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Stainless Steel Kitchen Sink
As I am sorting out the kitchen to replace the damaged worktops caused by the builder (replaced on insurance supplied by the builder) I am looking to upgrade the horriable white kitchen sink to a more modern stainless steel bowl when they supply and kit new worktops.. I am looking for package deals with taps included and…
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Louvre Bifold doors
Hello :) Can anyone recommend somewhere to buy louvre bifold doors (pref already painted white) as I find DIY stores are asking for silly money e.g B&Q want nearly £100 for one door. Thanks Dee
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Electric heaters - smell!
Hi all, I have recently purchased a property which is part GCH and additional electric wall mounted heaters. When you turn on the electric heaters, they get warm/hot, but a strange smell is giving off by both; almost like burning. Is this normal? Also the last owners were not the cleanest of people and i can see alot of…
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British Gas Homecare 200. Boiler's playing up and haven't had an inspection yet!
What happens if my boiler packs up and I haven't recieved a service or inspection from British Gas for my HomeCare 200 package? Do they still pay for the parts and labour? Or is there a clause about them charging extra if they have not yet looked at the boiler? I looked in the T&Cs but couldn't find anything. Anyone know…
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laminated flooring
i just moved into a house which has laminated flooring all over. i heard on the tele somewhere that not to use commercial products to clean the flooring as it eliminates the shine on it. can anyone suggest with laminated flooring what is the best thing to clean it. ta
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Extra warranty with dishwasher?
I have just bought a Hotpoint Aquarius dishwasher from Currys (not on credit)and took out their extra cover for £2.99 per month for as long as I want it. However, when we unpacked the dishwasher and looked at the instructions etc that came with it we found that for about £10 per month for 10 months we can have cover for 5…
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Tv Cover Plan
Can any one please let me know if there is anyone offering a cover insurance plan for televisions , without going to places like Dixons ? Thanks
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cannt find the cold draught blowing through the house
this probably a silly question we bought a house 6 months back and the house seems to be very cold and there is a draught drifting through the house and i cannt find its source. the bathroom walls is vey cold as is the rest of the walls in the house. the house is pre 1930 but i cannt find any airbricks outside that will…
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lining a chimney
how often do you need to line a chimney?, were about to have a multi fuel burning stove installed, (in an old opening) and i've asked the builder to line the chimney whilst he's doing the work, however a friend of mine has said that a chimney needs to be lined every 10 years. we know that the chimney needs to be lined…
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Distance between bath tap holes?
Is there a standard distance between the hot and cold of a bath? Simple question for somebody I'm sure... The bath in question is a dove corner bath (although I don't think that doesn't matter?). Also I read in a plumbers merchants last week that some new baths wont come with pre drilled holes for taps - is this correct??…
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How to stop a shower curtain clinging?
Does anyone know how to stop a polyester shower curtain sticking to you and wrapping you up in it! It is driving me mad - dont want to fork out for a glass rigid one as we are doing the bathroom up shortly (not long moved in).
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Bed Help?
Hi All, I'm not entirely sure which forum I ought to be posting this on so if any BGs want to move it to somewhere more appropriate please do. My dliemma is this.......we are moving home in a few weeks and I need to buy my son a new bed. As my step daughter will be staying with occasionally I would like to buy a single bed…
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Removing an internal wall...
Hi, I'd like to knock through from my kitchen into the dining room o make a kitchen/diner... I think the wall is a supporting wall as there is a wall directly above this wall and the floorboards above run at 90 degrees to the brickwork. So I'm guessing I'll need to get an RSJ to support the above. Anyone had any experience…
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my drinking water is cloudy
hi just wanted to ask about people's experience of cloudy drinking water. the water coming out of my cold kitchen tap is cloudy for a few minutes but then clears from the bottom up. It looks horrible but, having spoken to the water company, they assure that this is only caused by the temperature difference between outside…
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overflow on combi boiler
please can someone tell me if the overflow to my combi boiler should be constantly dripping it is a little brass fitting outside if this makes sense and it is wet on the floor all the time which means i have an icy floor. i have asked the people who did it but they said it drips to stop the temp guage going into the red,…
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Diameter of pipes - plumbing question
Hi there I bought a basin, tap and bottle trap waste package from Ebay. My plumber is busy fitting it and has discovered the pipe is not the standard size (32cm) so he cannot use the usual fittings to attach it to the plastic waste pipe. I measured the bottle trap waste pipe and it is 29cm (think that is 1 1/8in). Any…
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Stayclean bathrooms
Does anyone know anything about these bathrooms? Apparently the ceramic bits are non-stick, antibacterial etc. We are refitting a downstairs loo and I have seen them in the B&Q online catalogue. Not particularly cheap, but if they take less cleaning it could be a worthwhile investment.
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Help!Glue on my car seat...
Hi all. I noticed this morning that I've got a spot of dried superglue on my car seat after carrying out a little repair yesterday :o Any ideas on how I could successfully get this off? Its completely dried hard on a velour seat!! Thanks for any help Terry
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New Gas Installation - Digging trenches
My girlfriend and I have just bought our first house, and one of the first jobs we would like to do is get GSH installed in the property. However, there is no Gas piped to the house. I have had a quote for this, and am told that it will be £450, or £199 if I dig my own trench. I have requested more details on this (under…
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Bathroom/Shower Room Tiles-removal of..
W e are thinking of revamping our en-suite shower room,which will involve removing all the tiles in the shower.Bearing in mind the house is only 11 years old is there an easy way of removing these or is it just brute force and the involvement of a hammer and flat edged chisel? I obviously want to cause the minimal damage…
