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I need to replace the fence panels down one side of the house. Are pressure treated panels all they are cracked up to be ? Do they need any maintenance ? There are 15 along the side of the house facing onto the road so I don't want to have to be painting both sides every year. Any suggestions...

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Thanks for all the suggestions. The garage is 5m x 3.3m and I only have access to one side and one end. Currently the roof is covered in moss, so I would need to clean that first before putting anything on top. I think I will get some bitumen paint and have a go at one end to see how big a job...

I have recently moved house and the garage roof is not in the best of condition. The garage itself is a concrete pre-fab and the roof is concrete panel type. There are numerous leaks in the roof around the joints and possibly from cracks in the panel. Does anyone know the best way to waterproof...

The bathroom is a notifiable area according to Part P regs. In general, DIY in notifiable areas is a no-no. Please don't take this the wrong way, but asking those type of questions means you should not be doing it. I did some DIY electrics approx 6 years ago (just extending a ring). Trying to...

I have used them for about 9 months. I don't use my mobile much so just get the pay-as-you-go credits rather than the packages. Never had a problem.

Depending on what size hole you need, I have used these drills to put clean holes in tiles for showers / water pipes. http://www.365drills.com/

The problem with these machines is they suffer from the capacitor plague. Also, the power supply bricks can be a bit of a weak point but are easier to replace than the caps on the motherboard.

Generally with debouncing inputs, you need between 20 and 50 millisecs of constant signal before deciding the signal is solid and then acting on it. Under 50mS, generally you would not be able to notice that there is a delay. Personally I would debounce both the positive (pressing) and negative...

You may want to look at a quad encoder for feedback on the rotation / movement. Hook the encoder directly up to one end of the threaded bar and depending on the encoder itself, you can get extremely accurate positioning. Personally, I have access to encoders with 1024 counts per revolution, but...

You may want to have a look at the Propeller chip from Parallax. It can be programmed in C (Google for Catalina) although its native development language (Spin) is very simple to learn. The UK supplier is Spinvent.co.uk. There is a nice prototyping board (http://www.spinvent.co.uk/product%20inf...

Thanks. I did have a look for a thread before posting as I too remembered something about it. The ones I found were mostly about HVLP which as I understand causes quite a bit of overspray / lingering paint in the air whereas the airless is supposed to be better for those 2 issues. I have read...

Have either of you had any experience of using these to spray emulsion inside a house ? I am in the process of buying a new house that needs loads of work and will need to decorate every room. I can't face having to roller or brush everywhere and was thinking about hiring or buying an airless...

Personally, I wouldn't touch a Volvo with a barge pole. I had an 02 plate S60 diesel with approx 80K on the clock that was a complete nightmare. The final service I had done before I got rid of it came back with a list of over £1200 worth of work that needed doing. Unfortunately I didn't trade...

Its a quote from Animal Farm - All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others Strangely enough, it was first published on this day in 1945 (according to my desk diary)