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    Smeg fridge freezer FA421XS not cooling

    Hi, no idea. How does one tell?
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    Smeg fridge freezer FA421XS not cooling

    Hi, I have an approx. 10 year old Smeg. It was fine until suddenly started not getting cold , both the fridge and freezer. In fact it now gets hot so there is no cooling at all. The fan seems to be OK, there is air blowing into the freezer at the top fairly fast. The compressor seems to be...
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    Replacing boards in solid engineered oak flooring

    I think a photo might help: [/url] I need to cut the old boards out - the one on the bottom right and the small one next to it, which is in a kind of P shape. Then I can put new ones in to fill up the hole in the floor at the bottom. How can I cut the old boards out? Thanks
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    Replacing boards in solid engineered oak flooring

    I need to remove some boards due to removal of some boxing in the corner of a room which has left a hole. The wood is floating so not glued down, but the tongue and grooves are glued together. What do I need in order to remove a couple of boards from the corner to replace with new longer...
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    Removing paint from a cast iron bath - heat gun or stripper?

    I have ended up just doing some hard graft and scraping it off with a stanley blade scraper. More effective than the stripper, although there are some areas that won't budge, but I figure they will be good enough to paint over. I am going to prime to stop rusting, and then using a oil based...
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    Removing paint from a cast iron bath - heat gun or stripper?

    Sorry I am talking about the outside which is painted. The inside is enamelled and is perfect. I dont want to mess up the enamel potentially using a heatgun on the outside.
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    Removing paint from a cast iron bath - heat gun or stripper?

    I bought a second hand, hardly used cast iron bath. It had been painted and stored outside, so some of the paint was peeling off. On the advice I received at Brewers, I got some paint stripper called Rust-oleum. 750ml has removed about 40% of the paint, with many coats. In some places it hasnt...
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