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Help - messy builder left sand and cement mix on my neighbour's block paving drive
Can you help me. A builder who was meant to tidily patch up my boundary wall with my neighbour left sand and cement mix on my neighbours immaculate block paving drive. My neighbour had now complained and short of falling out with him I need to sort it out. Can anyone recommend a way of removing the cement from his drive…
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water supply pipe
It looks like the house I hope to buy may have a leak in the water supply pipe! The pipe is shared between 4 houses and the deeds stipulate that the cost is shared between all 4 houses. Two of the houses are owned by a housing association so its likely that the water board will do the work and bill each house. Can anyone…
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New Remote Control for Old TV
Hi I have an old Toshiba TV (probably 10yrs plus) that I want to give to my young nephew. It works perfectly but I've lost the remote control. Does anyone know how I can buy a new remote the control and programme it to the old telly without knowing the access code? As I say the telly is really old so I'm not sure there's…
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Advice needed - shower question
We need to get a new shower. The one we have now is a Heat Store Esprit. We have no manual with it and there's nothing on the outside of the control unit to tell me what watt it is. I've googled this make of shower, and as it's an old one, I'm guessing it's in the 7 - 7.5w range. However I don't know for sure, and my…
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Kitchen worktops?
Does anyone know where the cheapest source of kitchen worktop would be? My partner and i are renovating our new house to a liveable standard..on less than a shoestring budget... the original kitchen was not even useable or salvagable so weve had to rip it out and start again. :( Got a great deal on kitchen cabinets in 50%…
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ASDA ruined my flooring! What next?
Just wondering if anyone has advice here? I have had a complaint against Asda as they delivered shopping to myself and in one bag was a faulty bottle of juice and half the bottle poured into my laminate flooring in the hall. Therefore the flooring is warped badly and looks awful. It was only laid last year so feel somewhat…
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Guttering issue causing damp
Hi Guys, I need a bit of help with a guttering problem, one on my friends has a terraced house with a guttering run along the front. The down pipes that are utilised are on the properties at either side, however in the infinite wisdom of one of his neighbours they have capped off their side, resulting in a gap in the…
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Creda electric fan oven not working
Help - We've got an old Credaplan Europa cooker and I thought I'd do the good housewife bit and give it a thorough clean. Started with the control panel - took off the knobs to clean behind them but on pulling the one for the top oven there was a spark from behind the knob and the electricity went off. Checked main trip…
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Moved bed, but mark on the carpet
My daughter has a new bed and we've moved the position slightly towards the corner of her room. Ther are now 2 ring marks visible in the carpet where the previous bed legs have pressed - any ideas how these can be removed?
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Damp Proof Course - Holes !
We recently moved into a house that has had an injected DPC installed years ago. Because of this we have a row of holes in the outside wall about 6 inches from the ground. Am I OK filling these in and painting over them (it's a rendered wall) or do I have to leave them as they are?? Many Thanks....
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Washing machine warranty
Thanks for looking. We have had our washer for two years now and its been great. We have now been offered an extended warranty on it @ £5 per month, which should cover all repairs to it as it is provided by indesit. Is it worth it? I figure £60 a year is not bad if it gets replaced. A new washer is say £200 so if we keep…
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Tiling over old walls...
I hope someone will be able to give me some advice on the following please. I am in the process of taking the existing tiles off my bathroom wall in order to replace them with new ones. The house was built around 1930 and has the horrible "black dusty" plaster! Some of the walls were re-skimmed 3 years ago before being…
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Tips to remove smoke smell from car interior please:
My parents have just bought a car at an auction for a very good price, but to get it at that price they had to make a quick decision and didn't get to look the car over. I think it's only about 18 months old but it absolutely stinks inside of cigarette smoke. Can anybody recommend any tried and tested techniques or…
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Nice Plants instead of Weeds !!
My back garden has no plants in it at all and we've lived here over five years. It's really neglected but we are getting a new patio laid and we are going to level and re-turf the lawn but I need some help with what plants to put in. I don't know the difference between a perennial, annual, bi-annual but what I would like…
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Sky digital, two boxes one dish?
If you wanted to have two boxes from one Sky digital mini dish (?) would you need two LNB's (or a dual LNB) and two feed cables or do they do summat clever (splitting the cable indoors etc) these days?
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Independent Review Req'd
Anyone had any dealings with Olson products?:confused: I'm looking at OLSON MULTI-POWERBLOCK. I've looked at the website but just need a reveiw without the bias. Any help much appreciated,thanks.
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silent paint remover
http://www.silentpaintremover.com/spr/index.htm Has anyone had any experience of one of these things? Looks pretty good - it heats up the paint lightly with infrared. It's supposed to be gentle and enviro friendly. Does anyone know where you can get hold of them in the UK? THEIR BLURB: The Silent Paint Remover™ Method. By…
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I want 32 inch internal doors
I need to replace my internal doors, umfortunately they are 32 inches wide. Does anyone know where I can buy some from cheaply? Thanks
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Finding a shower head holder
Does anyone know an offline/online shop that sells spare parts to power showers, I need to find the pole part that holds the shower head. I've tried the main stores B&Q, focus etc.. but can't seem to locate one. Any help greatly apprciated. If this post doesn't belong in this section can a mod pls relocate and sorry for…
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baxi combi 80e
we have a fault on our boiler we get no hot water, fault light flashes to say fault on fan or flue, if we switch it off overnight and back on in morning it works ok for a couple of days then no hot water again. any help would be appreciated. thanks in advance.
