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Coldseal windows....advice needed please.
About 18 months or so ago I paid just over £5000 for double glazing from Coldseal. Not long afterwards the company went through the hoop. I am having some problems with my back door, not shutting properly unless you whack the handle back up as hard as you can to be able to lock the door. French doors have dropped and the…
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Re-finishing wooden worktops - Danish oil?
My kitchen worktops are looking grotty. They're solid wood so rather than throwing them out I want to fix them. It's hard to tell what's on at the moment, looks like the previous owner stained and varnished them (yuck!) as I've tried applying oil and it doesn't seem to help. I really want to bring out the natural wood as…
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Best tool for sanding large flat area. Belt v Orbital v Elbow Grease
I've decided to sand down my wooden worktops to re-finish them and wondered what the best tool might be? I've been using my cheap black & decker sander, it's one that sort of 'shakes' (ie not an orbital or belt sander) and it's not really making the kind of progress I want (6 inches out out of 16 feet in about an hour so…
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Sky TV - Moving House
Does anyone know what Sky charge to move Sky tv to a new house ? Is it cheaper (and possible) to simply cancel in the old house and start again in the new house. Any advice appreciated.
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Advice re DIY Kitchen????
Hi All We have purchased our kitchen and we have a quote for a kitchen fitter, it is £1700, is this a decent quote for an 11 unit kitchen and fitted oven? This includes plumbing and moving the gas point. We have also thought about saving the money and fitting the kitchen ourselves and getting a joiner/carpenter to do the…
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Double Glazing Advice
We have decided that it is high time we change our windows. Today we visited what we consider two reputable double glazing companies. Both quotes were within £300 of each other. What left us confused was one salesman STRONGLY advised us against 'Reversible' windows...the up and over ones.. but recomended the 'Tilt and…
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Pump on-heating & water off - help please!
Hi Guys I am after some advice. I have a Baxi bBrmuda 675 that works well (just been serviced & new stat). I know it has motorised valves and it works of a 24hr manual programmer. I turned it off before I went to work this morning. When I came back from work I noticed the pump is still going, although the heating went off…
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Toilet problem
We've been in our home for about 3 months now (built in about 1980) and basically since we've been there the downstairs toilet flush hasn't worked that well, but now its even worse. Basically the toilet ends up with only about an inch of water in the bottom. When you flush it the water fills to about 3/4 of the toilet and…
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What is the mark up on electrical appliances?
Hi everyone, I'm after some new appliances and I've been given a quote of £600 for three items, how much discount should I be asking for for buying all three items?
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weight bearing capacity of wooden floors
Im hoping to put in slate flooring into the whole downstairs area of a new build which has wooden floors - it's all open plan so i would like to keep the floor uniform throughout. Upstairs I would like to put in wooden flooring, on top of the boarding that is there. Will the floors bear all this extra weight ok? I read…
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Washing Machine making noise like tank
Anyone got any ideas on how much this could cost to fix? I think the bearings might have went. I was thinking i might be just as well getting another washing machine-does anyone know where to get the cheapest? Saw some Beko ones for £170 from Currys including delivery
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Temperature controlled Radiators
How can i tell if my radiator Valve's are working correctly? I strongly suspect they are not & have a contract with British Gas, which I would like to utilise as much as possible. Thanks for your help
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Dolphin Bathrooms, any experience of them?
Hi, I'm not sure if I'm asking this in the right forum, but Dolphin Bathrooms are advertising their January Sale at the moment, and as we want to get our bathroom re-done I'm looking for companies to get quotes from. We've had one local company recommended to us & I'll get a quote from them, but I'd like to try two or…
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Best place to buy internal doors?
We're looking to buy 15 internal doors and fittings. We've looked around B&Q, Wickes, Homebase etc and searched online and haven't really been able to find anything we are happy with. The online suppliers we found seemed very expensive and it is dificult to guage the quality from a picture. We thought we'd be able to get a…
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non paying customer
Hi all, Although not a DIY question I posted here in the hope that some of the other tradesmen that read this may help. I work as a plumber and had a call out to a leak in a bathroom. The basin tap was very stiff and in turning the tap fully off the tap moved and caused the tap con underneath to leak. I showed the customer…
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Hot water temperature
Hello. The temperature of the hot water coming out of our taps seems to have become much hotter recently so I suspect there is a fault with our heating system. I think the system is conventional, a boiler, hot water cylinder and tank in the loft. The cylinder has a thermostat set to 60 degrees C but the water definitely…
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Pull down bed…
We're thinking of getting a pull down bed for the lounge (we live in a 1 bedroom flat in London), one that looks like a cupboard or bookshelves. Has anyone got one?? are they any good any recommendations. All help & advice appreciated. Cheers
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Ammonia
Does anyone here know of where my husband can get his hands on some Ammonia? He's tried everywhere and has had no luck
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problem with washing machine
Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me, tonight I have put my washing machine on and it is making a funny noise and has sparks coming from underneath,( like a man using a welding gun) those kind of sparks. Heeeellllllppppp
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Cracks in ceilings
We bought a 3 bed property back in March of last year. Anway we found a few cracks in the artex ceilings. Thought nothing of them. I was not sure why they should be there but it looks like there has been very little done in the way in maintance done on the house for years. Anway so far there are huge cracks and it is…
