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Need advice. painting a mantel piece. I have a wooden mantel piece above a newly installed woodburner, (was open fireplace),it has been previously varnished by the looks of it but worn thru/thin and I wish to paint it charcoal/black to tone in with the rest of the painted brick surround, tile... |
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Photo is obviously not the saw in the article. http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/68512922/neighbours-save-welsh-mans-severed-hand Be careful out there. |
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Cow Manure I see Australia uses this but have never seen it for sale in NZ. Can I put fresh cow patties in my compost? |
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Painting wall paper? We are at the other side of this now. New kitchen put in and trying to remove wallpaper that has been painted over. A lot harder to remove with paint on it. |
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Anyone else still got tomatoes growing ? I've still got tomatoes growing, and im in Dunedin. Cant be long now :) Love Tomatoes Any pics? Ill snap some pictures tomorrow if anyone can do the same. |
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High Lifter water pump ? Has anyone got one of these ? we have just set one up and could do with some advice please |
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Sticking down the edge of wallpaper seam Hi We have a few wallpaper seams (vinyl paper) that are lifting slightly -it's nothing major like paper peeling but what is the best way to stick these down invisibly - any thoughts or recommended products please |
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How to trim this Yucca? https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/383931040.jpg Photo shows just one plant. A couple of years ago I bought 3 scrawny little reje |
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Cleaning an oven. I have an oven that has the self cleaning? sides but the inside of the door and the bottom of oven need a going over. Any good oven cleaners out there suitable for a newish oven. Thanks for answers. |
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Compulsory Levy for all selling Plants My guess is there is a lot of people on here who are currently selling plants who are not aware of a proposal by NGINZ. Their proposal is to make it compulsory for all who grow and sell plants in any form to have to pay a levy by enacting the Commodity Le... |
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Carpet for garage Wondering what type of carpet and best way to lay please. Garage is 7x7. |
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Dyco saw bench problem I've had the saw bench for a few years now & mainly used it for firewood, although it has rise & fall, plus angle [bought off a friends father when he was shifting]. When I bought it, the bloke put another motor on it. However recently due to the partners... |
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Chatham Island Forget-me-nots When's the best time to move them? Now? Or wait till Winter? I need to make space for my chickens I'm getting in a wee while :) Thankies :) |
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Why only 4 outlets per run of 2.5mm cable? Can anyone explain the rationale behind this new rule. ie only 4 where it used to be 5. Surely the MCB (fuse) sizing would do it's job of protecting the cable no matter how many outlets were supplied? |
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Warm lightish colour for hall Am having colour troubles again:) The lounge is a warm mid grey (Seal Colony) and looks through to the hall. When I halve the lounge colour it looks too cold in the hall. I have tried 1/8 Napa ( a bit on the pink side) 1/4 tea(not too bad) and half white ... |
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Chocolate rose bush ne 1 no where i could get a chocolate colored rose bush ,pref in wgtn area |
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High performance windows Hi Just wondering if anyone has gotten new windows from high performance windows? if yes, were you happy with them? and how expensive were they? |
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Cleaning 2nd story gutters :( Dear All, How do people really clean their gutters on the 2nd story? I don't even know if they have ladders that go that high (except at the fire station) let alone the safety and price issues of such a ladder. Thanks in advance. |
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Chch welders advice pls, older flue top repair q saturday morning after that wicked wind overnight i walked out at first light to check it did no tree damage, and saw this on the ground https://trademe.tm |
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What's this fruit? Saw these at the botanic gardens, what are they? Some asians were collecting them, 0 England so couldn't ask them https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/f |
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Worm drive skill saw hey about thirty years ago worm drive skills were being sold in na by skil. Any one got one ? Or has anyone tried to convert one from the u.s? Cheers |
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Cost of carpeting a 90sqm house? So it seems there is no general home and living section on this message board, I don't want to do this myself. What kind of cost do you think it would be to get someone to replace the carpet? |
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PVC pipe slicer I am thinking of cutting 15mm PVC pipe in half to make moon shaped lengths. Is there a saw/system that does this? and no with my wobbling ability the thought of using a jigsaw along the length would not work as a free hand chore. thanks for an |
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Plant ID Help Please Could anyone help with identifying this beautiful plant please. It was in the Butterfly Area at Te Puna Quarry Park. It's about 2m tall and covered in flowers. The bees and butterflies loved it. |
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A step closer to viability of off grid power. http://www.teslamotors.com/powerwall Look pretty cool! |
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