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I wish to install an outside socket. Currently there is an exterior fuse box, and a buried cable that used to go to a barn that has been taken down, i want to connect to this supply. It is to run to a chicken paddock to power an electric fence some 30 meters away. I looked on screw fix but iam a lit...

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further to my earlier post - ive learnt following abouth thickners used in paints - check out the last point. ......... 1. Thickeners and Rheology Modifiers (rheology is the science of how a liquid tends to flow) • provide adequate viscosity (thickness), so the paint may be applied properly • impact...

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This is an interesting problem, what i would suggest is that crown wont want to admit a problem, clearly something is reacting. Heat and light are a common feature here and heat and light are catylsts to chemical reactions. I did olevel chemistry dont you know! Having the windows open i cant think w...

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yes sorry p.v.a. - really its a problem ?- ive always done as you say mist of watered down emulsion. However when i had the ''Artex'' (yup the dreaded artex) plastered over, the plasterers left me some watered down pva glue and told me to use it before i painted. I assumed that this was to do as you...

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why did you paint it and then paper it - and so what if it came off - dont see what the problem is. But basically no, you will have to repaint it. But if you do i wouldnt bother if i was going to paper it. But remember to seal the plaster if yr painting - watered down emulsion or pvc glue watered do...

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Surely a spade is the answer, why do u want to cut them down. Doubt the concreted in that deep. Bet its no more than 9-12 inches - dig around it and drag it out - probably less work than a hack saw and using a cutter sounds like over kill to me. I suppose if the set into a concrete path thats differ...

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Having a little trouble visualizing the situation so u have wall - gap - paving sloping to the road - what u want to end up with is gap - path - garden. So i cant see how the situation changes other than the water run off will now be into the garden nearer the house instead of the road. I doubt the ...

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just after some ideas/options really - i have a long driveway, with a gentle slope. It has been a driveway for 40 years. The previous owner of the house had what i can only describe as road scrapings layed on it. Looks like a scrap yard. You can still see bits with the remains of road markings on it...

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I assume what u are doing is digging out a section of the hill to build a terrace. Thats a lot of digging!!!. knock in a master marker peg. Using a level board, (a straight plank approximately 2m long and 2cm thick,) knock in other pegs level with the master peg, by placing the level board on the ma...

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i had similar problem myself after draining the loft tank. , i drained the coldwater tank and cleared the airlock by sticking a hose pipe into the loft tank to hot water tank out let and using the pressure to force out the air. But you dont want to be doing this prior having a shower. My advice woul...

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Iam planning a new little project, I wish to change the old half round plastic guttering with new black square guttering, the old guttering has paint all over it where the previous owners did a sloppy facia paint job without removing it. (ill be replacing that as well) Rubber seals probably perished...

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there is a balustrade already, so its merely a matter of taking the old one off and utilising the existing fixings id have thought. I cant actually see what they are because they are not visible. Im assuming they are some kind of verticle rod that runs up the centre of the posts. In that respect its...

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hi Guys I need to replace the balustrade that is afixed to a flat roof, the old one is rotting away. I have asked four carpenters to quote to build and install another, and they never come back. Im fairly capable but something like this wwould take me a fair a bit of time to build from scratch, time...

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Hi guys just a bit of advice please, The weather boarding on my house is in pretty poor condition. Ive had an awful lot of work done mostly by my self this is the last thing that needs urgent attention. But im out of cash so wish to do it myself. The sofits are good (some sort of fibre board) but th...

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ok, basically this is not a d.i.y. job for someone whos knowledge runs as far as wiring a plug and swapping a socket face over. Call an electrician, I assumed i could just get a length of armoured cable - stick a plug on one end and a socket on the other and bobs your uncle - it appears bob is not m...

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