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    Cam locks come loose on bed frame: imminent disaster feared!

    Thanks for the response! I would have, but John Lewis said they were out of stock... Herewith (I hope - I've not used this system before, I think) are 4 shots of 1. the bed frame corner, showing the latest fitting in situ. 2. the frame corner disassembled, showing the two cam pin...
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    Cam locks come loose on bed frame: imminent disaster feared!

    I have a solid wooden double-bed frame from John Lewis that is held together by two pins and associated cam locks (nuts?) at each corner. After some years - so no guarantee - two of the cam locks are getting loose and do not hold their newly-tightened state for more than a few days. I replaced...
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    Cooker seal for ageing gas cooker

    Thanks for this - I hadn't seen/registered it in my searching. I'll ring tomorrow. The universal is made with metal corner pieces to hand the user-trimmed seal by, but the 50 GX needs a continuous seal that is gripped along its length by parts of the oven's assembly pressings. I'm Happier now
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    Cooker seal for ageing gas cooker

    No, I haven't... have you got a fellow driver/repairer/shareholder in the Bristol area, then? ;-)
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    Cooker seal for ageing gas cooker

    Got an ageing (but who's old at 20?) Parkinson Cowan Sonata GX 50 cooker with a very wrecked lower door seal in dire need of replacement. The seal is continuous, so no cheapo kit from eSpares will do. G.A.Spares have a seal that they say is for this device but it seems too short at 47.5" My...
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    Locating joist above lath & plaster ceiling

    I've done this before and for the same reason as I'm doing it now: to hang a Sheila Maid clothes dryer. Last time it was easy - just looked in the loft made holes to locate the joist from below - but now it's not as the ceiling joists have been reinforced for the new loft room and are...
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    Replacing a single tile in a bathroom wall: can it be done?

    After a shower replacement a tile with an unsightly hole in it has been uncovered and wish to replace it. Is it viable to replace just one tile in a wall of them? They are stuck to a lath-and-plaster wall (c.1906) with normal tile cement. They are very closely grouted so I would have...
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    Does epoxy age in the tube?

    What? Spend money when I've got a perfectly good set of tubes of useless glue?? How would I justify it? I s'pose I'll have to because I binned the stuff yesterday... Teh extra hardener and a day 'setting' (I dare not pull at it in case it comes apart) and it is holding. Maybe it's the...
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    Does epoxy age in the tube?

    Today I mixed some ageing epoxy glue to stick a magnet to a plastic timer. After an hour ( it has 5 minute setting time, it says) I let the magnet stick to a steel surface. A while later the clock had fallen away from the magnet! I re-did it with a bit more hardener. Two hours later the...
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    What adhesive to bolster self-adhesive vinyl tiles?

    A very late response but the research paid off... Both acrilic and spray glue failed to hold the pre-glued vinyls to the wooden wall. So I bought an elcheapo B&Q B&D stapler and nailed the b....rds to the wall! Luckily the tiles are dark brownish so the nail heads don't show and won't when...
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    What adhesive to bolster self-adhesive vinyl tiles?

    Thanks for the offer, Dad! :D I'm far too far away to take you up on it! Will said acrylic glue react OK with the existing self-adhesive stuff? Have you tried using it with s-ad vinyl tiles on a wall? someome said to try the spray-on vinyl adhesive c/o B&Q. Anyone used it successfully?
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    What adhesive to bolster self-adhesive vinyl tiles?

    I have a tongue-and-groove bath surround that I want to cover with self-adhesive vinyl floor tiles matching those newly laid on the floor. Is this a silly thing to do? I tested it with two tiles and they adhered pretty well - even the one that I heated and used to turn a corner (radius...
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    Anybody had/fitted 'Suntile' or 'Skytunnel'?

    I am considering having one of these: http://www.just-rooflights.co.uk http://www.suntileuk.com fitted (I don't trust myself working on a roof!) in a dark passage way ceiling. Has any one any experience of their use and any advice for a potential user? Any observations re which might...
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    Extending a balanced flue - can it be done??

    I have a Bosch balanced flue water/heating boiler fitted to an outside wall. I want to fit a 4 foot deep lean-to poly-carb rain-shelter to the said outside wall but the flue will then - technically - be covered by it. I understand that the fear is always that the flue will vent dangerous...
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