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    Volt mod

    I see there's a product around that promotes itself by suggesting it will cut your electricity bill considerably. It says it will do this by realigning the current and voltage of the sine wave of AC electricity, and ultimately providing more power for the same amount of money. I understand in...
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    Exterior tiling job

    I plan on tiling my outdoor veranda next month, and thought I'd post this in case I'm about to do it wrong, or maybe someone can suggest a better way, or tips or improvements. It is covered by the roof, but still gets rain on it regularly with the wind. From markings on it I can see it has had...
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    Rebuilding a small wall

    I’ve a small dwarf type wall at the end of my garden, backing onto a tarmac type pavement. It is mostly made up of sandstone sections and rubble, with a capping section on top. The capping section is in poor condition in many places, and the sandstone is bulging in places, so I intend to...
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    Ford transit Connect clutch

    I have a ford transit connect 12yo 100k. The clutch was replaced as is normal on these at three years old. Recently the clutch cables needed to be replaced (pretty pricey), and since then I find the clutch slipping in third gear and slightly in fourth gear. I asked the garage about this but...
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    steaming off a plaster skim

    I was recently steaming off some wallpaper and got the impression the steamer was in fact lifting the 3mm plaster skim. Is this a known problem? Bit of a pain when you have a lot of reskimming to to when you only wanted to repaper.
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    Concrete floor

    I am planning to fit a concrete floor in a single basement room of my house (the existing floor is incorrectly done). I thought I had the jist of what was required with a sizeable layer of compacted hardcore under about 100mm of reinforced concrete. However one of the builders I have asked to...
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    taking card payment

    Due to the customer trends and requests it looks as if I need to start taking payment by credit/debit card. Having had a look at a couple of offerings, trying to work out the cost is tricky. One major player Elavon would cost me about £50 per month including the mobile terminal rental and...
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    Lavender

    Tried to grow some from seed, germinated ok, but couldn't keep them alive. I've now ordered plug plants but received a note today that they will be sent in September. Is June a bad month forplanting them? or does the company selling them not have any?
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    Collecting card payments

    looking into this ...has anyone tried this? www.mobilepos.co.uk Does it do what it says on the tin? I've nothing to compare it with so thought I'd ask around before delving deeper.
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