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    Fence Treatment

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    Fence Treatment

    Hi, The new fence recently erected at the back came dipped treated (water based presumably). Is it possible to overcoat this water based treatment with oil or solvent based treatment/preservative. The one I had in mind was the solvent based "Shed & Fence Preserver" by Ronseal. Any...
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    New Lawn and Worm Problems?

    Hi, The lawn is about 3 months old and seems to be doing well and establishing itself. I spent alot of hours preparing the soil and finally leveling it. The lawn was immaculate when first laid, a green flat carpet . However earthworms have put paid to that. They come to the surface and...
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    Brad Nails - Suitable for making Featheredge Fence ?

    Hi, I'm thinking of constructing a featheredge board fence. I can get my hand on a Tacwise 191EL nailer. Would the 35mm length brad nails be suitable for nailing the boards to the rails. Looking at the (galvanised) nails on the B&Q website I fear that they may nail straight through the...
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    Job Advert: what does "bar at £xx,xxx" mean?

    Thanks for the reply guys. I think I can make sense of one of the replies, still getting my head around the other. :)
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    Job Advert: what does "bar at £xx,xxx" mean?

    Hi, I've seen job adverts which state a salary range followed by "bar at £xx,xxx" where the bar figure is lower than the top end of the salary range. I've never known what this bar figure refers to or how it is calculated. I'm sure somebody can educate me on this one. Cheers, T.
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    YOUR driving habits

    Dogging.... :oops:
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    Replacing Fan Oven Element On a Baumatic B185 Oven

    Hi, Has anybody tried replacing the fan oven element on a Baumatic oven? Is it straightforward? My model is a B185, it's a few years old now but was working a treat until the element went recently. A third party element costs around a tenner plus postage and a baumatic branded part around...
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    BNP win 2 seats

    Made me laff :D Talk about sh*t for brains! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SXeK8vz4KQ
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    Creating Background noise for neighbour privacy

    Have you considered...... just a thought?
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    BNP Members List

    Noticed that some members addresses were abroad: Malta, Brazil, Bermuda, Dubai etc. Mmmmm.... Very principled folks these BNP lot.
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    DE7777 - Dewalt Dust Extraction Kit, 100mm Connection unit?

    Hi, Got a De7777 100mm extraction unit for free. Having googled for sometime I can't see anything to plug the 100mm adaptor to? Has anybody got any innovative ideas on what to do with it? The De7778 comes with a 35mm adaptor so I guess it should be easy to attach that to a cheapo vacuum...
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    Tesco Scam - Be on your guard.

    Tesco Scam Please be careful. I don't know how many of you shop at Tesco, but this may be useful to know. I have become a victim of a clever scam while out shopping. This happened to me and it could happen to you. The victims are always males, so ladies, please pass this information...
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    Postcrete - Pour water in 1st or Postcrete 1st then water?

    Never said the instructions are not right mate! In fact, erected a concrete spur post using the instructions and it's rock solid. The reason I asked the question is I now need to erect a 2 or 3 more posts. I would imagine it would be easier to line the posts and adjust them first in a dry mix...
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    Concrete for Washing Line Pole

    :? A single bag of Postcrete will set you back about 3 quid! Oh, just spotted that you're from the wrong side of the Pennines. That explains it then :wink: Personally I'd use Postcrete. The stuff sets in literally minutes, once upright you can walk away, no need to brace it or use guide...
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    Postcrete - Pour water in 1st or Postcrete 1st then water?

    Hi, The instructions on the packet of Postcrete (by Blue Circle/Lafarge) advice to fill a hole a third to half full with water, insert the post then cover the water with Postcrete. Can you get just as good results with the above product if filling the hole with Postcrete and then adding...
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    How to lay a deck.

    Apparently according to part 2 of the vid, the guy in the vid got paid!! Watch for the handy work on the mitre saw, the deck posts inserted (approx) a full 6 inches into the ground, lack of driving tool for the posts and the expert use of a 6 inch spirit level. Part 1 Part 2
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    Building Garden Gate

    Hi. First you are going to need the right tools for the job. There's a lot or work that goes into making that type of gate. Next you're going to have to decide if you want to use hardwood or softwood? Treated or untreated? :evil:
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    Fitting floodlight - Help/advice/options.

    Hi, thanks for the reply. Upon closer inspection the carport socket (single 2.5mm cable) goes back to the CU and a 20A MCB. Am I right in saying that this is then a simple radial circuit? I have spent a while reading previous posts and it appears that I can go down the route of leaving the...
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    Fitting floodlight - Help/advice/options.

    Many thanks for your reply. Am I right in saying that from the FCU I can have two separate connections, one to the security light and another connection to a socket, with 1.5mm TE for the light and a 2.5mm cable to the socket? Assuming the above is correct, what fuse should be used in the...
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