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"sizing" new gib board for painting Hi knowledgeable ones-Does one need to size or seal new gib for painting=different answers from different people so far. Confused-old gib is painted but flaky as. So best options please. |
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Bulbs I have been given a bulk lot of bulbs, not sure what they are. Do I plant now or tide them over till next year. If i plant now will they just stay dormant till next Spring |
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Can a set of French doors with 8 panes Be reglazes to include one pane? Ie I imagine pulling out the cross bits and putting new single sheet glass in, Or does the whole door has to be replaced I have two sets of French doors and four sets of similar style windows in the lounge, the |
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Plumbing knowledge.gas i want to convert to gas . to my knowledge ill need a califont. and new pipes?. what exactly is the list i will need? running just the normal washhouse, kitchen, bathroom basin taps.shower/bath |
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Changing HRV system filter The red light to indicate the filter on our HRV system needs replacing is flashing. Does anyone know how easy it is to DIY or is it better to get the professionals in? Cheers |
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Skirting repaint colour ? Repainting interior walls, and skirtings. (not doors and architraves hopefully) Is it ok to paint skirtings same colour as walls. Architraves and doors not on the list to do. The walls will not be the same colour as existing doors etc. c |
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Help - ideas? I want to make a snail home, an environment to encourage snails in a kindergarten garden. As most gardens dont wont to encourage snails I'm having trouble finding ideas online. I'm thinking a terracotta plant pot upside down. that's as far as I've got. |
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Broken mains pipe . registered plumber? if a house is on mains water and the pipe that goes from the meter to the house is totally rusted out underground and needs replacing . does it have to be done by a registered plumber/drainlayer? Can anyone link me to some info? |
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Rangehoods plug or wired in? What are most plug or wired in? |
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Oven near window I know there are some rules about it but do not know where to look |
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Neighbour painting wall on my side . My neighbour approached me last weekend saying he wanted to paint my side of the high wall separating us towards the end of summer when it has dried out ( It is already painted and looks fine to me ) First time he has been near me and it's to tell me what... |
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Can anyone tell me what this weed is please? I take it to be a weed, it sure has the personality of one! Stubborn deep routing, tubal (if you can actually get to the bottom without it snapping first), heart shaped leaves with really weird almost alien looking flower. Puts me in mind of convolvulus b... |
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Where do you buy bags of Hydrated Lime for Render Where in the Waikato do you buy Hydrated Lime, suitable for adding to Cement Render. http://nzlandscape.co.nz/product/mcdonalds-hydrated-lime/ |
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HPM 4 heat lamp bathroom heater. One ES socket won't allow a heat lamp to be screwed in but will accept a smaller 100 w bulb. It's going to be a beggar to replace the socket. Any bright ideas? |
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Electrical Help Replacing a broken light fitting. We have a red and black wire coming out of the roof. The old fitting has 2 holes for the wires. New fitting has 4 holes. One labeled E, one labeled L and nothing on the other 2. What goes where lol |
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What is the best way to heat our lounge? I'm thinking a fireplace is by far the hottest. |
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Plant Identification Help Please Hi, This plant was given to me as a 15cm cutting around 20 years ago and now it's 1.4m high. It looks like a type of succulent plant with zebra type variegated markings, almost like a type of aloe but it has no sharp edges and so g |
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Vipers Bugloss / echium vulgare can anyone advise where I can buy seeds in NZ. I know it grows wild in many parts of the south island and is a great plant for bumble bees. My research of where I can get seeds from has drawn a blank. Thank you. |
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Where in Chch is a good place to collect pinecones Want to collect some for a garden feature. |
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Couple of seed questions? I planted some nasturtiums outside about 10 days ago and not one of them has come up some are in the garden and some in a pot in a sheltered position. am I just being impatient planted ? next, I have just planted silverbeet, tomato, zucchini and cucumber ... |
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Could this be the answer for bees? I had a "eureka" moment recently while watching a TV program. The amateur organic gardener had a policy of sowing wild flower etc seeds under the trees of her fruit orchard and just letting things go wild on the ground. The result was a prolification of b... |
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Moss in lawns Anyone recommend a good solution to rid our lawn of moss. Not very much at the moment but want to get on to it before it becomes worse. I could google it but as usual I find personal experiences a good way to go. |
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Push mower just used my original newly sharpened steel push mower for the first time -how underrated these machines are - a real pleasure to use and certainly quicker than a motor mower |
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Glass top hobs water access My daughter is in a HNZ house and everytime a pot boils over water gets into/under the element switches which causes the circuit breaker to flip and, I guess, fuses to blow. I feel these switches/controls should have some sort of watertight seal underneat... |
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Just spent the afternoon fixing my Breville 800ES Coffee machine. My advice to anyone that has a Breville machine, switch them off at the wall when you're not using it. Breville must have spent all of about $10 researching the power supply design - and came up very much lacking. C |
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