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In My Home MoneySaving sticky
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Ideas for keeping cat off front garden!
My neighbours cat is constantly on our front garden and driveway seeking attention from school children and passers by on a daily basis. It has got to the stage where crowds of people are standing on my front garden stroking the cat as if they have never seen one before it feels like an attraction at the Zoo. I have tried…
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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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Skip Hire and Permits
Looking for some advice - I want to hire a skip but the road I live on is "unadopted" - as it's a new build. My local council want £50 for a skip permit for putting the skip on the "highway" Is an unadopted road still a highway - or is it private land, and therefore as long as I get approval from the builders / management…
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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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Rear Garden Child Friendly Landscape
Hi all, having had so much incredible advice on the bathroom, I am back to pick brains on the garden! Main isuses with the current setup and new toddler in the house, is the sharp drops, slippy slate and no garden segretaion. Playing with online design tools - we quite like the idea of replacing the slate central area with…
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New bathroom help and ideas please
We are at the very early stages of looking at having a new bathroom fitted. We have a compact bathroom, shower over the bath, vanity/sink and toilet. Only window is a single velux. We have a low pressured system and combi (oil) boiler. The ceiling is mainly slanted as it goes into roof space. We are considering a wet room…
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How to solve this toilet connection
Been living in my house 14yrs never had a problem before but in 5 months had 2 rats come up from sewer pipe into the downstairs toilet pipe and chew through the flexipipe. The reason the plumber did a flexipipe is height difference between the pan and pipe on the wall which is cast iron and sits lower. Note this is toilet…
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Small damp patch on external wall after heavy prolonged rain - who to call?
Hi all, I have noticed that after prolonged heavy rain, my outside wall gets 2 damp patches either side of the chimney break just under the roof. I have circled on the picture attached where they appear. I am not sure who I would need to get in to look at this, a brickie or a roofer? I can't see anything obvious but…
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Budget sense check for open plan kitchen diner
Would love to know if my budget looks to be (roughly) suitable for this level of home renovation as I have no experience in this area. Current floor plan has the back of the house split into three rooms, id like to open this up into something like the other photo (AI so not exactly to scale). This would involve knocking…
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Scam loft insulation call
Just received a call from a company 'called' Loft Wise based in Birmingham. They started with a cold call asking various questions regarding if we had loft insulation installed by a Goverment scheme and stating it can cause condensation and stating they can arrange a 'free' survey, point is you cannot ask questions as it…
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I really need some advice
I'm in a bit of a situation. The neighbour at the back removed a metal railing between our gardens without asking us. Our garden is about a foot higher than his; he had large trees that held my soil and rubble in place but he removed the trees last year. It wasn't a problem because there was a foot of land horizontally…
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Harvey’s water softener, is it worth it?
Hi all, I’m considering getting a Harvey’s water softener along with their drinking water filter system, but after reading reviews online I’m a bit undecided. A lot of people seem very happy with the performance and the improvement in water quality, but there are also mixed reviews about the high price and after-sales…
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Noisy Neighbours
Hello Everyone, I have lived in my own leasehold property since 1994 and I have never experienced so much noise until now and this is awful. In December 2025, the flat above mine was sold to someone. In March this year three adults moved in and it has been a nightmare since with their noise. They don't play music but they…
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PIV positive air pressure systems for dust management
Anyone tried a PIV (positive air pressure) system for reducing dust? We don't get condensation, but we live next to a main road and the dust is quite bad. We have cavity wall insulation and double glazing. We have a couple of extractor fans that were installed with the insulation. So air is coming in other ways,…
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Semi-Detached Neighbour Extension?
My nan lives in a private house attached to council neighbours, My nan has received a letter from the Council informing her that the council neighbours have applied for permission to have a front extension coming out 2 metres to make the downstairs living room bigger and various alterations inside the house. The letter…
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Shower reversed inlets
My daughter has just had a new shower fitted. Involved some pipework and new tray, door and mixer. But somehow the inlets are reversed and the shower doesn't work properly. Plumber is coming to propose solutions and I am wondering what she should insist on. The ideal would I suppose be to remove the new shower tray to…
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Water Hammer dilemma - particularly regarding costs
Having read a few threads on this topic, I can see this is a common and frustrating issue. I am in a rental, the lady below me owns her flat. Almost every watery thing causes water hammer. Very bad from the shower in particular and I hear it from washing machine, but kitchen taps by washing machine also cause some noise.…
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Caulk or Pollyfilla
Hi, would you use builders caulk or pollyfilla (self mix type) on the gap between plasterboard and door lining / architrave? I've got a fuji tool kit for the job. Mant thanks in advance
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Victorian terrace minor damp
Hi, looking for some advice on how to handle a bit of damp in our victorian terrace. We noticed it after finally removing wallpaper to paint after 5 years. Its a bit cold and you can see some water marks upto 50cm up walls all round the house. Its not mouldy or anything hence I don't think its bad. We have wall vents and…
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How to sort out my shower door
hi, i have a shower with curved doors. One of the doors keeps popping out of the track at the bottom every time you try to shut the door ( see pics) . It feels really loose. I used to have a similar door in the old house and the silver square cover had a button which released it so you could tighten a screw behind it. This…
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