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Tumble dryer without vent hose - can I use it?
Was given a tumble dryer yesterday in working order but no vent hose was attached. I will need to get one but can I use the dryer without it in the meantime?
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How to Flush or ?
i think my radiator is blocked because the pipe that carries the hot water is hot and the one coming out is cold. the whole radiator is cold as well. i have tried opening the valves at both ends and also tried bleeding. water came out instantly after bleeding which indicates air trapping is ruled out. after trying to work…
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Plug in Timer's - How much electric do they use
I'm looking at putting some of our lights and storage heaters onto Timers, lights come on in the afternoon, storage heaters at night etc. I just wondered how much electric the timer unit itself uses, and will it make a big difference to my electric bill :confused: Any help much appreciated :)
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Dyson problem
I have a dyson DC04 abs+ and it seems to have a loose power connection which has been getting worse to the point of now being permament! I cannot find a way of opening the switch to see the cable connections or switch unit. Does anyone have any knowledge on how to dismantrle this part, or know of a website that has a…
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Wooden front door - problems!
I recently had a lot of work done on my house by some builders. Most of the work they did was great, however I have had problems with the front door they installed. I'm not sure if it is the way they installed it, or a problem with wooden front doors in general. The problem is that whenever it rains, water leaks inside…
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Radiator Installation
Just bought a new radiator, was about to install it but how do you screw in the valves at the bottom of the radiator? The inlet and outlet is blocked, is this common? How do you open them? Cheers,
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MFI Bathroom Suite
We ordered a bathroom suite from MFI and every item was slightly damaged. Another bathroom suite was delivered, this time okay, but the first delivery was not collected. Eventually I phoned and asked them to collect - I need the space in the garage! Collection was arranged for 13th December but on the 10th had a call to…
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Curtain pole/rail for ceiling
I have a reccessed bay window and need a curtain for it. The curtain would be too far away from the window if we put it at the front of the recess so really it needs to be attached to the top of it (ceiling of recess), I have looked in B&Q and Homebase but can't see anything that would allow me to fit a pole/rail to the…
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How to fit slats to bed correctly?
Okay, this is probably a really stupid question, but which way up should I fit the slats on a bed? We have today taken delivery of new bunk beds for our girls, but the instructions are minimal to say the least!!! The slats are held together by some kind of thick, strong, black stringy-looking material (very descriptive…
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Cannot lock patio door
Seems to be having all sort of problems with Xmas approaching. The patio door is very hard to open and then it will not lock. Hubby went outside and give it a hard push and managed to lock it. Now, it seems we are looked in as we cannot use the key to open, it will not budge. Am a bit concerned in case of fire and we are…
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Loft storage
We boarded out our loft for storage and yesterday I noticed an item had mold on it. We have loads of stuff up there and no room in the house for it. Anything that is in a cardboard box feels damp. The house is 4 years old. The loft is dafty and the floor is well insulated. Now I'm panicking! What do I do?
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Noisy central heating / hot water system
I wonder if anyone can help ... Whenever we have the central heating on and use either the shower / bath or a hot water tap, we get a loud droning noise anything up to 2 hours afterwards. The noise lasts a few minutes. If we turn a radiator up higher or turn a hot tap on full blast the noise stops, but starts again when we…
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Cost to Run Tumble dryer
Can anyone help? I live with two Cocks, well they are humans, but only just. Anyway, They refuse to turn the heating up to 20C as they say they cant afford it as its too expensive to turn the heating up that high. Ive explained that that is room temperature but they are idiots. We have a condensing tumble dyerwhich they…
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Two way mirror glass - where to buy?
Anyone know where I can buy two way mirror glass?!? I same a piece of art in Camden Market a few weeks back that use them and it looked amazing. The piece was £70 so I wanted to try and find some glass and make my own. Cheers M
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Builders & patio costs...?
Hmmmm we're needing to slab an area approx 21ft x 21ft in our new home. :rolleyes: Any builders around who could give any idea of the cost? ;) :beer:
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Awful noise coming from my loft
I am getting this awful noise coming from my water tank, it sound like somebody is putting a hammer drill through the wall, it lasted only a few seconds. The same thing happened two years ago about the same time of the year. I am just wondering what it could be. My husband thinks we might to get a plumber. Will be grateful…
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Anglian Windows - any good?
Hello, Today I had a quote for replacement UPVC windows from Anglian. This is the third quote I've had and I have Everest coming on Friday. Anglian is the cheapest so far by over £1,000 which is a huge amount. The others I've had have been smaller independent local firms but ones who are on local vetted tradesman forums.…
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Leaking boiler - is it dead?
Hi there, Hope someone can give me some advice. Have just bought a flat. It has a gas combination boiler. I haven't been able to test the central heating and boiler because the flat has a card gas meter which has a lot of debt on so have to wait for that to be cleared before I can charge card. Have only just thawed out now…
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washing machine gunge
I've got a Servis washing machine, it's 2 weeks out of warranty and for some reason it wont take the fabric softener ffrom the drawer. It stays there and gets all gungy and disgusting! I've taken the drawer out and cleaned it, also cleaned behind the drawer and everywhere i can get to in case there's a blockage somewhere…
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Broken washing machine - is this fixable?
Evenin all. My washing machine stopped spinning the other day, and a quick exploration with a torch and a socket set has revealed that the plastic casing which houses the engine and the "drive shaft" for want of a better word, has sheared away completely from the part of the casing which houses the drum. This has caused…
