Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
11-01-2010, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 66,882
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...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
11-01-2010, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 8,519
worms.
If you know anyone with horses, get one shovelful of manure from their dungheap. It will be full of worms!
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Forum: Home Improvements
10-10-2009, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,114
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...
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Forum: Home Improvements
25-09-2009, 10:04 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 19,177
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...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
16-09-2009, 11:06 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,017
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!
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
22-07-2009, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 9,221
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!
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Forum: Home Improvements
22-07-2009, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 17,367
varnishing veneer
Try a melamine primer -like ESP (I think it stands for Easy surface Preparation.)
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
23-01-2009, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 105,165
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
22-01-2009, 11:39 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,362
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.
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
04-10-2008, 11:33 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 129,210
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!
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
01-10-2008, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 54,574
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...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
05-11-2007, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 143
Views: 154,010
car boot sale
Apparently there is a new car boot sale at Mother Hubbards on the (old) N4. I think it's every week.
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Forum: Support Forum
26-11-2006, 03:36 AM
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Replies: 85
Views: 101,888
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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