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downstairs toilet
Hi more from me im afraid!! Long story! Might start a thread this old house!! We were hoping to put an en suite in the 3 bed semi weve just bought but after reading on here im more tempted now with a downstairs toilet and keeping the space for cupboards. The problem is our soil pipe. Its internal and we have no man hole…
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crack in ceiling
had loft insulation fitted and same day crack(cant get coin thru) appeared on celing- is this just poor plastering or something wrong with roof?- (as im wondering if i did a loft conversion in future that this would make it structually difficult?) thx
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Get away from Solid Fuel (Help)
Hi All, At the moment I have solid fuel heating (2 bed house) running at cost of £80 a month in the winter and £30 to £40 in the summer with a hit of not much hot water in the summer. I can't have a oil or LPG tank as the lorry wouldn't reach our house as a good bit away from the road and I have no drive :( I have had a…
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Fridge/Freezer recommendations?
Hello Our fridge freezer has bitten the dust. Can anyone recommend the best value appliance/retailer..? I'd like it to be energy saving too!! (Dont ask for much do I??);) Cheers, QFB
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wood chip wallpaper on ceiling!
Hi, Have tried to get this off ceiling but its stuck fast! Don't want to use a steamer in case i mess up the plaster board underneath. Could i sand it down and then skim over with something like smooth over polycell??? any better ideas? Am on a budget and would like to do most of the work myself thanks,
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artex replastering
Hi am doing up a house which has some artexing. Its only small and looks like its been done more with a paint brush dabbed at randonm spots. can i just plaster over it? Do i need to mix in 1 in 5 parts pva? Any hjelp would be great thanks,
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Back boilers
Hi My wife and I are looking to buy a 1930's semi that has a back boiler which we don't know the age of but I would guess is 15+ years. We haven't made an offer on it but need to broadly assess how much it could cost to replace when it needs to be done. I know the sort of combi I'm after and it's costs but have no idea of…
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Bathroom Nightmare
did anyone get my message.............I need to know who to get in next the plumber the tiler or the plasterer
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Fence spray or just brush
Hi i have got a load of fence panels to paint and fancy the idea of these new fence sprayers that ronseal and cuprinol have brought out. My gripe with these things is the cost of the fence paint to go with theses machines is over twice the price of the normal brush applied stuff so i was wondering if you can get away with…
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Scart leads best to buy quality or cheap ??
Since I connected up to my tv my dvd, video and set top box my picture and sound quality is very poor when viewing through the set top box, also when playing a dvd the sound is so quiet I cannot hear the programme. Question - there are different quality scart leads - I bought the cheapo ones thinking a scart lead is a…
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Leaking boiler
Hi We have a Potterton Suprima 60 that has just started leaking. It's dripping water from the bottom. The heating hasn't been on for the last week because of the warm weather so maybe this has something to do with it? we plan on updating the whole system anyway but anything we can do as a quick fix to stop this leaking??…
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DIY installing air con unit
hi, does anybody know whats the easiest way to drill a 70mm hole in brick i have a sds drill. drilling the hole seems the hardest part of fitting the air con unit thanks
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Hanging a 30Kg mirror
Hello All, I hope somebody can help. I have just bought a beautiful huge mirror from Ikea to hang on the wall in my living room. It came with 2 brackets to attach it to tha wall but no screws. The instructions say this is because it depends what wall you have and you need to get specific ones. I think my wall is just…
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Bathroom Nightmare
Hi, We have removed the tiles, what a nightmare, but the plaster has perished in certain areas, so what I thought was get plumber in to remove sink, radiator and bath, then get the plasterer in to plaster and skim, get plumber back to install new suite, then get the tiler in and get on with decorating. by the way, many…
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iron tripping fuse box
my iron keeps tripping my fuse box out .checked for loose wire's but found none loose any one got any idear what's causing this to happen.it's not an old iron 2 year's at the most
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British Gas; One-Off Emergency Heating Repair?
As anyone tried this service from British Gas? (A one-off £198.00 to fix your boiler)
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Price for a Condensing Boiler?
Does anyone know, how much changing a faulty combi to a new condensing boiler costs? :confused: (Middlesex Area) Many Thanks,
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free standing bath emergency!!
I didn't know who else to ask but I moved into a new house on Sat and was relaxing in my lovely old fashioned bath when it collapsed with me in it! The claw feet just came off.. thank god it didn't go through the ceiling! It turns out the feet weren't attached and the bath was just resting on it, is this usual? The pipe…
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Best value decking?
Hi, Looking into the possibility of putting down decking over our exisiting tatty patio which is 18m3. The other option is re-flagging which we thing will be more expensive. Could anyone recommend any good suppliers of decking and/ or their thoughts on flags vs decking? Thanks
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Combi Boiler - Heater OK, some taps hot, some taps lukewarm
I was wondering whether somebody could please give me some advise re: my combi boiler I have a Ariston EuroCombi SX 20 MFFICE and live in a GFF In Nov 2004 it was unable to produce ANY hotwater, the engineer came round and fitted a new diverter valve - and everything was fine. In Winter 2005/6, the CH was hot - and water…
