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what discount should I ask for?
Hi, A local small scale furniture store is moving premises and selling off the display stock. In total the pieces I want come to just short of £2k full price. what sort of discount should I ask for display stock.???
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Cast Iron Soil pipe
Hi Folks We are currently having a complete rennovation of our house and as part of the job decided to replace the cast iron soil pipes with new plastic ones. The guys who took them out decided to break them with a hammer - and now I am scared that small pieces/larger pieces could have fallen further down the system and…
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Apple Ipod 80 GB
Does anyone know the best place to acquire a Apple Ipod 80 GB (not bothered about the colour)? I've seen it for 205.00 GBP at dixons Anybody got any decent high street prices, think the best is 238.95 GBP at John Lewis Cheers
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Starlings in the Eves - What should we do??
Just looking for a bit of advise. Just discovered starlings have made a nest in the eaves behind our guttering. Beside them making a racket - there is mess evrywhere from them. Can we get rid of them and if so how?? There are chicks in there not sure how old but very noisy too. Many Thanks Again :beer:
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ordered a sofa - changed mind
I ordered a sofa from Furniture Village on Saturday(instore) and have now changed my mind - is it too late to cancel? ( I cannot reply until later as I'm off to work in a minute!)
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wooden kitchen worksurface
hiya all just a quick question my wooden work surface has gone manky from the water, with some balck marksi did seal it with danish oil was this enough? how do i sand it vack down? is it a prof job? dont want to mess it up as it cost enough to start with cheers
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Splashbacks done cheaply??
Hi, hope you can help. I am just doing up a house I have bought and have run out of money. I still need splashbacks in my kitchen,does anybody have any ideas how I could do this really cheap? Please help
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Do we need an extra tap when fitting a water softner?
We live in a very hard water area and are considering fitting a water softner. One of our first questions is - do we need to have an extra tap fitted so that we still have hard water to drink etc? The reason this is an initial concern is that we have a granite worktop with a mixer tap fixed through a hole that was…
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Leaking toilet syphon
Hi All, I hope that somebody can help. Our close-coupled toilet has not been flushing due to a split syphon diaphragm, and DH has done a sterling job of purchasing new bits, and has replaced them all according to instructions. It now flushes a dream, but we have some leaking when the toilet is flushed -it is coming down…
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Door Handles
Hello... we are painting the landing doors and are going to buy new handles for them. Not sure if this is a silly question ,..... but are handles a standard size -and will all fit? Also any other tips on this subject would be much appreciated. Thanks
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Marherita Washing machine drum not spinning.
I have tried to use the above wash machine today but although all other functions appear to be working the drum will not spin. As anyone any idea what the problem may be. With thanks,.
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Any advice on airing clothes+towels please?
Good afternoon all! Wondering if anyone had any ideas. Our elderly central heating boiler packed up on Friday; had visit from Transco (or whatever they're called these days) and then British Gas (with whom we have a service agreement). Gas has been switched off, boiler beyond repair, thank heavens we're in May (or what…
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help! leaking pipe damaging my sink unit.
I noticed the door on my sink unit wasn't hanging straight and when I have emptied the cupboard to investigate, I've discovered that a compression joint on the hot water pipe to the sink is leaking. It must have been leaking a while because the sides and base of the unit have swelled and pucker and there is a pool of water…
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Plumbing advice.
Hi, Two purpose built flats. Just noticed that the upstairs flat has removed his internal sewer stack from his bathroom. His waste still feeds down through the part that comes through my bathroom (below) and into sewer. Now I cannot see an external stack and there is no reason other than more space that he would have…
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Best bath seal
Hi Our seal around the bath has had it's day, time to buy a new one. Can anyone recommend a good one that will not leak and where to buy it. Thanks Crewe
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Inspection chambers
I'm hoping someone will be able to advise me on this please. I live in a one storey block of flats over a Chinese Restaurant and an Indian Take-away. I have a badly blocked drain downstairs. I have looked all the way down my alley way and have noticed that all the premises have an inspection chamber (two in some places)…
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Help - need to find 6" x 6" beige wall tiles
Hi Can anyone help point me in the right direction for getting hold of 6" x 6" ceramic wall tiles? We run a youth club at the local community centre and the little darlings damaged a couple of tiles in the toilets. We always try to carry out repairs as quickly as possible - but I am having a real struggle locating these…
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broken phone cable to sky box
I have just broken the end off the black cable that comes from the sky dish and plugs into the telephoe line on the box and now I am stuck. I am loathe to call out a sky engineer to fix something so simple. I have four wires coming off orange,white and orange dashes,blue,white with blue marks and do not know which hole to…
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Samsung Fridge/Freezer Faulty, 3 months old - can i get a refund?
My Samsung Fridge/Freezer has started to make very loud vibration sounds every 2 minutes. The neighbour can even hear it next door. The item is from Dixons and is 3 months old. Am in entitled to a refund? I would prefer a refund to a repair/exchange as I wouldn't want the same problems happening to the same model. It's too…
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pressure washers
Hi, I want to clean a moss-covered block-paved driveway that apart from accumulated grime it looks in good repair. I'm thinking of hiring a pressure washer but, as a complete novice, I would welcome some advice first. I know it would be less laborious but does pressure washing actually give a superior finish than, say,…
