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Someone to tune my TV Need someone to tune my tv. Any recommendations in the Woolston Ferrymead area please? Have lost Prime and TV 1+1. Thank you. |
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Cats in the garden , anyway of Keeping them from crapping in my freshly composted garden. It is driving me nuts. I have been renovating my whole garden which is quite and area and all the local cats including ours are using it as a toilet. Is there some sort of stuff that cats hate to ... |
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Rogers nursery tidal road Is this nursery open tomorrow easter sunday |
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Fruit on Palm tree - removing stems? We have a large palm tree which now has 6 fruit bearing stems. The fruit ripens to an orange colour and then drops and makes a mess. I believe it is known as a jelly palm. We are wondering whether cutting the fruiting stems off before they drop their frui... |
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Nice perenial ? https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/375532393.jpg Friend wants to know what this one is, |
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Clay soil I have read quite a bit on the internet on how to address as we have heavy clay. Seems quite a process to remedy it. What worked best for you? Advice gratefully accepted. |
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Leather sofa from a smokers house, how do I get rid of the smell? Thanks |
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Kent log burner A 35yo kent log burner is installed, at the end of winter last year it started puffing out smoke with the door shut. long story short, when the roof was painted the guy that did it pop-riveted the witches hat on and I've never got around to drilling it ou... |
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Flowmaster beehives These things look really good.I don`t know that they are a good idea for joe public to get and they may not be a good thing for the bee population. I am not an apiarist at all but do know that all hives have to be registered etc.There are still alot |
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Suremix 2 stroke motor oil Hi. What has this got added to it to make it this vs normal mower oil. I have a four stroke mower and this has been added accidentally to top up the oil (not mixed with petrol as I iniw I have 4 stroke so just straight petroll) It |
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Buying a toilet - where please? We have a rather old Belva toilet with the tank in the roof. The tank has started to leak and is wasting water, so we want to replace it all outright as the flush mechanism is getting on a bit. Where would you recommend we get a toilet from pl |
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Aerlite Heat Transfer Kits Has anyone got this and how do you find it works please. Mrs Kev |
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Ceiling exhaust fan Hi, can someone tell me who I ask to install a ceiling exhaust fan for above my stove. is it a builder or an electrician? id like a rangehood but theres a window half way across the wall over the stove. I live alone, and not sure who to contac |
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Cleaning a deck with janola Who's done it and what was the end result like? Do you have to dilute it or do you use pure janola? Thanks |
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Adding another storey.$$$? Anyone added an extra storey to their house? We are thinking of doing it to add a couple of small bedrooms. what kind of money are we looking at roughly? |
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Shed magazine now has female editor You are not talking about Jude are you? He is a man. |
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Running an underground electrical cable to garage got a trench dug, and I would like to know what cable i need |
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Particle board floors We have just had new carpet laid in our two storey house. We have box ceilings downstairs, where the floor joists and underside of the particle board floor form the ceiling, with no cavity. The carpet layers used nails which were too long to secure the st... |
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Lawn Mower bent Crackshaft. Hi everyone, I hit a hidden metal bar with my lawn mower and although at the time I did not felt any change on it, after I used another couple of times it started to shake a lot. I had a look at the blade and it looks ok, not bent and no marks but t |
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Roofing patch q I am looking to remove a chimney. Pretty straightforward however nervous about patching the whole in the corrugated iron roof. Anyone out there have experience in these matters? Is it pretty straightforward? Anyone care to give me a quick run |
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Cost to concrete an area. Could someone please give me an idea of the cost to box up, lay reinforcing steel and concrete a strip down the side of my house please? Approx 18 metres long by 1.5 metres wide. Many thanks Just need an idea so that when i get a couple |
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Growing cotton in NZ Apparently it's unlikely to be a success, but I'd love to give it a go in a greenhouse situation. I remember reading years ago about someone growing cotton plants successfully here, and wondered if anyone on here has any experience of it - or suggestions ... |
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Materials to insulate a generator? Have got ourselves a generator for those very occasional power outages and my sparky is going to hardware it into the switchboard. Looking at putting it in a sheltered concrete wall porch area enclosed on 3 sides. Any suggestions on materials to lin |
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Hi, I want to join afew small pieces of nova flow together, what do I call the item to join the pieces together. Have typed afew names into search box but no luck, eg nova flow joiners, nova flow joins. Thank you. |
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Where to buy seed potatoes now We live in the Far North and never get frosts(on a hill on the coast) so want to grow potatoes over winter, apparently it is viable up here. Anyone know where we could get seed potatoes from? |
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