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    trying to buy something and chat and phones useless RANT

    i not surprised the high street is not getting sales Impluse buy for £200+ i was thinking of asking john lewis some advice - before i travel 20mile to the store just had a windful and thought i would get some earbuds - but wanted to know about bose v apple what a waste of time , the phone never...
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    chatgpt browser atlas

    been playing with the new chatgpt browser atlas and its pretty underwhelming , responses are very generic and have been wrong on a few occasions its only available on OSX - but gave me windows instructions for things !!!!! i have made a few suggestions for feedback and asked it to summerise...
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    Tile on painted plaster skim and laminated wood

    Tile on painted palaster skim and laminated wood i searched and found an answered thread we have a dot/dab plaster board and skimmed wall behind a sink on a worktop and each side are laminated wood end panels NOW my wife painted all that earlier in year - BUT now she has got some tiles - just...
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    Vodafone - all eggs in 1 basket

    Well, around 3pm we lost internet , landline and out phones all eggs in 1 basket unable to call vodafone all lines down and no interent - had to talk to a neighbour who saw the news about vodafone down just brings to mind how much we should not have gone for the deal and had everything on...
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    Water pump for a vase vessel feature

    I have just purchased a nut oil vase vessel thing used in north france and kept outside its not this , but to give an idea , as dont have a photo yet https://www.puckhaberdecorativeantiques.com/catalogue/decorative-items/french-antique-oil-vessel/ So should be frost resistance But I want to...
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    sink waste drain silicon or use the washers supplied

    I'm about to install a stainless steel sink hopefully later this week picture below of sink I purchased form toolstation McAlpine BWSTOFSS https://mcalpineplumbing.com/waste-outlet-fittings/sink-and-basket-strainer-wastes/basket-strainer-waste-and-overflow/...
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    Fitting a drop-in sink, Clips to hold sink in worktop

    I about to fit a Sink into a worktop in a utility room i'm making I'm just workign out the position and everything, when i looked at the mounts - I have in the past had small clips that hole the sink in - BUT not on this B&Q sink we purchased back in 2019 when we first planned to do the utility...
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    Tee Waste - multifit for solvent weld - too a right angle - all in 1

    i'm hoping to keep the height to a minimum and was hoping a compression Tee with a right angle waste pipe would connect up directly onto each other i have some mcalpine multifit 40mm and not opened yet - but looks like i need a bit of pipe in between plus the screw fittings , was hoping to have...
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    IGNORE - IKEA Door / Hinge alignment on Metod 1m high wall cabinet

    IGNORE - didnt see the middle screw to adjust the height I thouight is was the hinge fixing screws - COOL - now all sorted we have just fitted 3 IKEA 1m high wall cabinets - sitting on a worktop the 60cm wide cabinet with 2 30cm doors - 1 door is quite higher 0 I have tried to move the...
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    utility room

    Just working on refurb of what we use as a utility room - still WIP room is 2.5m x 5.8M I fitted a new floor to make level with the house (66/67mm ) - 40mm insulation - 22mm flooring - vinyl about 4/5mm we then fitted out with ikea kitchen cabinet's I got the wrong radiator size - I...
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    fitting a sink - waste suggestions

    I'm planning on fitting a sink unit - laminate top the picture shows the solvent weld pipework - we have a washing machine connected to the upstand and also the boiler condensate but the bit with the right angle is compression when the boiler was replaced with a combi boiler they redid the...
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    Work trouser Braces

    I have been looking at getting some work trouser braces I have the toughbuilt bib braces & double tong buckle belt - and they are great when i have been out side and had the toughbuilt pouches attached - when working on gutters/fence etc etc but not on indoor type projects although got so...
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    washing machine hose blanking connector

    i have to disconnect a washing machine hose tomorrow - to have some flooring fitted it does have an isolator - BUT just in case it does turn OFF completely - looking for something to either put on the hose connection at the washing machine end - or i take the hose off the isolator and connect...
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    joining 2 pieces of laminated worktop together

    doing a utility and my other half as now changed the design orginally i was just going to have 2 pieces of worktop on the end of run base units - with full height base depth units 2m high in between so this was asimple 600mm - just over to hang over - and that could just mean I cut one piece...
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    should i glue chipboard flooring together

    I have some 2400 x 600 22mm chipboard flooring I was not going to glue the join i have some D4 glue - and also have PVA should i glue all the sheets together - will be 10 sheets wide x the 2400 and then infills for the 230mm gap - cutting the sheet the other other way - so 2400 x 230 (less 10mm...
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    filling gaps in chipboard flooring

    i have some flooring chipboard 22mm thick 2400x600 - which is fine - BUT where I intend to join with another piece along the edge - i may have a slight gap , not a problem really as it will be covered by base units and away from view the chipboard is 2400 x 600 and the room is 2630 - so will...
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    air quality monitor

    thinking of looking into the house and if air quality is an issue - other half has some fatigue etc and I have been feeling rough recently - and all test come back normal done a lot of refurb to the house - but nothing in last year or so i was thinking of maybe an air quality monitor - but not...
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    Alterntive / best way to heat room radiator selection

    We have a utility room made from Airated blocks, insulated warm flat roof - installed a few years ago the extension room may have been built in the 80's Width 2.5m , Height 2.1m , length 5.8 m Putting an insulated suspended floor - 40mm celitec and 22mm floor boarding on a concrete floor Room...
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    porch refurbish - lockdown 2021 ish

    This is a porch , where i stripped out all the sides and over the door and replaced and re-tilled The problem was who ever fitted the old tiles - red ones - they sloped down towards the front door - and then under the floor in to the hall way - suspended floor - someone had added trim and...
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    Cloakroom refit - over lockdown - 2020

    over lockdown, we refurbished our cloakroom - Autumn 2020 we had some quotes - then - without any bits - toilet basin, cabinets etc - £2000 without doing anything to floor - and another one £2500 without the tiling !!!! Gutted and fitted a radiator , and new everything I expected to take...
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