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    Sink waste to square hopper.

    Hi, I am going to put a sink into my garage for hand washing and general cleaning purposes. There is a square plastic hopper in the floor already and I was wondering if you can get an adapter for sink waste pipes that replaces the plastic grid? My house is an old one with a combined rain and...
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    Lime mortar on K rend

    Hi John, Thanks for your reply. Yes I have a go with a brush and water, even escalated to a power washer. It is a few marks, notably a handprint and they have set hard. I agree totally that is should be soft but it is just not moving.
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    Lime mortar on K rend

    Hi, I have recently had the pointing on a sandstone wall done. Unfortunately some of the mortar has marked a nearby new wall which is rendered with K rend. Can I use brick acid to clean it? thanks
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    Fruit trees

    Thanks guys. Any ideas of variety, I fancy a cherry and I would like some thing that will grow to ~15 feet tall with a spread of about 6 feet. I am in mid Scotland and the patch is well sheltered and gets good sun.
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    Fruit trees

    Hi, A question about fruit trees. I am thinking about converting my old veg plot into a mini orchard. It is about 6 by 30 feet. I want to plant a couple of fruit trees, possbily an apple and a cherry. I was wondering if I can cover the ground with fabric and the bark chips? Will this harm the...
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    cat poo

    I have found that human urine is the best deterent for cats. Cheap and in plentiful supply. I found the wife`s was most effective but she complained so much about having to pee in a bucket that I have had to resort to using my own.
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    sandstone blocks

    Hi, I am looking for a supplier of pink/red sandstone blocks in Scotland. I am looking to rebuild a low garden wall at the front of my house. It looks like the existing blocks are pretty large 600x300x300mm. I am looking for a close match and all I seem to be able to find are small blocks from...
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    Becoming a damp proofer!!

    Just to be annoying, I work as an industrial chemist, one of the pictures on this website http://www.buildingpreservation.com/ as previously posted is of a gas chromatograph. This is for analysing volatile organics, not inorganic salts. The other picture I think is of an ICP (inductive couple...
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    drain snake

    I have a blocked outside rain water drain. It is an old fashioned type (sink or cystern?). I am thinking about buying a drain snake, I have seen one for £20. I was wondering how flexible they are? The drain has a small sink with a pipe coming of it with a u bend on it.
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    sandstone woes

    I plan to coat all the wall and the coping stones in waterseal when it is finished. I need to build up the worn down bit first and I am trying to get it to match in with the rest of the copes. Not sure what weatherstruck pointing is, I rubbed down all the joints to leave the surface of the...
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    sandstone woes

    I have just repointed my garden wall, 7' high Victorian brick, about 30 yards long. Some task I can tell you. The problem I have now is that there are sandstone coping stones on top of it all. In a few palces they have crumbled away down to a depth of 4-5''. I am trying to restore them and am...
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    Thin Sheet Plastic

    I have seen plastic shower panels in B&Q which were made to look like tiles. This might do the job.
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    Invading cats

    I have found that a good way to deter cats is with human urine. I was plagued with cats a while ago and I had heard a story about a guy living in the woods in Canada. He had been bothered by bears stealing food from his camp so he tried marking all the trees around the camp with urine. I thought...
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    turf over concrete

    I have to report that nothing of interest was found under the concrete. However one of the blocks contained the base of a flagpole. This would explain why there was what appeared to be a 15' by 15' parade ground marked out in another part of the garden. My house was owned by the local chief...
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    How to add trellis to the top of an old wall

    It might be an idea to put small spacers under the horizontal baton (if I am getting what you mean), this would keep the majority of the wood off the top of the wall. Stopping the wood rotting on the underside and keeping the top of the wall dry.
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    losing my marbles

    Cheers mate, looks like my old cutter might be getting a new blade.
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    losing my marbles

    I am going to lay marble tiles as a gas fireplace hearth. The width is going to be about 1300mm and the depth 600mm with the tiles 10mm thick. I want to keep the tiles all the same size but I have yet to see any tile that will fit the bill without being cut. The question is what is the best way...
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    Cat mess

    I have found that human pee is one of the best deterents for cats, just sprinkle it around in the spot were it craps. Using a bucket will keep your modesty intact. Without wanting to sound pervy I found that the wife's worked better than mine.
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