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Noisy roof space mainly from black building paper Hi there , Ive noticed in our house when windy , mainly gusts of wind at times its pretty noisy in the roof space, went up there for half an hr with light , and in gusts the roofing paper is moving and noisy with the wind getting in , its a 25 year |
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Re Daffodils Since I moved to Wanganui 11 years ago, I have planted over 200 dafs, jonquils and freezias. This year as usual I had less than a handful of blooms. Plenty of leaves. My section backs onto a reserve with oak trees. Could this be the cause. I feed an |
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Heatpump how big is the room ? |
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Wet and Forget - anybody used their stuff and There are various comparisons online saying that Wet & Forget and 30 Seconds use different chemicals. but 30 Seconds' new ad on their website says both products use the same active ingredient. Go figure. |
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Carpenter advice please installing a ranch slider Looking at buying a 1970s house that has had a ranch slider installed The inside wall paper lining above the installed door on both sides has moved . Not enough to tear the paper would that be because of not the correct size support above the door o |
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Removing moss from grooves in timber deck planks Is there a gadget I can buy for doing this please? I have been using those wooden chopsticks that they supply with your sushi to scrape along the grooves, but they break really easily and it's taking ages. I did apply either wet n forget or the 30 seconds... |
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Can you swap an "out of test" gas bottle? This is to settle a family argument! |
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Weatherboards , low sheen or semi gloss Ok so following on from my previous thread ive used zinssar cover stain on native WBs , some is back to bare timber other stable parts iv'e sanded i'm not sure if these boards are totara or rimu . i dont understand the difference between semi |
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100 % cotton Just Jeans My 100 % cotton Just Jeans say no to dry clean, wring, soak, bleach, machine wash, tumble dry. Any recommendations for laundering please for this ignorant male. Biggal |
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Fast crete concrete I keep reading the instructions, and it seems you cant mix this in a wheelbarrow, why not, must go off instantly? both the Mitre ten and bunnings products say the same question is can i mix the ordinary stuuf with thsi fast stuff i |
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Ride on mower We have about 1/2 acre of sloping land and are wanting to buy a ride on mower that would be good on slopes, any suggestions? |
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Mineral Turps Just checking with you DIY gurus - Mineral turpentine - can that be used as clean-up for norski epoxy timber sealer and filler? The instructions say to use the special norski brand clean-up but I don't have any - and it seems expensive? |
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Trees and pipes Rookie questions: We want to put some feijoa trees by our fence line but there is a sump hole and pipe running parallel about 1 to 1.5 metres from the fence that the previous owner put in. The area gets very soggy during winter. We don't know how deep the... |
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Plasterer / Gibbing Hi all, Had a contractor come over to remove approx. 6m2 of gib from the ceiling so we could get in and do some work. Took them about 1.5 hours of rough cutting. All seemed average. However, the side walls were dented during the pr |
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Low Pressure Hot Water Booster Pump I have a low pressure water system which I would like to keep, but would like increased hot water pressure. I've heard that an electric driven booster pump installed in series with the hot water line is a good option. Has anyone had experience using one o... |
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Mark up on goods I was just wondering what the markup on building products is? I ordered through a timer floor layer who will be laying the product, 100sq m of engineered timber flooring and I see the same product from the same company -14mm thick is $55 per sqm. on speci... |
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Buying a new fridge and electric jug I wonder if anyone has a recommendation for the best brand? I've owned my smallish fridge for some years and suspect it may be nearly on its last legs. Which brand is best? And I bought a new electric jug, Zip brand, metal (not pla |
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Power still on despite mains being turned off? So we had our hot water cylinder removed as we went to gas, and I wanted to take the old outlet for the HWC and change it into a power point so I could keep the charger for the cordless vacuum in that space that the HWC used to be. So I turned the m |
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When to move/transplant a Winter Sweet shrub? Does anyone have any ideas on when would be the best time to move a Winter Sweet shrub. It is approx 9 years old and is around 5ft in height. Thanks. |
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What kind of flower is this? https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/1411341784.jpg |
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What is the name of the tool I will need to hire Ha ha you guys , so funny, but that's pretty much how it is now :) |
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Little Garden Madness https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/garden/122922282/price-of-a |
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How do you get SUPER GLUE off your fingers |
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Can someone tell me what this plant is? We have a huge kind of Yucca/Agave/Flax thing growing real well. Suddenly it became very droopy and a stem came out of the middle. It looks a bit like a giant asparagus and is currently 7 meters tall and is still growing by the day. Can anyone tell |
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Lemon Tree Sooty Black Mold I know this is fairly common on citrus, but was just wondering if anybody has some advice please to get rid of the ugly soot. Spray with dishwash liquid over and under leaves? Manually clean each leaf? But basically is there a preventative method I can ap... |
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