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Ergorapido (Electrolux) rechargeable vac The batteries in our "stick vac" no longer hold a charge. Does anyone know where I can get new rechargeable batteries fitted for that device? There are 10 batteries all up in the vac. |
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Overflow from head tank in roof For several weeks now there has been water pouring out of the overflow pipe from the header tank in my ceiling. It started as a trickle and is now a continuous stream. It's a Housing NZ house and I have contacted the call center 4 times but they insist I ... |
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Pull cords to turn ceiling lights on Hi,just wondering if anyone can please help me.I'm looking to replace a pull cord light switch?I not sure of where to look[don't even know what it's called] or even if you can get them any more.Some thing has broken and pull cord no longer turns the light... |
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Tulips - only leaves I planted Tulips about 5 years ago. The first year we had a mass of flowers. Ever since when the come up all we get is leaves. Any one have any idea why this is and can I do any thing to encourage flowering again ? |
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Strawberries 'Temptation" Does anyone know where I might get hold of these strawberries? None of our local shops have them and Kings online are out of stock. Help!? |
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Wallpapering Bathroom Is there special wallpaper for this and or special glue? What do I need to know. It's for a very old house and will only be on the top half as the bottom half is Kauri |
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Dry shade under the eaves, plant suggestions? I'm going to strip out my tiny front garden, except for the salvias that seem to be doing okay, and would quite like some suggestions for low maintenance but colourful plants to put in, instead of the tired old stuff that's in there now. I'm thinking echi... |
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Cyclamen plants I have had an ordinary cyclamen since May, it finally finished flowering today. What do I do with it now. Also, it has one seed head that looks viable. Will the seeds grow TIA |
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Natures Flame Enviro Evolution Pellet fire A friend has a Natures Flame enviro evolution pellet fire in his home. I believe that they are Canadian manufacture(?) He has recently had it serviced and the igniter replaced, again.' It appears that these units fail well before what would no |
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What to plant I have what I call the wilderness area in our garden it is part of the original garden, we live rural, it has lots of Rhodes and camellias but since clearing a lot of rubbish looks a bit bare, has quite a few big tress so doesn’t get much sun, just... |
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Plumbing help pan connector for new toilet Hi there I'm putting a toilet in a woolshed and I'm wanting to no how do you install the pan connector in the floor? Do you just cut a hole and it sits there? And do you just push fit the sanitary pipe to the pan connector? Or glue it? |
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Leaking skylight Looking at getting a skylight sorted which is just over 30 years old. One side is leaking internally, I'm thinking the seals are cactus. Who would I call for a job like this - roofer? Thanks. |
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Rotorua .radiator heating ? Ive just purchased a house with one of these in each room and that is currently not in use Evidently when Council closed down the geothermal heating in many areas in Rotorua people switched to radiator heating. ( I think that what theyre called) . I was t... |
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Leaking hose connector This Y junction has a screw collar. It is hard to get it not to leak because it is in two parts. I think I have done it up as tight as possible and I've used graphite and hemp. Does anyone know what I'm getting at? |
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A question about spray marker dyes. I have been using Been There and before that Been There Done That. over twenty years. however I recently bought "New Formula" Been There and first use my sprayer clogged up and as I pumped it trying to clear it the vacuum container exploded just missing m... |
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Condensation [wet] on one wall. Not sure what to do next.House is well aired ,good insulation and seems mould free.We opened up a suspect wall { different wall but same room} to find old fireplace that had just been boarded over,still had ashes in it! Cleaned it all out put in lots of i... |
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Can someone help identifying plant please? Sorry no photo, but should be easy for experienced plant person to identify hopefully. I have a plant with big flax like but fleshy succulent type leaves, (not a native). A couple of months ago it sent up an enormous (4.5m) "flower" spike up through the c... |
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Kitset kitchen. Looking at either a Bunnings (Kaboodle) or a Mitre 10 kitset kitchen, not the cheap more upper mid end. Anyone any experiences? |
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Excuse my ignorance on bathrooms I am doing up my bathroom with my nephew and nieces help. I need to keep costs low as possible. What tradesperson would I use to install a shower? Taking out a bath that has a shower over it and installing a shower unit. The shower has a 5 year warranty i... |
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Water stain on house windows nothing from wet and forget as glass not the same as shower glass |
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Jet Spa Baths do you have one and like or dislike Any hints or tips on these, thinking about getting one. |
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Shade sail within 1 M of boundry We would like to erect a shade sail as a car port, opposed to an actual carport which quotes have came in at 10k! Anyway when it come to a shadesail the building code states it can't be with 1m of our boundry. As this is purely to be used to protect |
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DIY Fabric Protection for new lounge suite Have purchased a new lounge suite through Smiths City which is being made in Auckland. Smith City offer a Gold Care plan but its quite expensive. Its an insurance plus fabric protection in one plan. Has anyone scotch guarded the fabric themselves? Bunning... |
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Can interior paint be used outside? Just want to spruce up some wooden raised gardens. Nothing fancy just a basic cover. What's the difference between interior and exterior please? |
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Star fruit / Carambola Anybody know of any star fruit availible in NZ? |
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