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    Lighting a garage with no electricity

    Hey, I'm turning my garage into a home gym but it's in a small car park at the end of my road so there's no way I can run an electric cable to it so I need some way of lighting it without electricity. I'm thinking maybe some solar powered lamps or maybe something rechargeable that I can...
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    Microbore pipe to valve connection?

    Hi, Yesterday I was trying to take off an old bathroom radiator to replace and the olive broke off the pipe into the valve. The pipe is microbore (not sure if 8mm or 10mm) so I'm just wondering what I need to get to replace it as I'm completely new to this kind of thing. The space between...
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    Broken plastic thermostatic cartridge cap, options?

    This probably belongs in the DIY disasters section but nonetheless... I was just descaling my thermostatic cartridge and as I was putting it all back on I managed (don't ask me how) to break the plastic cap off the end which caused the middle of the cartridge to pop-out and now I get cold...
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    All radiators stone cold

    Hi guys, I bought a house early January and as soon as I moved in, a double radiator was removed from the wall for plastering and I put it back on and bled it Friday night. I got heat as normal on Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday morning but when I came back Sunday night the rads were...
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    Cannot tighten 2 gang switch to wall

    Hi all, just signed up. I've just bought my first house by myself and I'm completely new to DIY and anything involving any kind of tools! I work in IT and have always relied on friends/relatives to help me out but now I have my own place, I want to learn. ANYWAY, I rewired a new 2 gang...
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