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old sink for sale

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Mirror, mirror, on the wall ....

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Just fitted a new acrylic mirror in the bathroom. From A&D acrylic mirrors on Ebay. Its amazing. As clear as glass, light weight and safe too Expert tip: Put more glue on the edges than the middle and press down firmly in the center until the glue hold sit firmly. The result is a mirror with a slight curve to it. Very flattering. I've dropped two dress sizes!

Fuel hose replacement

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The fuel hose from Pollack valve to engine was showing deep cracks, everywhere I looked, generally on the outer of any curved sections. Just like on link. I bought a new length (3m was just right - a bit closer than I'd intended) bought from eBay: apparently the standard specification is SAE 30 J6, I used SAE 30J9 which is higher specification, though I doubt that makes any difference. I wanted more durable, but the  J9 is primarily better for biofuels because of is less permeable.  http://www.volksbolts.com/faq/fuelhose.htm  is a helpful site. Note that steel outer braiding is not recommended as it can hide potential problems and small leaks. In brake hoses an outer braiding adds strength to with stand the high hydraulic pressures. One finished I dissected he old hose. it is three layers: An inner (rubber or Nitrile tube: braiding of some sort: outer rubber tubing. The cracks had penetrated right through the outer tube, but had stopped at the braiding. The inner s...

Fate Much Wenlock

Much Wenlock 20/21 July 2013 Festival at the Edge Story telling at a beautiful location.

bathroom sink

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we wanted a better sink: With a bowl we could fill from the kitchen sink Smaller than he fold down shallow sink Out of the way when we have a shower The design uses a wardrobe rail cut to size and shelf brackets that just slot into place behind the rail. the bowl lifts out, but is quite stable in the cut out shelf. what a brilliant design concept !! The rail Removal shelf ... plus the bowl. That's the prototype ... I'll finish it off later. Perhaps much later.

bathroom - vinyl wrap how hard can that be?

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I took the easy option with the good shower room walls and decided to just cover them with vinyl wrap (sticky back plastic) Blue peter would have been proud. Well proud of the idea. Two attempts later, and after getting advice from the Internet, and it's not going too well. Dr Mark's tip: get someone more skillful and careful to do it ? more...