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sky eyes dont work
I have sky eyes in every room in our house and they have stopped working. The remote works fine on the sky+ box down stairs but nothing happens on the tv's in the other rooms (5) .All the red led's on the eyes are lit and connections are sound. Can anyone help.I perhaps need to reset the box but cant remember how to get…
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Cellar conversion
Anyone had a cellar conversion? How pricey is it? (cellar is only small, 10ft x 8ft, but has been flooding over winter.) Should I use a general builder, damp proofing firm or a specialist conversion company? I'm guessing the latter will be the most expensive, but I suppose you get what you pay for. Any advice or things to…
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help my chainsaw has gone wrong
Hi can anybody help me? Typical thing, good weather comes and you go to do some work in the garden ready to enjoy your nice shiney machine and suddenly it dont work no more. I have a Stihl MS290 petrol chainsaw and I was using it today and suddenly when I went to start it by pulling the cord, there was hardly any…
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Bathroom Extractor Fan - Shower Circuit ?
Hi, As our bathroom gets steamy, I would like to fit an extractor fan. Ideally, I would like one that comes on when the shower is in use, and runs for a few minutes afterwards. The bathroom is immediately below the loft, and I plan to vent the steam out of the bathroom roof into the loft and through to outside. I don't…
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Central heating & Rewiring - Money PIT
Hi This is my first post on MSE so apologies for any mistakes. Myself and my husband have just bough a 5 bedroom victorian detached house which has "a lot of potential" so everyone tell's me meaning "this is going to cost you an arm and a leg". We love the house but both of us have no idea where to start or costs involved.…
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Floor tiles-what kind of board to use?
I want to put slate tiles in my bathroom over the floorboards. Currently it's carpet with underlay & ply over the floorboards so I have no idea what state they're in. There does seem to be a bit of uneveness, so I'm guessing either they need to be nailed down more or they may just be rubbish. I've looked up in loads of…
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removing moter oil from concrete
Apparently the container hubby put old oil in has leaked.. tried cleaning it with neat stardrops but not much joy. Any ideas? ta
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Easter Sales?
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Help! Bedworld problems
After a recommendation here we bought a bed (mattress & divan together)from Bedworld, it was finally delivered really late, and unfortunately didn't fit upstairs in our bedroom. We called and asked if we could keep the mattress and return the divan and replace it with a flat packed bed as I'm six months pregnant and had…
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Roller or Pad
I'm looking to repaint a room and wondering which is better a paint pad or a paint roller? any views?
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Removing bathroom silicone
Hi, can anyone tell me the best and easiest way to remove old silicone in the bathroom? Want to replace it as its looking quite grubby and no amount of cleaning is bringing it up to its former glory.
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Realistic time scale for house DIY
How long did it take you to have your house exactly the way you wanted it? I need some advice on time scale etc and how to get over not having everything done 'right now'. Basically my flat needs the following: * Lounge painting (even though its an ok colour, doesn't go with our choice of sofa) * Entrance hall walls…
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Any Galaxy alarm engineer's present?
Hi all, We have a Galaxy series 2 alarm at our house, and the display has just started showing the message "Master Reset Required". The system was installed a year ago by our builder while we were having our entire house renovated (we were living elsewhere at the time), and as such don't have any sort of service contract.…
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Techflow TP60 - noisy shower pump?
We've just had a new en-suite shower room professionally installed with a pump in the airing cupboard - the (basic) Techflow TP60 it looks like. Sited freestanding on the floor of the airing cupboard on carpet next to the hot water tank, with free hanging plastic pipes, nothing bolted down. The shower room is fully pumped,…
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looking for rechargeable battery charger with
rechargeable batteries for AA and AAA batteries. i have looked at some in the argos catalogue (quite pricey i might add) but not sure what this means "the greater the mAh, the greater the performance". 1) any idea where can get them cheaper 2) what is the mAh 3) anything to look out for? thanks in advance
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How to clean an enamel Bath?
I was changing the taps on my bath and had a load of rusty water sitting in the bath and its left an awful stain! I tried cillit bang but that didn`t work so i filled the bath with a bleach solution in desperation and again that didn`t work.Can anyone help before my wife cuts my proverbials off!!!!
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Garage Extension
How do, can anybody direct me to a web site offering simple advice on the legal process of having a garage extension processed? Thx, Toddy
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CH advice-fitting TRVs & where to buy?
Can anyone point me in the direction of a site with instructions for fitting TRVs? All but one of ours are useless & I think I *may* be able to manage this myself without breaking anything? :eek: ;) :D Also should I be ok with cheap ones, or is it best to go with a certain make? Ours were all plastic & the cap bit has…
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Fridge Freezer
Can I run a fridge freezer of an extension cable?
