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Hi, Was in my local Travis Perkins hire yard the other day and a guy was cleaning of hard concrete from a cement mixer with a solution a lot sronger than brick acid ,it really did soften up the concrete on the outer and inner drum of the mixer and anyone in the trade will know that is no mean feat. ...

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hi You could cover up the keyholes and lay a say 15mm bed of fairly sloppy mortar and whilst still wet throw a fairly thin layer of gravel over the top once dry put more gravel over the top and should keep it all in place,very important to keep lifting holes/handles clear though in case you need to ...

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Hi You could hire a stihl saw which has a 12" blade and would cut easily through the rest ,or hire a kango and break the concrete up to your line and with a bolster blade inserted chip away at the concrete to form your straight edge ,wont be perfect edge but if it needs to be could mix up some ...

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Thanks guys for such a quick response. The spurred socket next to the boiler I suspect comes from the kitchen there are sockets on the tiled kitchen wall the utility is on the other side of wall but has a stud wall built in front of the brick wall so dont really want to chop tiles off or damage the ...

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Hi I am currently running pipework to my utility room to a new combi boiler,a corgi guy I know is commisioning the boiler next week .I know I can just put a plug top on the cable and plug in but I would rater it was on a fused spur.The double socket next to the boiler has only one cable going into i...

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Hi Blakey,
I have tried numerous wholesalers,with no luck ,will have to keep trying ,
Thanks
Misery

misery

Hope someone can help,my daughter has the above fridge freezer model ,its quite old I believe,she has just moved into her first place and was given it.The problem she has is that food placed in the fridge section is freezing and of course spoiling.She has turned the temp dial to minimum and the prob...

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Hi Have recently moved house,the driveway is quite dark and want to fit some pir security lights,but cant locate the ones I want.We had a pair fitted at our old house but cant for the life of me remember where I got them from,I suspect they were from one of the big diy outlets but have tried them al...

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I'm not a plumber either but I have also just fitted some new taps in my utility. All I did was turn cold water off at mains opened the hot taps and eventually the hot tank will drain down,mine took about 15 mins in total ,change your taps and simply turn cold mains back on ,the hot tank will eventu...

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thnks htg engineer, have borrowed a pressure guage today and it reads 3 bar,so no problem with the bath we want.The problem is have already bought the boiler so stuck with it really,hope not too much of a silly question but the shower cabin we want has about 8 jets on it in total monsoon shower,body...

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Hi , Newbie here and a bit of a novice! Have just moved house which we love but the bathroom is very dated as well as the heating system. My wife and I have looked at these steam cabin type showers which we like but just the shower version(no steam).We also like those two person jacuzzi baths. My qu...

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