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Free: Up lighter lamp and reading light (Merchiston EH10) Promised Two identical 6 foot high free standing lamps with reading lights. Both broken. Reading lights work on both. Uplights stopped working and are both non-functional. I’ve tried to fix both but failed. One uplighter completely broken after my efforts to repair. If someone has the electrical skills then the other is potentially repairable if the electrical fault can be identified and repaired. Both lamps about 20 years old from Ikea. If any wants the one with uplight that is potentially repairable only or both for spares then you’re welcome to.

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Free: Buddliea sapling (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Blue flowering buddliea sapling self-seeded in garden.

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Free: Sherry cask (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Old wooden sherry cask with rusting metal bands. Wooden spout and cork bung in filling hole. No longer water tight. 18 ins long and 22 ins diameter. Needs someone to restore it.

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148d

Free: Holly sapling (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Holly sapling self-seeded in garden. Growing well in pot. About 3ins tall.

162d

Free: Buddleia saplings (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Purple flowering buddleia saplings self seeded in garden.

210d

Free: Elephant Ears plants (Merchiston EH10) Gifted I need to thin a patch of Elephant Ear bergenia plants. I’ll pull them out when there to be collected.

210d

Request: Insulation material (Merchiston EH10) Received There is a gap behind a skirting board a few centimetres deep about 5 metres in length, that communicates directly with the sub-floor space. I need some soft insulation material like glass mineral wool to insert in the space before I seal it off with membrane. If anyone has any left over material from insulating a loft that might suitable, I would be most grateful.

223d

Free: Kitten food (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Bought in error. 1.6 kg remains. IAMS chicken dried kitten food for age 1-12 months. About four months old but sealed whole time.

228d

Free: Chestnut saplings (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Two horse chestnut saplings that self-seeded in my garden last year. Just coming into leaf. Both about 1 foot tall. Now in leaf.

235d

Free: Slates (Merchiston EH10) Gifted About 15 slates that have come off roof over years. Not suitable for re-use on roof according to our roofer. Unsure what they might used for but in case someone wants for garden etc rather going to landfills.

245d

Free: Garden hose connectors (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Garden hose connectors. Five female connectors and two male tap connectors. They were all working when I replaced them about 15 years ago with stop flow ones.

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Free: Vacuum cleaner floor tool (Merchiston EH10) Expired Black floor tool for vacuum cleaner. Rear brush fell off so not effective for cleaning carpets but still fine for hard floors. Old and bashed but otherwise functional. 32 mm connector. No idea why anyone might want other than cleaning dirty workshop. In case someone wants it and so it doesn’t go to landfill, I’m offering it.

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Free: Tailgate struts (Merchiston EH10) Expired Hyundai i10 tailgate struts. Two used struts that were replaced because they didn’t fully extend and kept banging head. 16 years old. However, still working if manual extended to full height. No idea why someone would want them but thought I’d try before taking to dump.

321d

Free: Telephone (Merchiston EH10) Expired I salvaged the phone when the hospital upgraded its phones. Used it for five years but my landline has gone digital so no longer works.

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Free: Roofing felt (Merchiston EH10) Gifted A piece Wickes green IKO Trade Roofing Felt Topsheet which is a heavyweight bituminous roofing felt which is ideal for use as the cap sheet to a multi-layer system on garden buildings or a single layer on shed roofs (non-habitable buildings) and comes with a 10 year life expectancy. Left over from refelting my tool shed. 2.5 m by 60 cm.

1y

Free: Roofing felt adhesive (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Wickes roofing felt adhesive is a cold-applied bitumen adhesive for bonding and sealing roofing felts. About a half to two thirds of a 2.5 L tin. Opened about 3 months ago.

1y

Free: Buddleja sapling (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Buddleja sapling. Purple flowering. Self seeded in pot. About six inches tall.

1y

Free: Bluebell bulbs (Merchiston EH10) Gifted About 20-30 native bluebell bulbs that I’ve thinned out of our garden.

1y

Free: Cooking apples (Merchiston EH10) Gifted About 1.4 kg of cooking apples picked today. No idea what type apples but cook well and taste good!

1y

Free: Bluebell bulbs (Merchiston EH10) Gifted I’ve been thinning out my flower bed and dug up some bluebell bulbs. English with about 20 in each bag.

1y

Free: Scottish maple sapling (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Scottish maple sapling self-seeded in garden. About 6 inches tall. Potted and in good condition.

1y

Free: Bluebell bulbs (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Bluebell bulbs 30-40 per bag. I’ve been thinning out our bluebell patches if anyone wants them.

1y

Free: Garden wire (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Green garden wire. Plastic coated wire taken down from. Old but lasts forever. A variety of thicknesses and lengths.

1y

Free: Chestnut saplings (Merchiston EH10) Expired Three chestnut saplings that grew in garden. About six-twelve inches tall. I think horse rather than sweet chestnut. Potted and ready to go.

1y

Free: Bluebell bulbs (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Bluebell bulbs just dug. About 20-30 bulbs.

1y

Free: garden sprayer (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Old Roundup garden sprayer. Empty and functional. 5L capacity. Hand held sprayer.

1y

Free: Chestnut sapling (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Sweet chestnut self-seeded in garden. About 18 inches tall so probably two years old. Dug out today, potted and watered.

1y

Free: Cromer Aluminium Solar Reflective paint (Merchiston EH10) Gifted A bit less than a quarter of a 1 L can. Solar reflective paint to protect bitumen roofing from sun damage. Can’t imagine why anyone would want so little but I suppose one could use it on bare patches of a previously paint roof. The can was opened today.

1y

Free: Tree saplings (Merchiston EH10) Gifted A variety of tree sapling that self seeded in garden. Oak, sweet chestnut and I’m unsure what else. About 6 inches tall and healthy,

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1y

Free: Buddliea (Merchiston EH10) Gifted Seedling buddleia

1y