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Evening all With the budget all but run out, we have bought some cheapish laminate flooring to do out our living room and study with. The instructions suggest...
7 Jan 2, 2009
5:54 pm

Dr CJD George ATICS Ltd
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Not really selfbuilding, but there's such a wealth of knowledge here and I hope no-one will mind... I want to mount a fairly hefty armchair on a turntable...
29 Jan 2, 2009
2:40 pm

Bert Coules
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Studies show that 12% of the population suffers from asthma and another 40% from allergies; a leading Australian fabric supplier heeded the call of people and...
1 Jan 2, 2009
2:57 am

warwickau
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Sorry Bert and others if my recent mails seem a bit behind the game but I sent them 3 days ago!! Good ol' Yahoo. Happy New Year to all...or by the time this...
3 Jan 1, 2009
3:27 pm

Graham Pye
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Hi, Reading recent threads has stimulated the following thoughts: This sector of technology has a lot of businesses which are more marketing-oriented than...
4 Jan 1, 2009
11:22 am

Jeffery Hardy
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Hi Guys, Please bear with me as i explain how we got here. As i think the background to the problem is important. In my mum&dads house they have a simple hot...
9 Jan 1, 2009
11:22 am

Nick Laurie
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Hi, Log onto _www.DIFFLOCK.com_ (http://www.DIFFLOCK.com) Click on FORUMS. Click on THE LOUNGE. Click on CENTRAL HEATING OIL. Somebody has 2.500 gallons of...
2 Jan 1, 2009
11:21 am

Rick
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Hi, I recently fitted a new black ink cartridge in my Epsom Stylus PHOTO R240. Was printing great. Then I did something wrong, and it screwed up a piece of...
2 Jan 1, 2009
11:21 am

Rick
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as soon as the weather warms-up a bit, we'll have the plastering done ... after which, once our own accommodation is done, and we've moved-in, we'll be on with...
3 Dec 28, 2008
11:34 pm

Chris Hunter (home)
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Evening all Wondering if anyone has seen any decent sales with reductions on power tools....might be the time to get a router that I've been thinking of for...
1 Dec 27, 2008
7:25 pm

Lee
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How about looking at this for collecting your roof tiles ? ...
2 Dec 24, 2008
1:59 pm

Rex
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All I am looking for a bit of advice. I have just built an internal timber stud wall out of 100*48mm C16 wood form the local timber yard. When it was delivered...
8 Dec 23, 2008
8:31 pm

chrisgeorge
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HI all, since I have a couple of days freetime - thought I would tackle my flat roof problem. Basically got a roof terrace with some decking on - and after a...
6 Dec 23, 2008
6:42 pm

Nick Laurie
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Hello, I have a problem on which one of the Knowledgeable might be able to advise me. During major extension work at my house 3 new bathrooms have been ...
12 Dec 23, 2008
6:18 pm

Laurence Mason
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Hi there, The g/f walls and f/f joists are in place now and I am wandering around looking for 'problem areas.' I frequently read about air tightness for t/f...
1 Dec 23, 2008
2:38 pm

Rex
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Hi there, It's a long story but to get the tiles that we want, we may have to collect them from somewhere in Europe (Belgium? Holland? may be Germany?) Am...
5 Dec 21, 2008
12:00 pm

Peter and Jane
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So here we go with the next saga! Will be putting up a couple of solar panels to feed a thermal store. I want a largish store (500 ltrs / 800 ltrs) to provide...
28 Dec 19, 2008
4:19 pm

Reg
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Hi there, Lee gave me a link from his web site to a flowscreed company; although we are some way off needing a screed, I have spoken with them and will get a...
15 Dec 18, 2008
1:02 pm

gus_zogolovitch
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There is a distance of 2.5m from the flue terminal to the neighbour's boundary mentioned in an Energy Saving Trust document and an Oftec document (mine is an...
14 Dec 17, 2008
7:35 pm

Stuart Frazer
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I have to slice a 40mm. width off MDF 19mm. flooring all round a perimiter wall, and I'm looking for inspiration. My circular saw will not cut closer than...
8 Dec 17, 2008
7:35 pm

Rick
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... Unfortunately it's not, I'll have to go right round. What type of router cutter did you have in mind? Thanks for the replies, I'll ask around to see if any...
2 Dec 17, 2008
7:34 pm

ian
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But I have to try. Hi, Our next visit to our place in France is scheduled for April, when we hope to get it into a presentable condition before we start trying...
5 Dec 17, 2008
6:55 am

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Hi all, so, I've heard the spiel, seen the products and I think I know which timber floor to go with - but wanted to check with you all whether or not those...
4 Dec 14, 2008
6:53 pm

rick_hughesuk
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All ... spent a couple of hours cleaning up files area. Please if you are uploading files for general use by others ... place them in the "Download folder" you...
1 Dec 14, 2008
6:39 pm

rick_hughesuk
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I came across a very useful document on Wood .... strange that it is written by MOD ..... but a great source of information contained in it. I have uploaded it...
1 Dec 14, 2008
4:24 pm

rick_hughesuk
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Hi there, We now have the oversite ready for the TF to arrive, hopefully, next week. One of the issues that has suddenly arisen is a g/f screed for the ufh....
17 Dec 14, 2008
3:59 pm

Rex
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... Firstly, I'm not a heating engineer! But from what I have read of the application of thermal stores with UFH, I think it goes something like this: UFH...
1 Dec 14, 2008
12:23 pm

richard
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... That was my problem with sourcing a suitable Solar Thermal/Thermal Store setup. One company sent copious literature (as you write) with a quote (quite...
12 Dec 14, 2008
11:08 am

Bill Taylor
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I have a hall cupboard with very limited access, and rather than fitting a conventional hinged door I've been wondering about a sliding one. But I don't want...
6 Dec 11, 2008
8:15 pm

Bert Coules
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Hi there, Just received a 'spam' flyer that actually looks interesting, so much so that I bookmarked. http://www.nova-flo.com/ turns of the water before the...
1 Dec 11, 2008
7:20 pm

Rex
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