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How to clean the black stuff off fences? Anyone have any recommendations? Thanks. |
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Solar Water Heating, Do you have it? Is it cost effective? Just doing some sums, looks like $10,000 to setup, and wondering if it's ever going to pay off! |
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Where do I buy an E27 (screw) lampholder? I notice Mitre 10 and Bunnings dont sell this type, (tho there's now a lot of E27 lamps now). Is there an issue with DIY installing? |
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Gluing Shadowclad? i need to glue the seam of two sheets of shadow clad together as they are seperating between the fixed points. whats the best glue that wont pull apart to keep these together? |
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What is a nice grass seed for a fine lawn? I am lucky in that I have a small lawn. I want to make it look really nice and I am prepared to weed and water and fertise it. I'd like to over seed it with a some nice fine grass that does not grow too high. But all the lawn |
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Name wanted Had a friend tell me today she has seen bulbs in flower deep pink about 50cms tall no leaves showing can anyone ell her what they would be please? I thought ixia but had never seen pink ones |
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Handbasin over toilet cistern. I have seen space-saving handbasins over the toilet cistern (moulded into the lid as one unit) in Singapore, does anyone know if they are available in NZ ? |
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Electrician advice needed please Where do I find the fuse inside an oven ? It is a Smeg Classique and there is no information in the manual. Not sure how old the oven is. It keeps on shorting out and going bang. Thanks in advance |
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Advice needed on buying a Dremel type rotary tool. I want to buy a rotary tool for a few small jobs. Don't really want to go to the expensive Dremel and are looking at something like the Ozito or similar price. Any advice on which brand or model. Thanks. |
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Help with Avocado tree. Our avocado tree branches have died on the ends. There is plenty of new growth around the trunk area but nothing on the ends. It was like this last year and did not have any fruit. Up until last year it has masses of fruit. Its quite an old tree I think. ... |
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Mature Conifers Ten years ago I planted a row of seven pencil conifers that the garden shop assured me would only grow to six feet in height. They were planted along the front of the house and are now bending over as they have reached the guttering on the house. This is ... |
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Have you relocated a water tank before? we have a water tank located at the front of our property which is a bit of a ugly sight, we are thinking of moving it over behind our house so its not so visable. the tank has a pump wired into it, we know it will involve a sparky and plumber, hi-ab. Jus... |
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Lots of Kereru eating the young shoots off the Willow at the mo :))) |
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Gypsophila plant Has anyone seen these for sale any where recently. Love them and had a huge one, but guessing snails finished it off this year because of lack of diligence on my part. Would love another to take better care of. |
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Vacuum cleaner cord rewind mech. fault or damage? Hi guys, We have a vacuum cleaner still under warranty that developed a fault with the cord rewind mechanism, which meant the cord jammed. Tried gently to unwind cord, which lead to a 3cm stripping of the cord down to bare wire. Have taken the |
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What sort of saw to cut bricks? I have some house clay bricks that are chipped or broken, l was told a circlular saw, but is there a name or term for that sort of blade? |
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Plumber missing in action - do I have any legal We have a half completed job - the reinstallation of a toilet. The plumber who commenced the job not only mislead us on when he would finish, he does not respond to enquiries. If and when he finishes, do I have any legal recourse for the angst and delay? ... |
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Legionnaires.I knew it. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/72781724/tests-show-legionnaires-bug-could- |
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Flexibin Just used this "pop up" skip bin service on my rental property as had a bit of junk and garden waste to clear. Was a little skeptic at first but after doing some research the cost was slightly cheaper than getting a proper skip bin delivered. I needed to ... |
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Will salt kill Wandering Jew? I have a terrible problem with this pest on my property coming from neighbouring bush reserve (covered in it). Was wondering about a heavy dose of salt over it? Would that work, and if so I guess it is plain not iodised? |
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Best nut or fruit tree for Suburban wellington. Tawa to be exact. I have a sunny corner beside my chicken coop that needs a tree planted in it. It gets sun, reasonable sheltered (as in not too windy). I'm looking for a tree to grow about 2 metres from the boundary, fine to ha |
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Much dose concrete cost Depends where you live. |
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Motivation garden Motivation for getting in the garden, spent the last two weekends in my mothers garden and so need to do mine, aching all over from this mornings effort, would love a magic wand to rid the weeds and trim some trees. love my garden but. think I might get s... |
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Toilet keeps running My toilet keeps dripping water into the pan, so it's constantly got the water dripping into the cistern It has a plunger-like release in the cistern, so I'm guessing maybe it's not sealing properly? Earlier today when it was flushed I wondered |
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Tree ID please It's just come into flower in a local park. Some sort of cherry maybe? https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/417701981.jpg |
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