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How do you complain about/to Sky?
Hope someone can help me here. I have had a big problem with Sky for 3 months now and have written twice to the Customer Services Manager at the Livingston address, and emailed to 'skydigital@bskyb.com'. I haven't even had the courtesy of an acknowledgement yet, and this is costing me an additional £41.50 per month. I…
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Granite Kitchen Worktops
Any suggestions where I might find cheap granite worktops for my kitchen? I know the words "cheap" and "granite" are not usually used in the same sentence, but can anyone recommend any lower cost companies?
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Removing and capping off a radiator?
I want to fit new taller skirting boards in a dining room and at the same time replace the radiator pipes and move them further up the skirting.These pipes come through the ceiling and down the wall before leading along the skirting so I'd also like to remove and replace this part at the same time.Is this an easy thing to…
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Safestyle - your comments please (merged threads)
I've heard all the horror stories of a "friend of a friend" getting Safestyle to fit there windows. I would like to know about any people on here that have good things to say about there experience with them. Just had them out and they have quoted me £4200 with £600 cashback for 7 windows with Beveled glass, a front door…
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Where to find a CR2032 lithium battery for doorbell
Can anyone help. I need to replace the battery on my doorbell. Last time I had to buy a whole new doorbell as I couldn't find the battery. Am I being stupid or are they difficult to find!! If anyone could tell me where I could find one I would be very grateful. Thanks
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Faulty RCD...
I've got a Contactum RCD socket that was in the house when I bought it 11 years ago. It's got place for only 1 plug, although the unit is double sized, with the instructions where the other socket would be. It's used to feed an outdoor socket for the lawnmower etc., with the underground cable at the house-end having a plug…
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Cheaper animal medicines
My cats have to take medication for life, but I have found something which looks quite interesting. Apparently, vets can no longer charge to write prescriptions for your animals. You can get a prescription written and then buy it off sites on the internet a lot cheaper than the vets charge. All you have to do is order the…
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Plumbers Challenge!!
Hi Guys I have a radiator which recently started leaking from the spindle on the valve. Thanks to some advice from this site I tried to tighten the nut, but the leak still persists. The weird thing is that when the heating is on and the valve is hot it doesn't leak, and when it goes off and the valve cools the leak starts.…
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Underfloor Heating
As a family considering to put in under floor heating in the whole house we were concerned about any harmful side effects of doing this, like dryness. We were worried about air becoming dry and causing diseases like eczema and general feeling of dryness (as opposed to the normal feeling with central heating). Is the above…
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Why to get part for Diplomat Oven?
I wonder if you can help. The glass inner panel to my main oven decided to shatter on Christmas Eve! Do you know where I can get another glass panel to replace it? It is a Diplomat Thanks
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What to look for in a Dustbuster
I am looking to get a handheld dustbuster to save having to lug the hoover out all the time! My little boy makes lots of mess! What should I look for when getting one? I am looking for maintenance, hassle free. Just want to have to plug it in and when I need it use it and pop it back on to charge. Thanks
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H2O vacuum cleaner?
have seen this on tv - thane direct about £130. seems quite good, just wondered if anyone has bought it and if its as good as they say it is. btw, its the one with the water in it, and apparantly clears the air at same time.
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Cavity Wall Insulation
I moved into a new build property in 2005 (development originally planned in 2001). With Powergen we have been offered some money back to have Cavity Wall Insulation installed. Does anybody know whether new build properties already have this installed or even require this?
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Central Heating & Plumbing Costs?
Hi everyone ,my first post but am addicted to these boards so please be kind! we have completely gutted a house we have bought, and taken out all central heating including boiler and all pipework as it was old it was a three bed detached with one bathroom and cloakroom and we are making it a four bed with 2 ensuites with…
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measuring for curtains
stupid question time..:confused: how exactly do you measure for curtains is it the full width of the window then half the size the length im ok with but i dont want to spend a fortune on curtains that are to wide.. ive not had to measure for curtains for 20 yrs lol but now moving and need to get smaller curtains but not…
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DVD player - won't open!
I have a perfectly good DVD player, but when I came to use it yesterday, it won't open for me to insert the DVD. (Power etc all ok). Just wondered if there was anything I could press / hit / wiggle to get the drawer to open! Thanks...
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windows in a council house
can you help, i live in a council house and noticed that if we ever had a fire, we have no means of escape out of our windows, all the windows have a tiny opening in the top portion of our window, there is no way we could squeeze through the gap. should the council replace our windows and if so would they be in their…
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Switching Problem!!
Hi All, Happy New Year to all! Now here is the problem: I have a two way switch, one on the ground floor and top floor to control the top floor light. What I want to do is add a second light on the ground floor that can also be controlled by the existing setup. But the preference is to connect to the ground floor two way…
