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Fine Bone China - Difference between first quality and seconds
Can anyone direct me to a guide on how to spot the difference between 'first quality' Fine Bone China and 'seconds'? I just invested in some dinner pieces which should be 'first quality' directly from the manufacturer. On closer examination, however, I'm seeing a few tiny 'pinpoints' in a couple plates and also there is…
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Gas central Heating - Ball park figure
Hi All Moving house in 6 weeks it's just about complete as the guy that was selling it gutted it and started from skratch but he moved abroad anyway ! We need to fit Gas central heating into the property we are looking at a combi boiler and about 5 radiators, does anyone have a ball park figure or any give me a guest about…
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No cold water upstairs!
Help! Does anyone know what to do if the cold water isn't working upstairs?! The toilet will not refill either but everything downstairs is fine. I'm going on holiday in a couple of days and am having people house sit so would really like to try and sort this problem out ASAP. Thanks for reading this and hope you can help!
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Woodworm
Signs of woodworm in the exposed garage roof timbers. Sure it's not active but is there any way of telling?
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Removing bath sealant etc
Anyone know any clever way of removing sealant around baths, sinks etc? The last owner of our house made a real pigs ear of putting the sealant around the cracks - absolutely no finesse at all. I'd like to remove and start again!
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Removing wood chip wall paper
Does anyone have any ideas/tips on how to remove wood chip wall paper. I have heard that it is a nightmare to get off the walls, so any tips from any experts would be grateful.
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Suggestions for New Kitchen??
We are getting a new kitchen next summer and we are looking for suggestions. What is the latest must have gadgets in kitchens? What is the one thing you have in your kitchen that you could not do without, scales built into worktop, sliding drawers that close themselves, bin concealed in cupboard? Is it a good idea to have…
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Ironing board cover
Why does my ironing board cover get so dirty when I only ever iron clean clothes on it?
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Carpetguard/ carpet stain protection
Does getting your carpets treated with any kind of stain protection make a big difference if you have spills or anything? We just had new carpets (80/20 wool twist if it makes a difference) fitted yesterday and didn't go for anything like that as my husband is convinced that they are worthless, claiming that you're…
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house alarms
need a new one does anyone know of any bargains in north west area?!
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Replacing Sky with Freeview
Can anyone assist. i cuurrently have a skybox and th ebox has 2 vhf outputs at back, the second output takes signal out of sky box into router in loft and then this distributed sky and tv to 4 other tv's in house. i have cancelled sky but if i connect incoming vhf aerirel inot distribution l;ed, picture qulaity is rubbsih.…
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Loft Ladder's
Im currently looking at buying a loft ladder, does anyone else here have one, and could explain how they fold up in the loft and where they stay?? when they fodl up in there??
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ive mentioned this before so i am sorry
I no I have spoke about this before but that was more about what to do in Paignton. I now could do with some idea’s about any nice sights on the drive down from Wakefield West Yorkshire to Paignton Devon We are driving down early morning to beat the traffic but I would like to be able to stop of at some places (nice…
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Bath screen seal
We have a folding bath screen, orginally bought from B&Q (?). Is anyone aware of a supplier for the rubber seal with the bath which has become damaged? It has a key hole profile and slides into the screen, someone somewhere must make miles of it everday. Sim
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Biasi 24s combi boiler not working
Please can someone advise me about my boiler, when I turn the boiler on for heating or hot water it fires up but after a few seconds goes to lockout. I have taken the cover off so I can see the fan and burner, fired boiler up and boiler stayed on but when I put the cover back on the flame goes off and boiler goes to…
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Servis dishwasher not emptying... help!
We inherited a Servis dishwasher that came with the house. It seems to work OK but then sometimes it won't get rid of the water when it's finished. There's about 1-2 cms of soapy water at the bottom. There was no dishwasher salt in the machine for the first 10 times we used it as I've never owned one before and didn't get…
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i want to spray the fence!!
please excuse me if this sounds daft...I need to paint my garden fence as it has been ignored for years and being lazy i decided to use an electric sprayer. I have never done this before and i want to ask how can you make sure that non of the paint falls into the neighbour garden when you spray especially when i spray the…
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Rat in the back garden. Help!
Last week I heard some scratching under the hedge and, hoping it was a bird, I had a look. All I caught sight of was the tail. How can i put the beastie off thinking our place is a des res? Is he trying to get into the house? Might he be living somewhere on our land? We have an open drain that is no longer used. Could he…
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Moving away from Mummy :(
Me and my girlfriend have just been offered a brand new housing association Flat from the council. Unfortantly the flat only comes with a Washing machine and nothing else!!! We both work full time but are on low wages at around 10k a year (both trainees). We are both currently living with our parents so as you can imagine…
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New Doors
I would like to replace the horrible brown doors in my house for some nice white new ones. Some joiners have quoted me 20 quid per door to hang. So is it an easy job to do and should I give it a go ?
