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Double Glazing Firm in Dunedin Going to get some quotes as we have a weeping bedroom window. Does anyone have any recommendations for firms they've used please? Want to keep the wooden window, not interested in aluminium frames. |
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Kitchen sink in Garden I am looking to putting a kitchen sink bench down the bottom of my garden To obtain water and also wash small pet pots etc that I use down there. The kitchen sink will have a normal kitchen tap. I am unable to connect to mains water. |
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Painting a exisiting bench top Our kitchen colour scheme is circa 1990's, however I like the layout of the kitchen just not the colour of the benchtop. Has anyone here painted their existing benchtop? I see that you can buy the special paint at Bunnings but I don't want to waste my tim... |
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How much paint roof Just looking at costs involved in painting a roof. Google is now my friend today, I have a 120m2 house 'L' shaped. Ive no idea how to calculate the amount of paint needed. Obviously the pitch of the roof would have to be taken into account? It is an |
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Show us your bird feeders Just love feeding the birds in Winter, am after more ideas, particularly for free standing ones. Found a couple on Pintrest made of old market umbrella's which we happen to have one of around the back of the house. May attack it this weekend. |
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Building apprenticeship Do any builders out there know how long to get qualified as an apprentice if you have done the Carpentry pre-employment programme and completed all the level 4 NZQA papers? |
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Gas HW HW cylinder needs replacing wondered if going to gas would be more economic as its only i person house & water heating costs is about $45 month . |
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Method of Payment on Quote? Can any tradies, business owners explain this to me please? " 25% deposit with balance with balance due as a progress claim ( if moving to a new calendar month ) or at job completion " this was on a quote for a $2000 dollar double glazin |
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Heat lamp in bathroom I have seen those units with a couple of heat lamps in them to take the chill of in a bathroom or ensuite, and wonder what is involved. Do they run off the current lighting circuit, or do they need a separate circuit? (Somehow I suspect the latter). |
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Weeping windows make me feel like crying too I'm sure this topic has been covered before but I still can't work out exactly why some winter mornings I wake up and find my windows and fine and clear, and other mornings the moisture is running down them. It doesn't seem to matter whether o |
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Need a bookshelf made - any recommendations? Hi there! Been searching for a character wooden bookshelf for quite some time now without much luck. Decided it might be better to commission a carpenter to do the actual work itself. Who would you recommend in the Franklin/south Auckland area pleas |
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Which flowers last longest in baskets (hanging) I'm thinking of the ones in the streets they seem to last along time perhaps the fairies replenish at night. I'm surrounded by wooden fences and thought I'd do a thing with guttering. |
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I need help in my garden as I am elderly And the garden is no respecter of age I just cant work out there any more and the weeds grow faster than I can pull them out I am in Royal Oak Auckland and would appreciate assistance |
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Advice about rose bushes please. We bought this house over 6 months ago, and the garden is not huge but has lots of roses dotted everywhere. The roses are lovely colours but not really where I want them to be. They are now well pruned back and I want to plant them up our long drive ( we ... |
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So elderly builder here had abit of flashing made the flashing is 4metres long, as we had a leak inside at door, the roofer we contacted asked for a $250.00 call out fee, and if it could be repaired for this price ok, but if more they would quote and send us a email. Hell this sure seems alot, what do yo... |
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Split exterior sills On the windows we are not intending on upgrading (retro if we can, aluminium 2nd choice) we have some cracks, there are no soft spot on the wood. So advise please as i want to strip these windows back and re paint. My question is around these |
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Wall Bracket - Karcher Window Vac I have looked but can’t find a wall bracket for it. Any ideas what I could use please? |
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Old Kent fire Haven't used for a few years but now ready to go. Can't rember how the levers work. One pulls out and one slides left to right, Anyone enlighten me? I think pull the in out one out till fire gets going and the out back in? |
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Franke kitchen sink plug problem. Small but annoying problem. Franke sink plug now won't stay in the open (free to drain) position as had lost the ball bearing in the post over time. I now have a Franke replacement plug correct size for the sink but it is falling down also. Waste plug hol... |
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Spa bath jets problems jets stop working after a few seconds of running,,hit air switch hear the click pump runs jets run a few seconds stops,,pump is free to spin,,not getting hot. any thoughts onga2381 |
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Toilet/bathroom gib We need to replace a couple of pieces of gib in both areas. Does anyone know if we have to use aqua gib and replace all or can just do like for like? |
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Finding wiring in a wall Wanting to add fixture to bathroom wall but as a door was removed years ago and the light switch moved we need to know where the electrical wiring is before placing fitting, what is best way? |
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How efficient old heat pump. Frosty Morning? My heat pump is at least 20 years old. We light the log burner at night and let it die down. I don't think they are efficient in a frost? |
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French lavender plants Some are looking very unwell,this is there first winter planted out in the garden,have had minus 5 frosts,thinking may be frosts affecting them, keen to hear your thoughts,should i pull them out or are they likely to come away again in the spring. Have fo... |
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Tulip bulbs I planted some tulip bulbs 2 months ago and they aren't doing anything - no roots not sprouts. I did put them in the frig for a few weeks prior to planting, in paper bags in a vegetable drawer without anything else. The bulbs aren't rotting and are still ... |
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