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    Best glue/fixing for laminate edging

    Hi, I have laid some laminate wooden flooring at a friends house and just finishing a few bits off then I will add the edging but unsure of best glue. They would prefer glue to small nails. Would some kind of gripfill be best or a spray adhesive? It is a fairly new house so pretty clean and...
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    Combi Boiler Low Pressure

    Hi All, We have a combi boiler for about 1.5 years now with no issues but now it is not heating the water at all. I noticed the the pressure gauge is at 0, when i switch power off and on again the pressure goes up to about 0.8 bar but then drops to 0. I read that combi's will not work if...
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    Watching Youview in another room

    Hi, We have TalkTalk TV via a youview box in the lounge next to our Broadband router. This means we can only watch the Youview box in the lounge. We have an uplink to a sort of amplifier in the roof that feeds the freeview signal to 4 other TV sets but not the Youview. Can anyone advise the...
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    Recommend Power drill for decking

    Hi, I plan on making some decking in the garden. I have a corded Dewalt power dill if I need to drill into brick, but I wanted a cordless power dill for use on the screws. Not too worried about charge time as its a DIY job and no time constraints. I wonder if there is a particular voltage, I am...
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    Decking advice needed

    Hi, We plan to build some decking in our back garden. This will be next to the house so I hope to be able to fix to the wall for stability but of course below damp course unless this is advised against. The area we currently have is about 7m long by 3m wide not sure how much we will deck but a...
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    TV Socket to allow power through

    Hi I have a few TV's already and wanted to add an extra one, but we have a amplifier down by my TV that goes through the COAX cable. When the TV chap was here I know he had to change the sockets as the ones installed by builders stopped the power getting through. Can anyone tell me the type of...
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    Replacing a 4 way amp with 5 way

    Hello all, We have 4 TV's connected via 4 Way Masthead AMP V20-1420, there is a feed in from the aerial and 4 out connectors. This works fine but I wanted to add another TV cable. The TV's wont always be on at same time in case this affects the signal. We also have a VisionV230-2102G power unit...
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    Light for understairs cupboard

    Hi, We have an understairs cupboard which is tall enough to walk in part way and is basically the whole of the understairs. We have a double electric socket and I thought it would be easy to buy a light to plug into one of the sockets and fix light to wall. My children have lights from IKEA...
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    Suggestions for a IP security camera/s

    Hi, I am interested in having a few IP camera's set up in my house. Probably wont need external as I don't have any valuables externally like a shed etc. So possibly looking at internally just in case of a burglary. Maybe one upstairs and downstairs. I have broadband and would like to be...
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    Working out amount of sharp sand

    Hello, I wanted to estimate how much sharp sand i need to lay as a base. The area is 7m x 7.5m and will need to be about 25mm deep. Any advice on who is a good supplier is appreciated too. I will need to order in ton bags rather than small bags. Thanks
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    Fake Grass

    Hi, We have a new build house with no turf as we decided to try fake grass mainly to give the children a play area as we have seen this in council areas and other places and looks good to us, sorry real grass fans. Are there any pitfuls to avoid and optimum length of grass as so many to choose...
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    Loft floor ideas

    Hi I want to board the middle part of my loft in a new home which has W truss fitted, so maybe 3m v 8m for light storage. I have used the 3 pack of 1.2m loft boards before which are chipboard, but have found some light boards called stryoloft which seem good as very lightweight. I contacted them...
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    Loft Boarding ideas

    Hello, I plan on boarding my loft in a new home but only the middle part and it seems to have W truss fitted. So maybe 8m by 3m. I used to use chipboard before but have found a product styroloft that may work and be more light weight. I did use the pack of 3 boards of about 1.2m long but...
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    New light on ceiling rose

    Hi I have an existing wall switch and one light for a toilet and I wanted to add another light for understairs cupboard using the same switch. I understood I could come from existing ceiling rose. I expected a power and light cable. Is this a straightforward job. One part of the ceiling rose...
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    Burning PIR Light

    Hi, I noticed a funny smell recently when sitting in lounge then I thought it was a blub which had just blown in side table lamp. Then when I went out into garage the PIR light came on which has been outside for about 2 years. I could smell burning again and I looked up and saw the actual PIR...
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    virus removal

    Hi, I have a virus that takes up my whole screen and task manager does not work. I find I can start in safe mode bit virus software does not run because of admin rights but I am logged in as administrator. Any ideas? My next step would to see if I can download and run autoruns as this may show...
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    Dripping Tundish do I need a gas engineer?

    Hi I have a dripping tundish on my unvented cylinder and assumed I need a plumber. I called 3 and have left a message with no reply. I then checked the gas safe website for unvented G3 certified engineers. Is this correct and I have emailed some of them, so is that why the plumbers did not...
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    Tundish dripping on Tribune HE boiler

    Hi, We have what appears to be a Tribune HE boiler where the tundish is dripping. We had the valve replaced About 7 months ago but it is now dripping quite fast again. I will call the installers tomorrow and in the mean time I have turned off the hot water inlet tap near the boiler which I...
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    Boiler has cold water dripping down an open pipe valve

    Hi, We have a boiler which has a break in a pipe and a plastic opening which is obviusly supposed to be there but cold water is dripping through which I dont think I have noticed before and I can hear it through the wall on the ground floor, there is no leak I think as I can hear it dripping in...
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    Damp in roof space

    Hi, Our house is a new build in March 2011. I have noticed on the inside of roof on the black breathable type material that condensation often occurs and this can accumulate and drip. Tonight it appeared on only one side even though the build is the same. It really is just tiles and...
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