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Hi, Have got a 9w PLL tube in a fish tank that has its own holder/ballast unit. I want to upgrade to a better light and can easliy get some matching 18W PLL tubes but need a suitable ballast. Problem is there are loads of 18W ballasts advertised but they all seem to be for specific...

Hi, Have got a Potterton RS40 boiler used in the layout below as a fully pumped two valve system. Was looking to have it moved into the loft to provide more space in the kitchen where its currently located. The first question - can an old style boiler be moved the 8ft or would...

Hi All, Just wondered if you could clue me up regarding bathroom mirror lighting. How good are they in respect of allowing you to see well for shaving etc , could you rely just on them. Which gives a better light, led, halogen bulb or fluorescent types ? Have seem some working in...

Hi All, I'm about to paper the bathroom , but then remembered being told a long time ago that I shoud add some pva adhesive to the paste mix to stop the joints opening up. What I didn't get at the time was any reference to how much pva to add to to the paste ? Anyone heard of or...

Hi All, Just been helping a friend re install his XP Home onto his new Intel / Gigabyte mobo type GA-H61M-D2-B3. The first problem was his copy of XP was rather scratched and a couple of files could not be read in but it still completed installing. Think they might have been...

Hi , Helping a friend out here who has an Intel E5700 in a Asus P5G41T-M LX Socket 775 Motherboard with just one stick of 2gb ddr3 133 memory. Its using XP Home which I know can only use 3 gb max, so will he see any real benefit in adding another stick of either 1gb or 2gb in the second...

Hi, I currently use a Swann PVR pci card as the heart of a camera security system which works fine on my old xp PC. However the old amd2000 pc is getting problematical and an upgrade seems likely soon. Most PC packages come with W7 64 bit , but the PVR card only has drivers for W7 32...

Hi All, Have got a standard 6ft overlap wooden fence at the bottom of our small back garden, the fence is our property. New kids on the other side are thumping their football onto the two panels where our properties meet. I reinforced our side with some extra planks to stop them breaking...

Hi, Am looking to use one of the 850w 2 stroke petrol generators sold at most places for about £75 to drive a heater rated at 500w. I have seen somewhere that the continuous rating is actually 650W, which should meet my needs of 500W for a max of 4 hours durning a power cut. Would...

Hi, A couple of summers ago I refixed a driveway manhole cover frame using Extra Rapid set cement as the cover is slap in the middle of the tyre track with no space to get around it. After the recent snows had melted all this concrete has lifted and literally crumbling like pastry. As...

Hi, I know that the use of fans at ceiling height blowing the hot air back down to ground level is an accepted way of reducing heating costs in commercial buildings. I'm heating a small insulated greenhouse and thought about trying the same idea, but the running cost of even a small 20w...

Hi, Have got an 20 year old corrugated concrete garage roof that is basically sound but leaking a bit on the overlap joints and fixing holes. Have just tried some of the Evostick Roof and Gutter Repair sealer from a fresh tube but it simply does not take. Have first tried it on the...