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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 11-01-2010, 02:35 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 45,663
Posted By Rufus Fornow
polystyrene.

My local council accepts it for recycling. Apparently it is remoulded into insulation and other products. They only take the white stuff - not black or green. They charge €3 per bag to take it (It's...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 11-01-2010, 02:29 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 6,375
Posted By Rufus Fornow
worms.

If you know anyone with horses, get one shovelful of manure from their dungheap. It will be full of worms!
Forum: Home Improvements 10-10-2009, 06:22 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,550
Posted By Rufus Fornow
double glazing film

The stuff reebok posted about...I saw it in Homebase in Longford last week, on the same stand as draught-excluders etc. Didn't buy it. I was wondering, maybe reebok can tell me, how it affects...
Forum: Home Improvements 25-09-2009, 09:04 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 14,377
Posted By Rufus Fornow
patio doors

Try salvage yards. If you are in Dublin, the best is macs, www.macswarehouse.ie. They have lots of windows and patio doors - some new, some used. Also, there is a window company called Ulster...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 16-09-2009, 10:06 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,265
Posted By Rufus Fornow
moss

A rake is the answer - the springy type you use for dead leaves is best. You can rake the moss out without damaging the grass!
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 22-07-2009, 05:46 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,015
Posted By Rufus Fornow
egyptian costume

I have seen a very effective Cleopatra (or was it Nefertiti) costume which used a tea cosy - one of those big padded ones - as the base for the headdress. Sounds mad, but looked really good!
Forum: Home Improvements 22-07-2009, 05:40 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 13,064
Posted By Rufus Fornow
varnishing veneer

Try a melamine primer -like ESP (I think it stands for Easy surface Preparation.)
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 23-01-2009, 12:17 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 29,446
Posted By Rufus Fornow
living for free

Ithink they are called "freegans"
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 22-01-2009, 11:39 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 7,657
Posted By Rufus Fornow
water butt

I presume it's placed close to a wall? If so, a hook driven into the wall on each side and a piece of rope tied between the two should solve the problem.
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 04-10-2008, 10:33 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 103,261
Posted By Rufus Fornow
mould

Try a dehumidifier from Argos. Takes the water out of the air. Only run it during th day, not while u r sleeping in there - it'll take the water out of u 2!
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 01-10-2008, 02:23 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 40,872
Posted By Rufus Fornow
paper briquettes.

Re rolling them up and throwing them in...I did something quite like this for years: fold newspapers in half, then half again (lengthways) to make a strip about 10" wide; roll em up to make a tube...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 05-11-2007, 04:35 PM
Replies: 143
Views: 133,385
Posted By Rufus Fornow
car boot sale

Apparently there is a new car boot sale at Mother Hubbards on the (old) N4. I think it's every week.
Forum: Support Forum 26-11-2006, 03:36 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 37,415
Posted By Rufus Fornow
How I heard about the site

I told a friend about freecycle (before I got fed up with it) and she returned the favour by telling me about Jumbletown.
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