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Another Deck question,,,, Got a concrete path running along where we want to put a row of posts down, can we just bracket these posts onto the path, maybe on top of a piece of timber then attacth with a bracket ? Thanks,,,, |
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Wanting Small plant Pots Not sure if i can ask on here, but I am wanting to recycle small plant pots. Anyone in the Spreydon Addington erea can drop them off to my place inside the gate.131 Brougham.St |
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Tile Colour I want to use a gold/yellow tile on the bathroom floor with white tiles on the wall with a dark gold thin dado. Any comments appreciated. Thanks |
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Vinyl Roll or Vinyl Plank: what would you chose for Laundry, Kitchen, Bathroom and Toilet? |
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Hot water heater Could someone please recommend a suitable economic hot water heater to supply a small laundry at the back of a separate garage. Enough to feed a daily warm wash in the washing machine and tub alongside. Plumber wanted to install an electric hot shower uni... |
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How to grow a tree from a peach stone? How-to's welcome please - for a blackboy peach stone which I understand grows true to type? when to start it, do I leave the stone to dry first or start with the flesh still on, do I start it with soil/potting mix covering it, or leave it on top? what soi... |
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Decramastic Roof Hi all. I am looking at a house tor sale that has a Decramastic roof. The house was built in 1984. Can anybody tell me if a roof that old is going to be a problem? I have heard that Decramastic surfaces deteriorate quite badly over time. I haven't been to... |
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Dark hallway The long hallway that goes from the lounge up to the bathroom/bedrooms is really dark through the day - even though we have white wallpaper I leave bedroom doors open to lighten it up Any ideas to make it lighter? |
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Replacing Wall Oven and Dishwasher I went looking today, and was spoiled for choice. I want to replace my built in wall oven with one that has more functions and racks, and cooks evenly.It needs to fit into a 60cm gap. Noel Leemings had a F&P one that looked like it would do the job, about... |
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Need a quick response PLEASE. ( Plumbing ). We've just re-lined the bathroom and we're at the point of putting the taps back on. Is it ok to use thread tape as opposed to the horse hair stuff that was there when we removed the taps?. Many thanks people. |
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2nd hand HRV system help Got myself a 2nd hand HRV system that was supposed to be complete. Looks pretty well straight forward, but I'm unsure on a couple of things. 1 / Dose it just suck in air from the roof space or is there suppose to be a outside inlet as well. 2/ On the inle... |
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Refitting shower lining Just ripped out the 20 something year old hardiglaze shower, am going to line with gib aqualine and then fit 3 sided acrylic liner, which is 1850 high What to do with the 500mm or so gapbetween liner and ceiling, just paint with acrylic or turps bas |
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Biosecurity levy on plant sales I wonder how many of you that sell plants on here (TM) are aware that there are moves afoot to introduce a levy on ALL plants sold in order to fund bio security issues amongst other things. The industry in general, I believe, is very much against this and... |
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Has anyone grown green beans in a glasshouse? I'd love to have fresh beans after summer's gone, so was wondering if they'd do well in a greenhouse. Would love to hear of any experiences, thanks. |
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What's wrong with this picture? https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/371886870.jpg Legal? |
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Garage foundations Looking into putting up a second hand garage is 6x8. Anyone in chch do garage foundations and all the council stuff? Or have advise about it as we have no clue how to start |
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Pukeko My section is 2 acres and I want to have free range chooks, probably no more than 6. Unfortunately there are lots of pukeko that for some reason like my section. They are very agressive to one another and fiercely territorial, although quite interesting a... |
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Solid fuel boilers from Europe We are in the early stages of planning our dream home(fairly big 350-400sq/m), I was considering one of these (or something similar): |
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Most effective gutter leaf protection? Howdy guys, Is there any effective leaf protection screens for spouting you guys recommend? Until recently we had three Silver Birch trees dumping their leaves & seeds which meant I was emptying four buckets of leaves out of our sp |
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Looking for this plant? Rock Cress Variegata Aubrieta Deltoidea, would like to purchase this as a plant or seeds, if you have some to spare please list them on Trade Me, thanks. |
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Plugged in heater, explosion, black soot everywhere. The plug was blown half out of the power point, soot down the wall, smoke everywhere. Soot in the holes where you plug the plug in. The heater cord now has a hole in it, power must have surged through it. The heater will be t |
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What might this plant be please? https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/372421083.jpg |
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Mould on Fibre Cement I have one of those old type houses that are 3/4s wood and bottom 1/4 is fibre cement. It now has a couple of places with pink patches on it, which I have been told is mould. Does anyone have any homemade DIY ideas that could take it off? If failing that ... |
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Renovating: Lead in paint? Has anyone tried testing for lead before sanding/stripping? I have phoned a few paint shops and they seem to think my old house will definitely have leaded paint, but the kits expire pretty fast and they don't have them at all or don't have them in stock.... |
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Rainwater tanks. With regard to rainwater tanks can anybody explain how the following statement, that I read in a Ministry of Health publication, be true. "It is best to use small tanks run in series instead of one large tank, since as the water passes to successive tanks... |
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