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Can you still get pinex? I am wanting to make a Mitre 10 sell Pinex! Or they do in Rotorua :-) |
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Spring maker christchurch - micro springs I am after 4 very small micro-springs. Think of half the size of a ball point pen spring but shaped like a wooden mouse trap spring --- for replacing broken springs in an upright Piano. It is not worth anything. It plays OK --- but 2 keys have this broken... |
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Wellington - too cold to pain inside? Lots of people with a pain inside in Wellington. Some of them will be Politicians tonight! |
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Clivias and where to plant How much water do you give them in Canterbury ? Mine is in a pot and has survived the winter but now is looking a bit droopy. |
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Coloursteel - Matching roof paint I want to build a shed with coloursteel and paint the house to match. 1) Would an Ironsand roof and Stone walls go together? 2) What level of gloss would be appropriate to match the painted roof, to the coloursteel building to match as b |
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PDL light dimmer I have an older model PDL dimmer Model 34V400v 20. There is a hole in the case for a screw driver to adjust a small trim pot inside. Can someone please tell me what twiddling the trimpot achieves. Long shot I know but some electrician out there may know. |
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Avocado tree not producing Thanks for all the replies! No, we don't know what "type" or variety it is unfortunately. It's a tree that was already established when we bought our house 4 years ago. It stands around 3-4m tall. It was also suggested we could graft a small c |
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Another one for the experts What is the name of this plant. https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/650042652.jpg |
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Clearing a blocked drain A 75mm plastic pipe is blocked by gravel. There are bends near both ends so I can't get a waterblaster past the bends. I have attached a 100psi hose to the pipe but that fails to shift the gravel like it did last time it was blocked. Any brill |
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Dry wall sander any advice on a cheap gib sander . Bunnings have a full boar brand .Toll shed have a toll shed brand . And there is a Vacume driven one . all around the $300 mark . Any one used any of these |
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Brush-on product for small leak in gutter? I've got two 135 degree bends in a (plastic) rain gutter where the bend was made (long ago, not by me) by gluing and riveting straight gutters together. They leak a little now, but being enclosed in metal fascia they are very hard to get at. I can barely ... |
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Indoor Plant Problem. http://i.4cdn.org/out/1506399088705.jpg She ain't looking too happy. Suggestions? (We had Her on a shelf and She s |
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Recommend a spray-on deck coating? (Wellington) Another project I've got on is getting some rot fixed in the ply under a deck. (The deck has a butynol covering, that failed along a seam.) After that work is done, I'd like the extra protection of one of those spray-on deck coatings. There ar |
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Identity Help Please Any idea what this plant is please? https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/651004507.jpg |
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Price per metre to build a deck Does anyone know a ball park figure to build a simple deck. Approx 20 sq m |
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Beer traps for slugs and snails So I dont like using slug slam/blitzem type products as i have pets. Last year I used a beer trap while the vege seedlings were young and it worked well. Well the price of beer is expensive, is there anything else i can use that the slugs and snails would... |
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Rotary composter - any good? He he, thank you for all your constructive comments. |
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Onion Weed This year there is even more onion week in our lawn. I’ve just pulled it out – getting as many of the roots as possible. Its in a pile on weedmat. What should I do with it so it? If it dies off can I put the pile in the compost? |
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Mark_g - your anti-snail electric fence So, here's the new ss wires just installed yesterday: http://iforce.co.nz/i/5od2nzq3.pte.jpg And 1 day later - here's the 1st of eight crispy slu |
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White banksia rose Does anyone know where I would get one of these? Or if anyone has one, do they want to list a cutting. I had one in our old house years ago, and would love one where we are here. |
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Metal x clear coated a stained micrarpa slab with this aweek later its still tacky will this dry eventually or have i stuffed up |
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Why are our 3pin plugs same as china? I read how we have the same electrical 3 point plug as Australia (understandable) but also china. Any idea who was first or why we share the same plug? |
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Retaining wall and a concrete pad I have a sloping section of land and want to place a garage on it. Im working out the costs of doing so. retaining wall will be under 1.5m so no consent required for that, on it's own. Im wondering though, if that changes, when I w |
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Bark where is the best place in Christchurch to buy bark think I need about 3 mtrs |
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LOOSE FENCE POSTS I seen them fix wobbly / leaning over power poles with that aerosol expanding foam stuff, maybe thay could be used ? |
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