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    Cheapest Electricity Supplier

    How often in the last ten years have you had to call your electricity company? Flogas customer charter gives you a credit of €30 for billing mistakes and they respond to email within a couple of days. I'd be delighted if they racked up a few errors.
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    Different names on home heating oil and big difference in prices?

    Looking for oil today is that "cal 2013" or do you know a different code? Cheers
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    New Life Clothing

    They are around Roscommon today, same guy was here two weeks ago with a leaflet with a made up registered charity number on it.
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    Insulated Concrete Forms

    ICF is not cheaper and not necessarily faster and everything you do after you've put it up will be non standard. Our friends have just completed an icf build against the advice or family and friends and would not recommend it. Laying the blocks is a fraction of the time required to build a...
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    Whirlpool dishwasher - write off?

    Sounds like something got through the filter into the impeller of the pump, limescale can break away and cause them to wear or break too. With zanussi, electrolux, aeg etc. you can buy a kit to replace the impellers and seals for about £30, three screws and about 10 minutes work. I think...
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    Shower pump problems (Grundfos Niagara)

    Heres my theory. When the tap is turned on there is a pressure drop on the tap side of the pump. The reduced pressure on the tap side causes some water to push through the pump. The pump is triggered to power on. Pump is pumping into a closed circuit, so the flow stops and the pump goes off...
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    self build an a budget

    <quoted ad removed by mod> Sorry to raise this old post but I was just trawling through the velux posts and notice that Decoman has made only two posts both advertising this site so take his advice with a cellar of salt.
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    Cast Iron vs. Enamel Stove (Price Difference)

    Get a rechargeable drill and polishing attachments and its a satisfying job otherwise its the pits! Stovax make a graphite polish you can get on ebay for about a fiver. Can look at bit bling when done fresh.
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    cost of tarmac

    You'll need to get out the meauring tape if you want to get answers. Tarmac companies have no work at the moment, neighbour just got his done for half the original quote by basically laughing in the contractors face. When trying to get it done on a budget you'll have to be very careful they...
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    Fitting - Solid wood floor vs Engineering wood floor

    The good engineered stuff will cost at least the same possibly more than solid. It's not a 'the cheap option' Engineered timber is less prone to shrinkage and warping and save valuable hard wood resources. It is also essential if using underfloor heating. Once glued to the ply it will be rock...
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    Smell in bedroom

    Older light fitings were made with urea formaldehyde which breaks down at high temperature. Urea is the smell of urine and formaldehyde the smell of the good old disection room mmmmmm. Smelly memory foam is very common a quick google will confirm. Often the smell is accounted for by the...
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    jingley sound behind bedroom wall?

    Sorry so late, Do you have esb, ntl, phone etc on the gable .. the wire attaching this can make very odd noises. We had similat issue with ntl cable, got it buried instead.
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    Where to buy ironmongery for new gate

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    Low energy lights?

    Hi Xsue, You can get them in b&q among other places, they come in different powers and colour temperature. Warm white (2700k) is the closest to the normal downlighter but still a little pale. The higher power ones are a tight squeeze in many downlighter fittings. B&Q recently had a special...
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    Home wind turbines?

    Re: wind turbines? Don't listen to anything the sales people tell you, to get any kind meaningful recommendation you would have to put up an anemometer and record the wind statistics for your site over a few months. It is economically unfeasible to supply 100% of your electricity as the size...
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    Anyone know of a good online guide to laying a laminated wooden floor?

    Re: Laminated Wooden Floor Question It's very important to stagger the boards properly this is the biggest mistake diy people make and the floor looks terrible.
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    Regulations-height from floor to window cill

    You can give it vertical emphasis regardless of the ceiling height or sill height by making the vertical dimension proportionately larger than the horizontal one. You may have to put in several narrow windows to get the light you want and to satisfy the planning dept. A friend of mine 'got...
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    BallyTherm insulation

    It's made from PIR the same as kingspan and xtratherm, has the approprate certification, its a very simple product to produce so I can't see any problems. If it's cheaper I would go ahead and buy it. If it's the same price I'd still go ahead and buy it to support an irish business rather than...
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    Bees? hovering in the air in my garden

    Definitely hover flies. It's no coincidence that you think they are bees. They are called 'mimics' because they have evolved to look similar to bees or wasps this is to deter potential predators. They move quite differently to bees hovering then moving suddenly forward or sideways.
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    Solo Radiators with Geothermal vs. Oil Rads Plus Geothermal

    I would definitely be wary of any company claiming to 'recover 100% of the energy in the stale air being expelled' as that is completely impossible.
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