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    Mac Allister Mitre Saw

    Luckily it has a 3 year warranty - and taking it back is probably the most likely option to be honest. That way I get a brand new saw rather than one which has been used for a year :lol:
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    Mac Allister Mitre Saw

    I found this thread while doing a Google search for problems with this saw. I've had mine for around 12 months and this morning is seems to have stopped working. The "Red eye" is still coming on but the motor refuses to do anything when you squeeze the trigger. B&Q have advised that I...
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    Plasterboarding advice - protruding corners / dry lining.

    Thanks, Roughcaster - sounds like you've done it before! I've already discovered taper edge board is not as easily available as standard board so tracking down the tape will be the next challenge.
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    Plasterboarding advice - protruding corners / dry lining.

    Our 1930's house has solid brick walls and rather lumpy, bumpy plaster on the inside. As we've worked around the house decorating, we've tended to spend an awful lot of time makin gthe plaster good before lining papering the walls and painting. The end result is very good but it is jolly time...
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    Fitting DG frames in a rendered apperture

    I have 4 windows to replace, two of them are in plain brick walls where I can easily measure the size required, the other two are in a rendered wall. In this wall, the rendering goes into the reveal on the outtside. I have looked at how next-door have had theirs fitted and it seems the...
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    Mounting into crumbling/hard walls.

    sadly its not the holes being too close together - they're 3" apart. When I tried using a smaller drill, even a 6mm drill caused the brick to break up. Tried non-hammer drilling too.
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    Mounting into crumbling/hard walls.

    We decided to put up a shelf in the lounge. One of those wher eyou cant see the brackets - used them before in our previous (1982 vintage) house with no problems. Four 8mm holes are required per shelf. I began by marking out where I wanted the holes and started to drill the first 8mm then...
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