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party wall agreements
hello, a friend of mine has planning permission for a loft conversion and extension to start this weekend. today his neighbour has asked for a party wall agreement. where does my friend stand?
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I want to restore my bath
Hi All I am redoing my bathroom, and my bath looks very tired. Theres marks and stains and it is an off white colour. I dont want to go to the expense of replacing the bath. I think it's a steel bath, (i cant tell for sure) Is there any product on the market I can use to give it a glossy white shine again?
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Decorating Question
I am about to paint some of the rooms in my house. The house is a year old and has never been painted before, except the builders painting everything magnolia and white. Due to some shrinkage - blown tapes and nail marks showing through the paint on the ceiling, the builder sent out some painters. The painters scraped off…
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Painting fresh plaster
Ok Im real confused now, my nice new kitchen has been tiled, which leaves the painting to go!! I have nice new fresh plaster to paint, I know you have to prepare it first, I thought this was by using a PVA mix with water, but I have read that some PVA cant be used with paint, using cheap B&Q value undercoat is better or…
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poor tv reception in winter??
i hope someone can shed some light on this cos its driving me mental :'( my tv reception is excellent in the summer... ... but come winter, the picture rolls constantly its really unwatchable. i have sky in the living room so its not too bad, but am unable to watch tv upstairs. and the winter is when i want to get tucked…
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Shaver socket question
Wondering if any one can help. My wife just brought a rechargeable electric toothbrush. It is cordless but connects to a cradle which requires a 240 Volt input . We have a 110/240 Shaver socket in the bathroom which we use for this purpose . After about 10 minutes of being plugged in the actual Shaver Socket starts to Hum…
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Another central heating question
The Mother in Law has been complaining (for a change :P) about her central Heating making a repetitive tapping noise. Thought it might have been the pipes/radiators expanding/contracting but it still goes on after a few hours. Added some additive style liquid claiming it cured knocks and kettling and boiler noise but it…
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help laying slate tiles
having bought a house which requires a lot of work to be done to it ,one of the tasks i am taking on is floor tiling. i have tiled the kitchen floor with great success. i layed 6mm ply board onto the floor boards nailing it down every 100mm then layed the tiles using a flexible adhesive. i am now going to attempt to lay…
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Boiler advise...which one??
Hi all I'm sorry if this has been asked a million times,but i am going to be updating my heating system to a combi. I have had a quote through and i have these choices: 1)Worcester 28i Junior combi 2)Vaillant ecomax 828 condensing combi 3)Vaillant 828 turbo max combi I live in a 2 bed terrace with 5 rads,2 adults living…
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Broken concrete drain cover
I've got a concrete manhole/drain cover on my drive, which broke before Christmas. Any ideas as to where I can get a new one from and how to fit them? Or is the council's or water boards duty? Cheers
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Changing bathroom taps
I want to change my bath and basin taps in my bathroom, shut off my hot water fine, but my cold water doesn't seem to shut off, even though it is the right tap (and the only one). Didn't bother changing them in the end last night but now my heating won't work?!?! Any suggestions?
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Fitted Wardrobes
Hi Am thinking of getting fitted wardrobes for the main bedroom. Any advce, suggestions, experiences most welcome! Have got as far as requeting the Wickes` brochure and pricing list. Not too keen on basing my decision on a Yellow Pages ad. Thanks
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Washing machine pump or motor dead - advice please
OK, it's a Hotpoint Aquarius 1200 Plus, the instruction book says it's for Models WM61 to WM65 but I'm not sure whether that's relevant. Not sure how old it is, probably 3+ years. It fills with water and it pumps and spins the water out, but it doesn't do any agitating in between. I thought it was just sticking, so have…
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DIY.COM / B&Q Experience
Just thought I'd post a recent diy.com / B&Q experience. At the begining on December I bought two flush halogen ceiling lights from diy.com, and they duly arrived. A couple of weeks later I fitted one up and found it to be too dim for its purpose (dining room) - tried to live with it for a week but knew it wasn't right.…
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Bean Cube Innards
Hi Someone bought me a lovely bean cube cover for christmas that matches my sofas, but its just a cover no insides. Can anyone tell me what goes inside, can I just put the insides from an ordinary bean bag in, or do I need a specially shaped one? Thanks
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Buying Double Glazing - Advice needed !
Well my worst nightmare has come true. After a year in my flat (my first home) the time has come to purchase double glazing for the upstairs windows. To say I have been dreading this moment is an understatement as I have never done anything like this before and spending what will be quite a large amount of money (for me),…
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Need to strip paint.. Best options
Need to strip some paint from door frame and skirting.. Seen the adverts on TV, but I am interested in what others do.. I quite like avoiding smells and harsh chemicals. However the most important thing for me is not spending much money
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Painting...
just bought a house (finally), and have decided that the 2-tone purple and silver in the lounge does not suit the new chocolate leather sofas! :o At the moment not sure what colour to go for, so thinking ........ paint it white, good base coat and then decide what colour to go for. Does anyone have any suggestions as to…
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Veneer edging strips??
I wonder if anyone can tell me where i can buy some veneer edging? the type you can iron on. I need it in beech no more than 10mm wide. I built a bookcase today from argos and stupidly put it all together with the sides at the front showing the chipboard rather than the beech veneer :-[ Cant take it apart and start again…
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Outdoor Sauna
Need some advice please, I am thinking about buying a sauna and I have seen a nice one on the b&q website for £1200 I was wondering if you could just build this outside or do you get indoor as well as outdoor ones? Or can you get self build ones for a maximum of £1500, I was also thinking of maybe buying a shed type thing…
