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  1. JohnD

    Tubular latch unusual dimensions

    Provided by whom?
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    Tubular latch unusual dimensions

    Why?
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    Trump loses 20% of his net worth in a month

    He pays next to no tax because he claims to have next to no income or assets. He tells a different story when bragging about how rich he is. Probably lying both times.
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    The Fake Princess

    That's normal for a well-educated younger person.
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    MPs lose interest in their jobs.

    No votes for tories in the approaching election, then. 65 have handed in their notice so far.
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    Cracks above outhouse window - assuming in need of lintel

    You could use a steel angle iron. Paint it well before fitting for rust protection.
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    Way to stop upstairs neighbours flooding my garden?

    Local council, environmental health.
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    Green paint on old internal wall (Ed.)

    If it's old lime plaster, linseed oil gloss paint was common in a kitchen as it can be scrubbed. You can actually strip it with a hot air gun and scraper but it might release lead fumes. You can get a sample tested. If it is not oil paint it will be distemper, which can be scrubbed off with...
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    Are these Screws or Nails correct for fence?

    I use stainless coach screws for serious fence assembly of the "frame" They go into softwood easily, but you can drill a pilot hole if not. Put washers under the heads. But post clips are correct for fence panels, I use galvanised clout nails. The galvanising is much thicker than on BZP...
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    How to solve these damp problems and put my room back together?

    Avoid anyone who sells silicone injections. If the water is in one particular place, the source might be a leak from a drain, downpipe or waterpipe. I don't see any pipes indoors. Please show us the outside. In a terrace the leak can be next door, such as a radiator pipe. The thing under...
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    What material to backfill post hole

    Sandwich?
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    Zion and the Art of Armageddon

    Israel's leaders have called for starvation to be used as a weapon of war in the Knesset and media. And for extermination of Palestinians including children and babies This is a racist nation engaged in genocide.
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    Discoloured roof tiles (Ed.)

    The two sides of the roof look different colours. I wonder if they used an original, or different, material for the side facing the road. Round here people sometimes use natural slate for the road side, and cheaper synthetic slate for the back of the house.
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    What material to backfill post hole

    They look better if you make a little wooden box as formwork round the top, so there is just a neat small square collar (if anything) visible above ground. A great blob of concrete, if your hole was untidily dug, gets in the way of future gardening and looks unsightly. Moisten the earth and...
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    Discoloured roof tiles (Ed.)

    Go in the loft and see what's underneath it. You might find leaks. I wonder if a disused chimney or something was removed, and the roof patched up with different materials.
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    Zion and the Art of Armageddon

    Some racists hate Arabs. See above.
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    What type of brick is this?

    It looks to me like stone cladding. Round here it is mostly like an ornamental tile nailed or stuck to a brick wall, but in some areas, such as parts of Yorkshire, houses are built with an outer leaf of real or reconstituted (concrete) stone blocks. Your damaged one seems to have sand and...
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    Possible Cause to Damp at Bottom of External Wall

    That's the thing that looks to me like the visible part of a cement plinth.
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    How can I stop damp coming through wall?

    Find where the water is coming from, and repair the source. It is often a leaking drain or pipe, sometimes a spilling gutter, sometimes earth or paving heaped up against the wall over the DPC or holding puddles or rainwater against the wall. Or, indoors, in winter, often condensation. In UK...
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    Please may I change your nappy?

    you have your finger on the pulse.
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