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    electrical/fire regulations for electrical equipment in loft

    I want to put a power socket in my loft; the idea is that I want to have a computer running up there (as a server so I can back stuff up onto it etc. and hopefully it wouldn't get nicked if someone breaks into my house). My loft isn't boarded etc., though it is insulated and wouldn't be...
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    Filling gaps in wooden floorboards - silicone sealant?

    About a year and a half ago we had our floorboards sanded, and the guy who did it filled the gaps with what I think was sawdust mixed with something. This looks fine but has fallen out in some places leaving gaps which are a bit draughty. I've tried filling some of them with brown decorator's...
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    how to repair broken neff electric oven door

    I've got a fairly old (about 8-10 years) neff electric oven (standalone under-counter single electric fan assisted oven, conventional, not microwave - sorry don't know what the model is, it doesn't say on it). It works fine, except that part of the door handle has broken off. Because of the...
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    laying a patio

    I'm going to put a patio into my garden. I've dug out a pit for it and dumped a load of broken bricks which I found elsewhere in the garden into it (there wasn't really anywhere else to put them, so I figured bury them under the patio to act as some sort of sub-base - was that a stupid idea?)...
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    digging up a tree stump

    The previous owners of my house helpfully left a tree stump in the middle of the lawn. It was cut off at ground level so pokes through the grass, and is about 9 inches in diameter. I was hoping to get rid of it so I can lay new turf down. I spent sunday afternoon digging around it to a depth...
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    fixing crap fence

    I had a garden fence put in recently but looks like they did a crap job - it seems a bit wobbly even though it's meant to have been concreted in (maybe the concrete hasn't dried yet? however it was put in 3 days ago and it hasn't rained since then so I'm not sure about that). I doubt I can get...
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    fitting trellis on top of an existing fence

    I'd like to fit trellis (3ft) on top of an existing 3ft wooden fence. Trouble is that the fence posts are only slightly higher than the fence so I figured I'd probably need to find a way of extending them so that they can support the trellis. I saw some metpost fence post extenders in B&Q -...
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    Polishing slate floor tiles

    I've got slate floor tiles laid in my kitchen and bathroom. They are fairly rustic, i.e. not smooth and with variation in colour, which is how I wanted them. I'd like to polish them so that they are fairly shiny - at the moment, they are quite dusty looking. What is the best way of doing...
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    quick way of removing textured paint?

    does anyone know if there is a quick way of removing textured paint (think it is paint with sand in it, not sure) from a ceiling? I've tried using a wallpaper stripper, but that didn't really help (paint is directly on the plaster ceiling rather than on paper). Best so far is heat with a hot...
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    cleaning wooden floor

    We sanded and stained our victorian pine floor and then lacquered it using acrylic lacquer (apparently this is commonly used for parquet floors). It looked great until we did some decorating and generated a lot of fine dust (from rubbing down plaster walls etc). This settled into the grain of...
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