

    http://www.theukcardsassociation.org.uk/contactless_consumer/ContactlessSecurity2015.asp does this allay any fears..i just got a contactless last week...thought it was handy but i am still happy doing a pin...lots of my transactions are over £30 anyway ps...i have sentinel card security...
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    bi-lingual dog

    went elsewhere read the sticky
  15. mrcrow

    outside lamp wiring

    its in progress....i am making sure i dont move ahead and not plan properly as i did earlier when i put the outside light at the back..in a hurry and used a 1mm cable on a plug with a 3A fuse led out under the eaves the plug is plugged into a socket on a dual socket which i want to free up for...
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    outside lamp wiring

    one switch calls for a capacitor for low loads and led's or the other one says any load...is that for me?? i will have two lamps one 14W led and the other as bought will be 60W halogen which i can replace with an led bulb.. one lamp is at the back of the house just outside the back garage door...
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    outside lamp wiring

    yes its an armstrong grid with cheapy tiles...should have paid extra and got dearer ones...they will break easily and i have had to repair one already by using adhesive, a piece of 6mm ply to strengthen...this is my main access point so it works well now but i will set up another access point...
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    outside lamp wiring

    white!! our house is magnolia so that will look ok...i will get white lamp(s) job done...thanks to you cheers geof watch this space...:cautious:
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    outside lamp wiring

    you chaps make everything come right i think i better get the outer flexible cable then...just let me know the specs on that please and what its called in the trade...i will have to know what i am talking about in screwfix!! the wall where the lamp(s) will go is single block but where the holes...
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