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A Tiling question. I am fixing a row of tiles along the wall at the back of a granite sink bench between the bench and the windowsill above. The spaces between the tiles and the long space between the tile tops and the sill will be grouted and the grout will be sealed |
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Best lemon Tree Variety For Upper Hutt, we get some pretty mean frosts |
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Home Alarm Monitoring question I have an alarm that is currently monitored by a useless company that frankly just takes $46 a month off me for nothing. Does anyone know a Securities Systems company in West Auckland that could make my alarm go to my phone if it goes off so I can monitor... |
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Can an old Kent Fire be painted? Is there paint available in NZ? Thanks. |
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Struck a Sump? So, I just dug out a huge agapanthus from the end of my drive and underneath I found a layer of broken up concrete. The agapanthus was suspiciously easy to dig out - the roots were all above ground on top of the concrete. I pulled a couple of bits of the ... |
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Polyurethaning floors . Just about finished the sanding- have been using a modified buffer, great fun! I've looked into the various types of poly I can use, not so keen on moisture cured due to toxicity. Was just wondering how good the water based poly is, will it last as long a... |
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Haier XQJ50-31B problems.repairable? A friend's Haier XQJ50-31B washing machine will wash and drain but won't spin ~ is it worth calling a repairman or is it dead - it is ten years old. TIA She doesn't want to pay an expensive call out fee if it turns out to be totally munted. |
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Female 3 pin plugs for extension cord can anyone tell me where to get a couple of these from?. the 'oldfart' says he needs a couple,hes only tried the warehouse so far and had no luck so thought i would try here. thanks for any replies. |
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Strawberries What is the best fertiliser to use. I read that someone had used Wally's tomato fert & had huge strawberries So would Tomato mix be ok to plant my straw berries in? |
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Magic tree: Multi-blossom hybrid A green-fingered New York art professor has created an amazing horticultural hybrid, the Tree of 40 Fruit, which yields different colored blossoms and a variety of fruits all at once. |
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Is this grass grub & how to best treat it? hi folks, Was doing some yardwork & noticed three of these bugs in soil near a patch of dead grass, is this grassgrub: https://trademe.tmcdn.co |
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White fly and grey aphids on curly kale we seem to have both white fly and grey aphids on our kale. Any idea what to do? I usually wash it in salt water which kills most of the culprits. Have tried the old soapy water thing but with the high rainfall in Northland it is not really working. And s... |
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Need someone To rotary hoe my back garden. Im going to grow vegs to give back to the community as I had a rupture bowels nearly 2 yrs ago & had to get food from the food banks so this is my way to help pay them back. I have the rotary hoe & petrol but it's too much fo... |
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Cutting a tile? Hi. I have one tile I'd like to cut about 2cm off. It's quite a large tile, and I think it's prob slightly thicker than a normal thin one but not by much. How can I get this done? I only have the one tile so don't want to just try it and break |
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'Bulky' waste disposal in Auckland (suitcase) Hi there I have an old suitcase with a broken handle so I can't really take it to a charity shop. Non-organic collection has only just happened so I can't wait for that. Is there anywhere I can dump it anywhere for free (and legally)? I am in |
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Tomato seeds Thinking of ordering my tomato seeds for this year. My tomatoes were not great last year. Any recommendations for awesome flavour and healthy strong plants? Thanks |
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Painter - how much Should I offer a friends hubby to paint two ceilings? One coat to freshen up really. everything supplied but I don't expect him to do it for nothing! One single bedroom one double No. he's not a painter by trade either ??? |
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Hardwood decking hi how long do you think it would take two guys to lay a 12m long x 6m wide hardwood deck having to predrill and screw etc? TIA |
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Plumber's advice appreciated - toilet flush In a nutshell, should a plumber have been able to find a way to increase the too-short Half Flush on this cistern? I would really appreciate a second opinion from the wise ones. Many thanks. |
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Looking for Phygelius plants This is also called Cape Fushia and Cape Figwort among other common names . It provides great winter food for bellbirds but I cant find anyone selling it in our area (top of the south ). I am happy to propagate cuttings if anyone would like to send m some... |
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Has anyone managed to. Hi there was just wanting to know i have soil from under the woolshed thats been outside for a few years however the only problem is its got stinging nettle amongst it, I've looked online and seen ya can spray it etc to get eventually get rid of it all to... |
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Lemons going to waste Honestly, sometimes I could cry. I only hav-e to walk down to my local shops and I pass 2 properties with lemon trees so large, and so dropping with lemons, and the owners don't use them! They fall on the ground and end up rotting. I do go in and ask for ... |
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Change Sky TV LNB its one of those old digital boxes - seems to be stuck on 11300. I want it on 10750 - went into settings, lnb setup - chose universal and it wont let me change it to 10750. Will it only allow me to change if it gets a signal ? ( i may have the dish pointi... |
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Carpet binding southland can anyone tell me of a good place to get a carpet mat bound please. thankyou |
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Pruning Dwarf Apple tree We planted a dwarf apple Ballerina 3 years ago. It had fruit 1st year-last year nothing-had been fed I haven't pruned it yet-should I reduce the size of the highest shoot? or leave it for another year or so? |
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