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    #21
    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Buy them a washing line/mangle.
    FTFY

    “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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      #22
      Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
      FTFY

      Rigsby is that you?

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        #23
        Condensation is caused by warm moist air on cold smooth surfaces. The best and permanent way to solve it would be to batten the guilty wall and use insulation board (like plasterboard but green colour). You can either paper over it or skim plaster and paint. Quick and dirty way is to use a thermal wallpaper liner.
        Use a mat paint.

        It may not be condensation especially if it is on an outside corner.
        It could be a bridged cavity,
        Bad or missing roof tile.
        Leaking felt, gutter etc.
        "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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          #24
          Here you are, this will sort out the condensation on the windows


          http://www.raincitystory.com/flash/screenclean.swf

          SFW

          Confusion is a natural state of being

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            #25
            I had an issue with condensation in my house....the condensation was so bad that the clothes in my wardrobe would get wet! Anyhow, I was told there was a leak from the roof and I spent a small fortune getting the 'leak' fixed. The problem still remained. What worked wonders was getting an air vent fitted in the wall. I think the metal window frame was too snug fitting or something. But...then again...you say you have already tried fitting an air vent.

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              #26
              Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
              I get condensation drips around the back of the toilet due to icy cold water refilling the cistern.

              My wife thinks my aim is off.
              My first house suffered from that.

              Cue my mother buying me vinyl floor covering. It irked me greatly that she thought my aim was off, but a free floor was a free floor.
              Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                #27
                Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                That problem can be easily rectified by peeing in the sink.
                A building mate related the tale of a job on a rough council estate where the occupants were so lousy with their aim that the floor rotted right through, and the bog ended up falling through it.
                Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                  That problem can be easily rectified by peeing in the sink.
                  Of course, you may have to take the dishes out first.
                  The vegetarian option.

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                    That problem can be easily rectified by peeing in the sink.
                    I am told (by someone on CUK, IIRC) that peeing in the sink takes the chrome plating of the plug hole.

                    And at the time I was living in a house rented from a bachelor ... where the chrome was peeling up from the plughole.

                    Edit: found it:
                    Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View Post
                    I see you've stayed in that cheap B&B with a sink but no en-suite too. You can always tell, the chrome drain ring is rusty.
                    Last edited by RichardCranium; 21 December 2009, 18:13.
                    My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by Sysman View Post
                      A building mate related the tale of a job on a rough council estate where the occupants were so lousy with their aim that the floor rotted right through, and the bog ended up falling through it.
                      All men are lousty shots arn't they? Although it's not simply aim related, it's the last dribbles, splashback and the random nature of the initial part of the stream that can occur. I thought I had perfect aim until I discovered wee stains at the base of the toilet that took me ages to get to the bottom of despite my being the only one using it. In the end it was by a process of logic and and an exercise in deduction and reason and of eliminating all other possibilities that I had to conclude it was me, despite that also being impossible.
                      Last edited by TimberWolf; 21 December 2009, 19:36.

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