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In My Home MoneySaving sticky
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What do I need to connect these 2 pipes?
The slim, pipe, furthest away in photo, is the drainage outlet for my shower. It emerges from the wall on a downward slope and inside the white/grey connector thingy, is the pipe that the outside black pipe, needs to connect to. It seems to be just a push fit connection. For some reason, of late, the black pipe bit is…
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Kitchen drain
I want to redo my kitchen. If it is possible I would like to move the sink from its existing position on the side wall to the front wall. The move would be along two sides of a right angled triangle roughly 180cm x 110cm, with a straight line between the old and new positions forming a hypotenuse of about 211cm. I think…
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Cordless vacuum cleaners... arm/wrist strain
Not sure where to post this. Can anyone recommend a rechargeable, good suction cleaner which is on the light side, weight-wise? OH and I are getting heartily sick of trundling our corded, cylinder job around… but we've heard three main accusations levelled against the cordless models: They simply don't do the job specified…
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Endoscope Camera
Wondering about buying one of these to help see into confined spaces - mainly dry ones, like under and behind kitchen units, under floorboards etc. Places where I can't get my camera in to take pictures or record video. Anyone found good ones that will work with a Moto Android mobile phone (a bit old now) or the latest…
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Emergency plumber- have I been scammed? And what can I do?
We suddenly had a huge leak coming from upstairs into our dining room on Friday morning. I had to call an emergency plumber who came within an hour. He said he can do the works but he won’t know a definite price until he takes the ceiling down and finds the cause etc. He estimated £1200-£6000 which I had to agree to as the…
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Wren kitchens. Any good?
Anyone used Wren to supply and fit their kitchen? What was your experience of them?
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New kitchen: recommendations
We want a new kitchen fitted. The one we have is about 15 years old and was from Ikea. We've been relatively happy with it, but it was a budget option and now we are willing to pay a bit more to get better quality. So far, we've been to Howdens, who are coming out in 10 days to design the kitchen. We designed the Ikea one…
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Do they sell guttering clips anywhere?
The clip on one of my guttering connections has broken and I want looking to buy it, I assume it would be readily available but appears not. Seems like you have to buy the whole corner piece. I'm looking at the clip that clicks into place see below:
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Drain blocking
I live in a 1930s semi-detached house (say, number 10) joined to number 12. The drains run along the back of the houses, from number 2 down towards number 14 and so on. The manhole cover is about 1m from the back door. I have a grate into which the water from the bathroom, dishwasher and washing machine pours (from pipes…
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New boiler to replace Worcester
My current boiler Worcester 28i is 15 years old so I am looking to replace it. I am going round in circles trying to find the best replacement at a good price (not necessarily the cheapest) with the best warranty. Or should I look for a guarantee rather than a warranty? In my 80th year I don't want to get it wrong- so much…
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Zinnser Perma White
Anyone else think that Zinsser Permawhite isn't exactly that white but more of a cream colour. Don't get me wrong, it's brilliant stuff but when I first bought a tin for the woodwork and doors for my bathroom I did notice it was a bit off white but didn't really bother me as I using it for all areas on the bathroom but…
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mattress 7 year warranty
after five years the mattress has after independent inspection been found faulty. the edges all the way around the mattress has collapsed. the springs are broken and there are 5cm dips, I cannot get comfortable. its a John Lewis mattress. lady at J L said we wouldn't entertain a claim as your mattress has stains on it. I…
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Qettle water boiler/filter leak after mains water off
We’ve got a Qettle boiling water tap with the 4 litre boiler and an inline charcoal filter (about the size of a rolling pin) under our kitchen sink. Our mains water has been off for about 5 hours due to a burst main locally. When it came back on earlier we heard a couple of knocks from under the sink (sounded like the…
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Failed patio windows under warranty
We own a house which was built in 2017. Two panes of four of the patio doors have failed, with condensation between them. I contacted the makers, Patiomasters, they agreed that they have failed but have said we need to find the installer to activate the warranty. The house was built by a small scale developer, only three…
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Washing machine shock absorbers.
This is a Bosch Serie 6, WAT28660 WM. It clunks when starting to spin, and makes a hell of racket as the speed increases. The drum seems too easy to move, so I assumed failed shock absorbers. Bought a set of three new ones, but was surprised to find that these had around a cm of 'play' in the piston travel. Ie, at whatever…
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Kitchen renovation advice.
Hi all We are about.to start the process of renovating the kitchen in our Victorian terrace. Everything need ripping out and starting again. Kitchen is 3.5m by 2.54m We are planning on staying in the house for another 3/4 years so don't want to go high end but still want it to look good when we sell, so don't want to go…
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Minimum boxing
Ive no idea who designed the plumbing in out building but its crazy, 4 stories, with at least most having multiple unshared soil stacks, our carpark is a web of soil pipes coming out the ceiling and merging together. We also have suspended ceilings that are a good 30cm below the structural ceiling. So… if I look under our…
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Radiator replacement - should we go for higher BTU than needed?
Looking for some advice on radiator BTU sizing. We’re looking to replace a standard radiator with a vertical one in our upstairs spare bedroom/home office because it works better for the layout of the room. Using online BTU calculators, the room seems to need around 2550–2650 BTU. The plumber gave us a couple of options…
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Slow water leak
Just looking for advice on the next step - having exausted all indoor possiblilties. I've just received the quarterly bill from South West Water and it shows we used over twice the amount of water compared to usual, and compared to the same quarter as last year. I looked at the water meter out on the path and the little…
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Spent 30 years in double glazing. Here's what really happens when a salesman visits your home
So, I've been lurking on here for a while and decided it's time to actually be useful. I spent close to 30 years in the home improvement industry — double glazing, windows, doors, conservatories the lot. Trained salespeople, managed teams, sat in on more kitchen table appointments than I care to remember. I'm not in it…
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