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Ballcock trouble
Fitted a new ballcock and arm in the small central heating expansion tank in loft as the overflow was dripping. This has not solved the problem and the dripping is constant when central heating is on. Any ideas telephoned three plumbers but they all said it was an easy job to do youself.By the way it is a Worcester 24cdi…
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Cost of scaffolding?
Need to paint facias of mine and neighbours house. Tried to use ladder yesterday but the gap between homes is just over a metre which in turn made the ladder angle difficult to climb.I guess the only solution is to use a tower, scaffolding, or get someone in to do it. Which of these is the cheapest please?
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plumbing and central heating query
We are about to buy a brand new house and on reading the specification it states that plumbing & cebtral heating will be A pressurised oil-fired wet system with thermostatically controlled radiators What exactly is this ? Is it just techno mumbo jumbo for `gas central heating`? We`ve a meeting with selling agent on…
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Sky TV and Freesat
Instead of paying the one-off fee of £150 to join up to Freesat, could I take out a year's subscription to Sky and then go on to Freesat at the end of the year? i.e. if I cancelled the Sky subscription would I be allowed to keep the dish and box and would this equipment be enabled to receive the Freesat channels?
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security lights, how hard to fit?
Id imagine that fitting it to the wall is easy, its the power connection that is going to be hard. How have you guys managed it? Is there any security lights you can get that are solar powerd ? Basicly i want somthing on the front and the back that will light up whenever there is movement within a certain distance.
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Problem with Indesit Dishwasher
Hi I need help with my slimline indesit dishwasher. It flooded the kitchen this morning - perhaps because a medicine pot had fallen into the filter? We managed to empty the machine, and left it for a couple of hours before trying to turn it on again. At that point it tripped the fuse for all the downstairs sockets ( we…
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Garden Decking Paint??
Hi, we normally get our decking paint from homebase, is there any other places we could get a better deal that anyone knows of please? Thanks!
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re-covering old chairs
hit there. would like some tips on how to re cover some old chairs we have at home. i have 4 of them (just simple wooden chairs) but they are so old, the foam padding from the seats has vanished and they are in desperate need of some TLC! i have a vague idea of how to do it but i'm not entirely sure. Also, what are the…
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Tumble dryer makes clothes smell like mouldy biscuits
Hiya my tumble dryer has suddenly started making my clothes smell horrible even though ived used fabric conditioner and bounce. Any tips very welcome and happy easter :j
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Help- damp under wooden floor
Hope someone can help. About a month ago we noticed some discolouration to our oak floor, around the bottom of the downstairs toilet. It has now spread outwards about an inch or so from the base of the loo, It is dark colour and feels damp when you press on it. Now the toilet door is refusing to close because the bottom of…
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Cleaning tiles
I have tiling on all walls in my bathroom (not just the 'wet' walls). I want to get them back to a shiny and gleaming finish. What is the best way of doing this apart from elbow grease? On the wet walls I usually use limescale remover then wash down however this is not so easy on the dry walls. Thanks SB
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Polystyrene film on hall wall
I am stripping the hall just now and uncovered an odd area on the outside external wall.When I stripped the paper off there is a thin film of polystyrene sheeting over the corner, under which is an area with black blotches on it. The hall or house has never smelt of damp. Just wondered if anyone had any ideas about this?
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build a picket fence
i would like to build a picket fence to keep the dog of the grass,shes only a little dog. i just wondered where the best place is to get the materials etc,i dont have transport but dont mind paying a delivery charge.. please help. thanks in advance.
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Bathroom help please.
I am re-doing my entire bathroom and would like a bit of help please. Basically I am re-tiling and would like to know of any places that do reasonably priced tiles. I would also like a corner wc, I know B&Q used to do them but they don't seem to anymore. Has anyone seen any of these about so I have some idea on where to…
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Homebase discounts????
I want to make a largish purchase from Homebase in the next 2 or 3 weeks and was wondering if anyone knew if they do a pensioners discount card??? I know B&Q and Focus have pensioner days (Got my mum signed up right away, she sick of being dragged along when I need something, lol). Anyway, what I want isn't in either of…
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I need a new washer dryer...
Anyone know of any good ones? Thanks in advance for any help.
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fence treatment / preservatives ?
What type or brand of fence treatment / preservatives can I use with a electric hand sprayer? I know there Cuprinol Sprayable Fence Treatment but can anyone recommend something cheaper!? Thanks.
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will the carpet come up clean again?
Im buying a new leather sofa and am going to re-decorate, its the carpet whats the problem. Its a good quality carpet and about three years old. There are general marks here and there, from the three kids. The pile is a little flattened, but with a good clean would it come up well enough not to justify going to the expence…
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P C World lcd tv samsung
I purchased a samsung lcd tv 940mw yesterday.When i got it home and set it up i had the nasty shock of having incredibly poor reception much worse than that of my old sony tv.I took it back to pc world who set it up in the shop and it came up with a fine picture but gave me a gold platted arial lead saying that a number of…
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Socket behind oven
Hi, there's a double socket directly behind where my under the worktop oven will go, are there any regs that state how far away the socket for this electrical oven should be?? I.e, will the heat from me cooking my turkey cause any danger to the socket?? Cheers Mac
