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How reliable Samsung stand alone fridge and freeze Im looking at a Samsung SFP346RS stand alone Freezer and a Samsung SRP406RS Stand alone Fridge. (so two units) They are the stainless steel finish. (about 406 litres each approx) I cant find any negative reviews on these but hopefully someone |
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Naive question about dual fuel ovens If the dual fuel oven is electric and gas (for the cook top), can I do the bottled gas: 1. from a 20kg cylinder 2. stored inside the house, or does it have to be what I normally see - a big cylinder on the outside of the building? |
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Kitchen Island do you use it as a seating area Hi. I am looking at re-doing my kitchen area. I have a fridge and pantry which will need to be moved to open up the family/dining/kitchen into one. I won't have the space to put in a pantry and plan to have an island as extra storage. I have a concrete fl... |
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Ideas for a temporary retaining fence Hello :) I am looking to block a grass approx. 2m wide space between house and fence to keep our very curious toddler from going out onto the lane. We are renting so has to be temporary and will be doing so on the cheap i.e. chicken wire and stakes type t... |
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Tre e Spray Needed. Where to buy? We need to spray our large Pohutukawa tree and so need a bulk amount of a spray (mainly to kill the mites). The Mitre 10s, gardening places don't have it and neither does TM. Where to try on line? |
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Recommend a Very Thorny Climbing Rose Please? Some time ago I read a thread on here from someone whose back yard backed onto a public reserve. They were having problems with random people (generally kids) trying to climb over their fence and generally being a PITA. I have a similar situation no |
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Retrofitting wall insulation planning to do this at home - as i understand it you now need a consent for this , and a 20mm cavity is required between underlay and back of the cladding just wondering if anyone out there in the trade can tell me this *how did you hold build |
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Perlite substitute for vegepod I won a vegepod and now trying to grow some vegetables. However, to prepare for the bed, I have to buy some Perlite. They are super expensive. $10 for 5 Litre. For those who have vegepod, what do you use? For those who are experts in gardening |
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BEST WOOD BURNER ON THE WOOD ON MARKET LOOKING TO REPLACE INBUILD FIRE IN RENTAL UNIT LOOKING BEST VALUE AN BEST HEAT OUTPUT ANY THOUGHTS |
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What are these? I got given a box of mainly nuts, bolts, and screws. There are afew bits I have no idea what they are as in: https://trademe.tmc |
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HANGING BASKETS - KEEPING MOIST With the water/hosing restrictions applying in Auckland and the potential for a dry summer I wondered if I could improve the water retention in hanging baskets lined with coconut matting without using drip bottles. I am experimenting with plac |
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Dishwasher not working Just wondering if anyone has any bright ideas , bellini dishwasher reasonably new has no display ,it gives a little beep to signify that power has reached the machine . but nothing else |
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Reducing road noise outside? We live on a main road SH26 on the outskirts of a town. It would be great to reduce some of the road noise outside so its not so intrusive (have double glazing on windows, so inside is not too bad). We have a 150high wooden fence, but it has a |
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Venetian Blinds fitted and Made Professionally. Has anyone had this done? I have quite a big double glazed window that doesn't quite fit the cheaper venetian blinds I have put up in the rest of the house. The only alternative is one that sits within the frame and I'm not game to do that and possible vo... |
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New Septic Tank Smell this. a possum thats been dead for a while will have heaps of bacteria |
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Flexi Bin Anyone have thoughts on flexibins? Thinking around this xmas I might get one to throw rubbish in from around the yard. Not really getting a good image in my head how much will fit in them compared to what I've got already and still need to cho |
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Toilet Cistern Valve Not Shutting Off At my child's kindergarten there are some chickens and I have installed a rainwater tank to collect drinking water for them. I have built one of those automatic chicken waterers which is made out of a 20L drum with holes in it for the chickens |
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Cheap builder needed HI I am not so sure if there is such a thing or more some builders are better than others. I would like recommendations please for a builder I want to deck over a grass area and create a lower deck. Thanks Sue |
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Aphids and Ants My Lady Di vine is growing whilst I sleep. The new growth has heaps of aphids. And the ants have found them. Will they do the job or should I spray? Presume the ants are killing the aphids, or get rid of both of them? |
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Hot water flow Plumber installed new Ajax valve and chose to reduce the hot water temperature too. The cost $476. Now I find my at kitchen tap the hot water flow is too slow cam I adjust this easily? |
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New shower lining coming away from wall. I've had a full bathroom makeover, wasn't cheap. After four weeks i have noticed that the shower lining is coming away from the wall. It has been glued on by builder. It's on the side that the tap and shower head is on. Any advise would be grateful accept... |
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Soil for new raised bed Is it better to use compost or potting mix, or a combination? I don't want to burn the plants and don't have excess garden soil to use. What is recommended for a new garden bed. |
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How to remove shower fan grid cover to clean? Hi - anyone successfully removed a plastic “eggcrate” shower fan grill/grid to clean it? Think it’s probably Manrose brand. A cross-hatched plastic grid - very dusty. Outer frame need to stay put, and we don’t know how to remove the inner grid tha... |
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BROKEN AVOCADO TREE :-( I got home from work today to find the avocado tree I've grown from basically a stone and is now about 1.5m tall with luxuriant foliage, had been snapped off near the base by today's gale force winds! I'm really sad, as I've been tending it carefull |
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Agapanthus. How do I get rid of agapanthus? Please don’t say dig them out, as I live on my own and am not physically capable of doing it - well at least not for the amount that are in my garden. I inherited them with the house and section. One clump I can cop |
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