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Planting Who plants direct from pot to ground & who breaks up roots before planting? |
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Changing light fitting In our bathroom we have a standard lightbulb attached horizontally to the wall (above our mirror). It is ugly and we want to replace it with some sort of wall light. Does anyone know the standard cost of electrician for that kind of work and any idea of a... |
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Eliminating flies outside Looking for suggestions please on how to ideally eliminate, but realistically minimising is probably more likely, flies and blow flies from the garden. Ideally I am looking for something as natural as possible. Part of the problem is that my b |
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Kinking Garden Hoses Is it me or are most garden hoses rubbish? At this time of year when you are watering frequently the constant kinking is driving a woman to drink ! Does anyone else have this problem? I brought 2 different kink resistant hoses but they are useless ! |
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Lawn problem help my lawn is covered with Clover what can I do to get rid of this? |
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RATS entering roof space via main electrical cable Tonight I noticed several rats exiting our roof space via our main power cable into the house HELP what can be done to prevent them using this access route? Have also posted under "farming" Thank you |
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Internal guttering leaks Just had a rain bomb and water was running down the insides of the walls in a couple of places. What to do? Who to call? Never happened before and been here many years. We have internal guttering |
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5m Low Deck cost We are wanting to deck over a 5m patch of grass off the house with Kwila. Wondering if anyone has done something similar and what cost we could be expecting.8 |
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Lawn mower repair strategy Petrol Lawn mower won't go. I don't like it. Options 1) Put a new engine on the mower, $500 plus labour. No silly mechanic labour hours looking for the problem and putting the engine back together. Then doing the engine replacement |
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New Plug for Outdoor Extension Cord https://www.bunnings.co.nz/deta-10a-heavy-duty-rewireable-socket_p0046006 |
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Plumbing question re pressure We have a gas infinity system but when the weather is as hot as it has been, there is a need for a cool shower, but the water barely dribbles out when on cold. How do we fix this problem? Any ideas? Thanks in advance |
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Monkey mask or heart leaf? I bought a monstera adansonii cutting from a trader and after some to and froing and some terse emails the parcel finally arrived. The plant has done really well and put on heaps of growth, but alas not a fenestration in any of the many leaves, so I suspe... |
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What size extraction fan in enclosed toilet I'm changing the ventilation in a internal fully enclosed toilet (it has no windows) single toilet. Just a standard single size toilet. Right now it has a large duct that travels about 5 meters to the out side and it works well but I want to remove the la... |
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Sound Proofing Bedroom From External Noise. I'm a light sleeper & have had it with loud exhaust's at 0230 in the morning, loud parties etc. I want to go all out & get my room soundproofed to a high standard (solid core door, triple glazed window, thick sound proof curtains, acoustic ins |
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Deck stain/ oil. Water or oil based? Hi, Im about to re-stain my deck. I have been told by the previous owner that they used cabots kwila, they think it was oil based but they sent us a link to a water based product. Is there any way to confirm if what I currently have is oil or |
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Garage door not shutting my garage door opens and shuts perfectly most of the time. but every now and again it comes down and near the end of the down part it sticks, and then goes up again. If I put very slight pressure on it it will continue to go down and close, like just the ... |
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Stainless steel bolts hi there anyone know the best place to buy stainless steel bolts. am needing 12 300mmlx24mmw? They are rather expensive! Tia |
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Door lock replacement What words would describe the type of door lock I would use to find a replacement with keys as per photo https://trademe.tmcdn.c |
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Prewashing linen fabric I am having my couch recovered in a loose cover and want to prewash the 100% linen fabric to preshrink it. I am reading conflicting reports on google. It is 14m and expensive so don.t want to make a mistake! Anyone done this? |
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Covering unsightly pressed cobble stone concrete I have seen concrete patios plastered over to give a nice smooth finish. Has any one tried this on pressed cobble stones? (plaster being sand and cement). or is there a product that you can buy that is semi flexible to cover the pressed cobble |
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Don't DIY, get the professionals to do it Of course DIYers should not be installing gas units or doing electrical work they are not competent to do. But even a DIYer might have thought about carbon monoxide. A 12-year-old boy died of carbon monoxide poisoning after a gas-fitter signed |
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Beans I've resurrected this thread to ask for suggestions for heavy cropping runner bean varieties. I have saved seed, enriched the soil and dug it over, plant when the soil is warmer and avoid them getting wet feet and rotting when they're planted, but have ha... |
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With the dry weather vege plants suffering Has any one tried putting foam in bottom of raised gardens to help keep moisture in.? A lot of my plants have died ,so looking for ideas for next year plantings |
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Help With planting Hi I would like suggestions on what to plant in this garden, it is about 9 metres long, I am thinking of stand plant with something underneath? e.g. 5 Standard Bay Trees with miniature red flax’s, I am a mere male so don't want to much maintenance |
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Stick vacs Looking at getting a Dyson stick vacuum or something similar? Experiences with different models or brands? Big price tag so I don’t want to make a mistake. Extra points if you’ve had a long haired dog in the house you’re using it in! |
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