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Sealing a 80mm PVC pipe from outside that I missed Hi. dumb question I know but how can I seal a joint of two sections of pipe. I ran a 6m length off a downpipe and then various angles and sections to get to a sump and forgot to seal the inside using Marley welding cement of one section and I cant pull it... |
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Transforma ladder by Renovator Thinking of buying one of these ladders. Seen them advertised on TV a lot Rang the 0800 number - answered by someone in Manila who would not tell me the price but wanted me to take for 30 day trial. I said no trial I WANT TO BUY IT. Gave up on that. Now I... |
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Nikau - Can they tolerate a little brakish water? Hi there. We have a riparian area on a stream edge. The stream is tidal, so at king tides can slightly cover teh riparian zone with water. Flax and Cabbage seem to tolerate it fine. Just wondering if Nikau would tolerate it? Cheers. D |
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New floor on top of office walls. Who can point me to plans for my next job. The office is inside a bigger building & hasn't currently got a roof on that office. I want to build a roof /ceiling thats going to be strong enough to walk on & store light weight gear up there. |
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House painting Can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost of painting a 2 bedroom weatherboard house? |
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Installation problems with new shower I have had an Atlantis shower installed, but it looks as though the installer has set it up wrong and now there is very little clearance between the bottom door and the shower tray. Has anyone else had similar problems? |
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Washing thermal backed calico curtains? Washing thermal backed calico curtains? Does anyone have any tips on what is the way to do this. I seem to remember it is important not to let the thermal linings touch together when wet as they stick and when pulled apart take the thermal lining off. Woo... |
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Tinted Windows? Am considering replacing some windows with double glazing. The area gets all afternoon sun, which is lovely, but should I get them tinted? What are the pros and cons please. At present with the existing windows - just have the micro venetians on a s |
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Repairing a concrete pond I have a sold hand made concrete fish pond and unfortunately when the big tree cutting machine came in, he clipped the side and it has a crack all the way though. Water is slowly seeping out. What would be the best and most easy way to repair it? I will l... |
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Timber merchants are very odd They insist on selling decking timber etc only in multiples of certain lengths. So if they have pieces of timber say 5.5 metres long, they charge for 5.4 metres. I have just bought 13 pieces of timber totalling 25 metres, for which they charge |
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Add dishwashing liquid to weed killer? Would adding dishwashing liquid to weed killer make it more effective? Some on the internet say good to add. Some like this one say no. |
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Using LPG bottles as air tanks. As these are TP'd at 3.3MPa (475psi), is there any reason why they can't be used as air-tanks? These are the big ones 90kg and I need to increase my air storage to reduce the stop/starts of the compressor. |
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Ceiling ? Need to redo ceilings in old villa Is it possible to put ply up and then prep and paint ? Is that a thing ? In my last house we redid the ceilings with gib . This was expensive , and it was a wee house of only 60 m . |
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Passionfruit Vine over winter Ours is about 2.5m high now, but showing signs of upper leaves turning brown. I've been advised to cut it back to about 1m high over the winter? |
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Nursery spider and babies https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/778697463.jpg Ive been checking on this mummy spider daily but i am gettin |
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Worm tea - shelf life. I am very pleased with my gang of worms in my Hungry Bin. They are producing approx. 300ml of worm tea per day. I have been decanting it from the tray at the bottom of the bin each day into 2 litre plastic milk bottles and storing it for use as and when I... |
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Burning H1.2 treated timber as boron is a natural element why is it unacceptable to burn ? |
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Painting vinyl flooring Is this possible, and what do we do. Hubby had some slippers with rubber soles. As he stood at the sink (good little housewife he is) the rubber made marks on the vinyl. He refused to believe it would happen, but we had left a rubber tyr |
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Exterior concrete block wall. Want to decorate it with something. thinking large unusual pieces of driftwood as I have a beach theme going on. how would I fix it to the wall best ? Thanks |
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Rat inside interior wall OMG we have a rat in the wall between the bathroom and bedroom. How do we get this out without resorting to a shotgun? |
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HRV Ventilation error Hi, i'm hoping someone here can help. My HRV ventilation is showing ER 10. Does anyone know what this means? Thanks. |
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Help hot water question this morning shower was warm and then went to no hot water - went to switchboard and hot water switch had turned off - rcd were fine. we turned hot water switch back on and thought would heat up but is still cold - any ideas please - help! all neighbours ... |
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Green olive tree - advice req'd Afternoon All, We have a 12-15m high green olive tree in the garden which currently has a crop of a few thousand olives. I saw a blackbird eating them this morning, although when tasting them they still taste bitter. If anyone has advice |
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How to get rid of ivy growing on fence We moved to a new house 6 weeks ago. We have ivy covering a back fence, it's coming from our neighbours who are quite happy for us to kill it. What is the best way to do this? We have been cutting in down on our side, you would not believe how much is the... |
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Putting down bark around shrubs We have a long driveway garden at present planted in shrubs which is a pain in the proverbial to keep tidy. It is approx 1m wide and roughly 30m long. I have not done a bark garden for many years, so I'm uncertain what is best now. Originally black plasti... |
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