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    Carpet Adhesive compatible with an Asphalt floor ?

    Thanks dazlight. I've been reading the datasheet for it and it looks a nice gentle (solvent-free) product ideal for sticking things to asphalt floors. (y)
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    Carpet Adhesive compatible with an Asphalt floor ?

    Thanks for replying Wayners. I've got a half a tube of stixall let over from another job. So I will squirt a bit on the asphalt floor in the cupboard under the stairs to check it doesn't have a chemical reaction and sticks ok. I can't believe there isn't a dedicated product. I reckon half the...
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    Carpet Adhesive compatible with an Asphalt floor ?

    To cut a long story short, I have bought and fitted a cheap felt backed carpet (no underlay). The bloke in the carpet shop told me to stick it down with carpet adhesive. So I bought a can of evo-stick carpet adhesive. However I've just read the back of the can and it says it's not to be used...
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    Metal Hit and Miss air vent covers and their lack of a built-in fly screen

    Hi, What is the recommended way of stopping flies and bugs with these types of hit and miss vents? The cheapo plastic ones always seem to have a fly screen built-in. Here is an example of a cheap quality plastic one with a fly screen built-in Here is a youtube video of a metal hit and miss...
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    Benjamin Moore which white?

    Like the original poster of this thread I'm thinking of doing my woodwork in Scuff-x Satin, but can't decide which white to go for between Chantilly Lace or Super White. Are you getting good coverage with the Chantilly Lace Scuff-x? I'm asking because I've read a few comments under a couple of...
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    Best exterior silicone sealant for uPVC window frames

    Hi, I need to renew the exterior white silicone sealant on some of our uPVC window frames. It's definitely failed because I'm getting water stains in the bottom corner of a couple of the internal window reveals. The windows were installed about 8 years ago and the window fitter used an...
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    Brand new ball bearing hinges with play in them ?

    I bought 8 pairs (16 hinges) of Zoo hinges a few weeks ago. The exact model of them is ZHSS232S. None of them have any grinding in them and they all have a nice smooth opening and closing action. However 4 of them have as much play in them as I was seeing in the ironmongerdirect ones. As an...
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    Brand new ball bearing hinges with play in them ?

    Thanks. I will give those Zoo ones a try, even with postage costs., they're actually cheaper than the ones from the big DIY shops.
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    Brand new ball bearing hinges with play in them ?

    Fair point. I only decided to go for bearing hinges because I've read posts on various forums that said they are much better than butt and washered hinges and are basically a "no-brainer" these days. I also noticed that the online reviews on the likes of amazon, ironmonger direct, wickes, B&Q...
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    Brand new ball bearing hinges with play in them ?

    I've now ended up taking the Eclipse hinges back of refund as well :ROFLMAO:. In total I bought 8 pairs of them, so 16 hinges total. I discovered that 3 of the 16 weren't opening and closing smoothly, they had this kind of tight slack tight slack juddery grinding motion :giggle:,. The bloke in...
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    Brand new ball bearing hinges with play in them ?

    Thanks for the replies. I ended up sending them back to ironmongery direct and going with the Eclipse hinges. However, I also ended up taking 2 sets of those back for a swap, as they also had a bit of play in them (it was about half of the play I was seeing in the ironmongery direct hinges)...
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    Brand new ball bearing hinges with play in them ?

    I think I sort of understand what your saying, but wouldn't up/down play mean that your doors could eventually start to sag and your latches miss their keep hole? I've just got back from one of the high street diy sheds after buying a pair of Eclipse (model number 14852) ball bearing hinges to...
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    Brand new ball bearing hinges with play in them ?

    With the hinge leaves parallel it's exactly the same. Untouched the gaps at points A and B are both about 1mm but can be opened and closed to about 0.5mm or widended to 1.5mm. In fact the play is there from the hinge being fully closed to fully open and every angle in between. There's actually...
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    Brand new ball bearing hinges with play in them ?

    Hi, I've just bought 8 pairs of 3" ball bearing hinges. These ones to be precise, https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/product/twin-ball-bearing-door-hinge-75-x-50-x-2mm-satin-stainless-steel-pair-417504 I bought them because they get loads of excellent reviews, however every single one of...
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    Digital inclinometers - How accurate is yours?

    The surface's don't have to be flat and level, they just need to be flat, because these devices can use a mode called relative angle mode. They also have an absolute angle mode. For anyone that needs a full explanation of this feature. Here's a youtube video to watch. The bubble on it is of...
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    Digital inclinometers - How accurate is yours?

    Hi, I recently bought a digital inclinometer, it's a Huepar AG01. It has 1 magnetic side and 3 non-magnetic sides. When placed on its magnetic side and left side it's bang on. However, Upside down it's 0.45 degrees off. The right side is 0.55 degrees off. The bubble is also off by about 0.2...
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    Heavy duty 100mm (82mm backset) tubular mortice latches that turn both ways for door knobs

    What about standard quality 100mm (82mm backset) tubular mortice latches that turn both ways for knobs. Do they exist? If so, who sells them? I'm not the first person puzzled by this issue, while googling I found a thread on a different forum from back in 2007. Unfortunately the helpful links...
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    Heavy duty 100mm (82mm backset) tubular mortice latches that turn both ways for door knobs

    Do they exist? The thing I'm talking about is demonstrated by Charlie Diyte in this youtube video for the 9 seconds between 10 mins 46 secs and 10 mins 55 secs Basically in this video Charlie Diyte's old low quality tubular mortice latches worked both clockwise and anti-clockwise from either...
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    Mist coating mostly OLD bare plaster before a final coat of Leyland brilliant white vinyl matt

    Thanks for the replies. The old emulsion in our house (that was underneath wallpaper) came off a lot like the emulusion shown in this video. (just watch for 24 seconds between 3 mins 35 secs and 3 mins 59 secs) The emulsioning in our house would have been done some time between 1955 and...
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    Mist coating mostly OLD bare plaster before a final coat of Leyland brilliant white vinyl matt

    Hi I'm in the process of redecorating our bedroom. I want to paint the walls and ceiling with a wipeable (does not need to scrubbable) brilliant white vinyl matt. Do I just mist coat with the actual vinyl matt or should I use a contract matt for the mist coat? The plaster is mostly OLD and...
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