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    A decent garden hose ,,,,

    About garden hoses. I've an outdoor tap - and my pressure washer requires a hose to connect it to the tap. I've got some (old - perhaps 20+ years old) hose... with joins... This hosepipe is robust (except for at the joins) but is also heavy and difficult to coil/store. I can get my pressure...
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    Are Wire Nuts the wrong choice in the UK?

    I hope this is a very simple question... I've installed 8 low-power mains LED strip lights in my garage - and have run cable from them to where I want to put the switch. There's currently a single old florescent set-up which was switched on by a single mains light switch - I'm replacing it...
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    Tile saw - large format tiles.

    I've minimal tiling experience... and the maximum size of tile I've used previously is 4" square two decades ago. I intend to tile a bathroom... and I intend to tile it with large format porcelain tiles... 90cm x 45cm. I've been thinking through my tile layouts - and think I can do the entire...
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    • big ambition heath robinson moderate skill tile saw
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    DIY Refurbish en-suite... or do it another way?

    I am a time-deprived DIY person near Gloucester. I want to refurbish a (very small) en-suite. I am prepared to do work myself - but, particularly with plumbing, and tiling, I suspect a professional would do a better job (and do it *much* quicker). My problems are: While I've visited retail...
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    Lawnmowing...

    Discussion/advice... When I bought my house, I owned an 18" Bosh electric mower - it had been over-kill for the garden at my rental... but it seemed a bit puny for the larger garden where I moved. One evening, in the summer, after toiling with the electric Bosch mower... I opened a bottle of...
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    Pink wood primer in the olden days...

    I wonder if anyone here can offer me advice. I apologise in advance that this is a bit half-baked. In the 1990s, I did some (amateur) renovation of wooden window frames. I didn't really know what I was doing - but I copied things that I noticed appeared to work for tradesmen. My approach was...
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    Track Saw advice...

    Hi... I think I want to buy a cheap track saw. I am struggling to make a decision... I'm hoping to solicit some advice here... I'm only an occasional DIY-er - ready to give most things a go - under no illusion that I've any natural skill. I've bought some tools; I've inherited more tools -...
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