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    black water marks on wood

    Thanks for your help I'll give it a try. :D
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    black water marks on wood

    A wooden window ledge has been water damaged by flower pots leaving round marks. I have rubbed the whole ledge down and managed to reduce the black water ring marks to a light brown by bleaching them. Should I stain or oil the ledge to try to blend it all to the one colour or would a slightly...
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    black water marks on wood

    A wooden window ledge has been water damaged by flower pots leaving round marks. I have rubbed the whole ledge down and managed to reduce the black water ring marks to a light brown by bleaching them. Should I stain or oil the ledge to try to blend it all to the one colour or would a slightly...
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    Hotpoint Aquarius dishwasher sdw60 wont start

    My dishwasher blew a fuse which I changed and the dishwasher worked. I noticed the next day I had a slight leak which I sorted - must of bumped hose when changing fuse. The following day the pre wash and drying light continuously flashed, tried various thing eventually pulled plug from wall for...
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    hiding cables

    I'm wallpapering. How do I hide cables that run along the skirting board and door frame?
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    hiding cables

    I going to decorate my landing but I have cables running along one of the door frames. I was told I could scrape a hole and sink the cables into the wall/ door frame and wall paper over the top. Is this correct and if so any advice how to or not do this.
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    Legrand fuse box wont reset

    I left it over an hour and tried the switch again and it reset itself for about 20 minutes and then tripped back to the off position. The bulb blew. I took the bulb out straight away, (The circuit holds about 4 lots of triple spot lights) no work done on circuit and no picture hung...
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    Legrand fuse box wont reset

    Just gave that a try. unfortunatley it just tripped back to the off position :-(
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    Legrand fuse box wont reset

    I've turned off the Main Switch, waited a minute and switched it back on. I then switched the down light MCB back on but it still trips to the off position.
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    Legrand fuse box wont reset

    When a bulb goes in my house which is quite often the switch in the fuse box goes for that area. I just reset this by switching the switch. Unfortunately, the switch on my Legrand fuse box wont reset this time. Do I need to replace the fuse behind the switch? Any help would be appreciated.
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    bath panel

    It pops out from under the bath lip. I'll check what it's held up with. Thanks
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    bath panel

    I have a badly fitted acrylic bath panel it keeps popping out every time the door is closed. Can anyone help
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    toilet cistern

    I fitted a push button toilet cistern and after a few months the water stop refilling in the cistern. I open the top of the cistern to find that the plastic (valve) had not drop to let the water flow back into the cistern. It is now happen on a regular basis. Any advice to what I can do to stop...
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    Rusting shower organiser/shelves

    Quite right! A girl never has to justify what she wants! I bought something simular out of Homebase with a bar and shelves. I ran the pole from the corner of my ceiling to my bath ledge. That was more than 6 months ago and have never had a problem.
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    stain shower screen tube

    B & Q whom I bought the screen from don't seem to have much of a clue and have never heard of this problem! However, if a blue film starts to appear I'll let you know Great I'll give it a try.
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    stain shower screen tube

    I have recently fitted a new shower screen, but after only a few weeks a pink film has appeared inside the rubber tube that runs along the side of the bath. I have squirted bleach inside the tubing but this has made no difference. Any ideas?
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    wood panel ceiling

    My bathroom ceiling is mahogany wood varnished. What would be the best way to prepare the ceiling and product I should use for painting it? (I've been told not to paint it white!)
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    radiator wont turn off

    The heating system in the house is very old I think it is called a 'space saver', dates back to the 70's. I think the radiators date back to the same era. Didn't break the the spindle though.
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    radiator wont turn off

    Thank you for your advice. However this radiator doesn't have a thermostat and even though I have taken a spanner and turned the spindle clockwise as far as the bottom of my boot could push it to, it still won't go off. I would appreciate any advice. Thank you!
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    radiator wont turn off

    well chuckles it didn't work and my radiator is still hot! Any other advice?
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