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    Brown UPVC for DIY installation ?

    Try here http://www.fascias.com/ They do the brown stuff (dark brown). I have used them for white, good service and reasonable prices.
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    Postcrete question

    Try B&Q for Hanson products, our branch stocks that particular brand. I used 10 bags in the summer, lots of small aggregates in the mix.
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    Extractor fan vents banging

    I've siliconed a couple of m10 bolts on the bottom of the flap in the past. This is sometimes just enough to stop the wind lifting the flap but not enough to prevent the fan opening it.
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    What to do with carpet when painting skirting?

    use this http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=102101&ts=58585&id=14463 or this http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=102101&ts=58636&id=18305
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    Torches

    I need to purchase a new torch as the batteries in the old one have swollen up and will not come out. I want something that has a focusing beam and preferably LED rather than a standard bulb and of aluminium construction. I have seen the new Maglite LED and Lenser type torches on the...
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    COUNCIL WORKER PAID £91,000 ON SICK for changing light bulbs

    There's this little thing called the freedom of information act and you can put any question you want to to your local council about its expenditure etc etc. So why not start asking now. :wink:
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    Oh great!! The fireworks have started.

    You can get prosecuted for playing your music too loud at night and disturbing the neighbours. You're not supposed to sound your car horn after 11:30pm for the same reason, but you can let fireworks off all night long :? We campaign agaist these little tiny cluster bombs but we openly sell...
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    mobile phone mast

    Perhaps the mobile phone operators can design a lower powered mast thats designed to fit up the local councillors r's. See how many objections are lodged then :P That truly would be a mobile phone mast.
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    mobile phone mast

    I guess you must have a time machine and have travelled into the future 20 or so years and had a look at the studies that have been carried out. There is no long term reseach into the effects of 3G communications as it hasn't been around long enough. Nobody can say it won't give you cancer...
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    wind turbine in well known shed

    Personally I don't think that little thing in the 'well known shed' is going to generate that much power that it will save £150.00 p.a. Thats nearly 75% of my total annual electric bill. So it will take over 10 years before I would see any gains. Siting these in residential areas decreases...
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    SAYINGS

    "as tight as a gnats chuff" - Who has actually investigated to see how tight this is :?:
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    mobile phone mast

    You will be able to make lots of calls to let people know that you are in negative equity and suffering from cancer because of the mast outside your front room :P
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    Filling a vent hole in the kitchen wall

    Cut a breeze block down to size and cement in, then render over and plaster. Thats assuming your walls are solid and not stud walls of course.
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    mobile phone mast

    Our local council have just dropped the bombshell that they would like to erect a 22.5m high lattice type mobile phone mast on our estate just 30m from the nearest houses and 100m from the nearest school. We have a finite number of days in which to object, but the council will not accept...
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    to the mods

    My wife forced me to tell the mods, she didn't want me getting any ideas :cry:
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    to the mods

    Why are we getting all of this p0rn and viagra advertising on the site all of a sudden? __________________________ Mod 3, I don't know, we have a spam button for deleting which also goes straight to Diynot admins for checking their IP's address +++++ Sometime it is spotted and deleted...
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    Rain water collection

    IBC = industrial bulk cotainer, big plastic container on a pallet, surrounded by wire cage, used for transporting fruit juice, cooking oils, some chemicals etc. I was planning to use a cheap submersible pump in the IBC powered via an inverter. 12v battery, trickle charged by a cheap solar...
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    Rain water collection

    I am about to embark on a project that will allow me to flush to toilet with rainwater. I plan to collect the rain water from the roof, in an 600 ltr IBC container. This will then be pumped up to a small holding tank on top of the porch what will be used to refill the cistern, all solar powered...
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    Diamond chasing bit - £80 worth it?

    don't forget to add the cost of cleaning up after, that tool looks like it going to make a fair bit of dust. :wink:
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    Bird Muck

    The car is regularly waxed, its also metallic paint which should have an even harder laquer than standard paint. The body shop said that wax was a waste of time, even some of the teflon type products don't work against bird poo and they costs '00's to have them applied. Trading standards is the...
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