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I need to decorate a bedroom, how to start?
Hi all,here goes, after living in our house for the last two yrs a third bedroom is still totally undecorated along with my landing and stairs... but i have two toddlers and am expecting my third child, dh and i are seperated but working things out slowly, I am becoming overwhelmed thinking i need to do things and i am…
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I'm In FLY HELL -HELP
For the last four weeks flies have invaded my kitchen, not little itty bitty flies, but massive blue bottles :eek: I pinned the invasion down to the kitchen so sprayed lots of fly spray and shut the door. I'm mystified as I can't figure out where they are coming from as the doors and the windows are shut but still they…
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Dimmer/switch
I want to change my bathroom lights to a dimmer switch. Problem is, the current switch facing is shared with the switch for the fan. There is only room for one facing on the wall (its between 2 doors). Has anyone ever seen a facing with one dimmer, one switch?
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Rough Casting
Hi, I am looking for a quote for rough casting for front and back of a 3 bed mid terrace ex council house in east kilbride, the house is roughly 20 feet across but I am not sure of the height of the house. I would appreciate it if anyone had a rough idea of cost. I am also looking at getting new guttering and windows. What…
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Cat Flap in UPVC door
I have a UPVC door with a solid panel at the bottom and glass at the top, does anyone know if it's possible to fit a cat flap? does anyone know someone that would do this in the north west London area? Thanks
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Remove Biro from Pink patent handbag
Does anyone here know how to do remove blue biro from a pink patent leather handbag, without risking damaging it?
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Best Way To Clean Yukky Fridge Freezer!!
DD moving into rented property next few days and the fridge freezer's a bit yukky!:eek: It's been defrosted but left shut since dont know when, and untill she can afford a new one it will have to do. Any suggestion's on best way to clean/disinfect/freshen appreciated.
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domestic appliance repair costs...
We've just moved house and the built in gas oven (~6yrs old) seems to have a very noisy fan... Does the manufacturer's service agent fee of £85 + parts seem OK? It seems difficult to find a local shop 'appliance' electrician (hopefully GORGI registered?) so may I have no option. Andy
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conservatory advice
Aluminium or Steel framed? All the sales guys have insisted that theirs are best. What's the truth? I didn't even know there was metal inside the plastic bits.
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Help with Paving-Egham
Hi I've been looking for someone to pave the patio area of my back garden and so far I haven't had any luck getting anyone to give me a good quote. Could anyone recommend a paver in the Egham, Surrey area? thanks
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Plasterer
Sorry if this is in the wrong place but does anyone know of a decent plasterer in the East Kilbride/south lanarkshire area. Would prefer to go on someones recommendation rather than phoning someone out the local paper. The ones we have phoned up for quotes have either not turned up or they were too dear :eek: thanks very…
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Boilers
Which on? Looking for a new combi boiler and looking for a cheap but reliable one Seen some Baxi Boilers which look reasonable with a 2 year warranty. Looked for some reviews on the net but only ones I could find are over 18 months old (not very good at all). Wondered if they had improved or if anyone could recommend any…
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Floating shelves
Hi there I am looking for a floating shelf (ideally wood) that can house a dvd player. Has anyone used a floating shelf that holds DVD player/sky box etc?. Any ideas where I can get a floating shelf. :confused: thanks
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Undefloor heating vs oil filled radiators
Hi all, Received an electricity bill this morning for a whopping £300 (I live in a small 2 bed apartment). From the period 1st March - 9th March the electricity used came to £98!! It seems my underfloor heating is to blame... I don't really have it on that warm (approx 18 degrees), and it's on a timer so it comes on for 2…
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Install spot lights?
Hi, We are moving into a house that needs a new fitted kitchen and as part of our refurb we would like to install a few spot lights underneath the wall cabinets to light up the sink and the work top. The fuse box ect are on the same wall as the lights we need (inside one of the kitchen cupboards :rolleyes: ) so the cables…
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Shower enclosures
Hi We need to buy a shower enclosure and tray for my dad. I looked on google and a company called Direct Group came up. The prices are very good and they look good too. Has anyone had dealings with this company and can tell us what their service and quality is like? Thanks Jackie
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Cleaning Iron Railings (merged threads)
Hi all We are having the victorian sash windows restored and have managed to get 6 done (only another 9 or so to go). Anyway the house is double fronted and detached and has 5 large sash windows to the front. 2 on either side of the front door which are the reception rooms and another 3 to the front of the house on the 1st…
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kitchen strip light?
Hi there, getting our kitchen ceiling skimmed and the plasterer has aked me to take down the strip light in the kitchen, is this safe for me to do myself? best wishes Luke:beer:
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Will this devalue my home?
Hello, I've read similar threads but nothing quite like what myself and my partner are considering. We have thought about knocking our Kitchen/Dining room together and adding a sunroom at the end of the dining room. What we are now considering is having all 3 together with no french doors/arches just one huge room. Our…
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Extend a socket query?
Hi, doing kitchen at mo and found the double wall socket is an ext from a single socket. I need to put in another double so am extending from that. It is in the direction of an existing double socket and I just wondered if it would be safer to continue the connection to this other socket to make a circuit. There is only…
