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Where to find a side garage door?
Call me thick but Im due to complete on a house on Friday and I need to purchase a side garage door. Where do I start looking? Every search I do brings me up the front garage door. Ive looked on the b&q site at external doors and again they dont look right? Can you use a PVC door? Its a normal sized entrance... Anyone help…
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b&q over 60 cards?
Are the over 60 b&q cards still available for discounts and if so what do you get again 10%,can you get these instant,right away if going to a store?also just say i got one for my mum with her id would this work and say i got something with i,would this work also?i could just say she is not able to make it or i am…
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Paint advice required
Hello guys I have been decoration and have replaced my skirting boards. I have used Dulux Satinwood white paint on it. A friend of mine says I should have used Primer before using paint, and now he suggest me to sand it down a bit and use primer and then paint again. If this is not done the paint will come off. Any…
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acrylic or steel bath and why?
i am thinking of getting a new bathroom suite and need to know what is the difference from acrylic and steel baths,yes i know its steel but why does most baths come in acrylic these days is there a reason and if so what,i thought they did away with steel baths years ago
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using matt paint on on radiators
does anyone know if you can use normal matt paint (or rather matt 'one coat' of the kitchin matt stuff) on radiators? cheers dan
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Gutter Painting
My UPVC guttering is in good condition but I've repainted the house and the current guttering is brown. I would like to change it to black and as it's in good condition painting seems the obvious choice. What's the best paint for this and any tips, preperation etc...........
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Maybe it's me that's being unreasonable ?
It was a toss up between posting here or the 'vent' board. Atm I feeling annoyed with my OH, actually I'm feeling depressed, but that'll pass. The latest !!!!-up is laying a laminate kitchen floor. It's a tiny kitchen and I admit tricky along the appliances, but you should have seen the different size gaps everywhere where…
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dyson vacume cleaner problem
My Dyson keeps cutting out after say 15 minutes of use. I gave it a good clean out and can not see any obstructions, when it does work it seems to be OK. Is this a motor problem can it be fixed or is it time for a new one. This one is not that old and there is no extra warranty. Any help will be appreciated as usual…
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gas vs electric ovens
I a bit of a dialema. when we got rewired we forgot to get a plug but in for the oven, and when the new boiler got put in we got a gas pipe put in for a gas hob. we have been looking for a gas hob, but the are expensive we have found a electric oven and gas hob set in b&q for under 200 the cheapest gas oven we have found…
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Any heating engineers here please??
We have a Vaiilant boiler and it is now displaying an error code. The code is F64,,,, which according to the manual is "irreversible electronic fault". With it being B/H weekend we aren't going to get anyone to come and look at it. Can anyone in the trade say from experience what this is and how much it is likely to cost…
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Paving Slabs - Recommendations?
Does anyone have any recommended suppliers for paving slabs - mid-price 450mm x 450mm? I need 46 square metres...Should I go to Travis Perkins for example, or is B&Q / Homebase / Wickes okay? Comments much appreciated!
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Quick fix for coloured grouting?
The downstairs cloakroom is a ghastly mix of white tiles, red grouting ( remember that fashion?) and yellow plastic accessories. I shudder to go in! Unfortunately we blew the budget on the main bathroom and a full re-tile will have to wait. Is there anything I can do to get rid of the red dyed grouting in the meantime?.…
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bottle tray in fridge broken help please
My fridge is only two years old and the tray on the door has broken. It will cost approx. £30.00 to replace and since things are tight at the moment I wondered if anyone else has successfully glued theirs back and if so with which glue? Any relevant advice would be great please. Thanks Sarer:)
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Toilet overflow
The pipe that sticks out of my back wall , looks like it is the toilet overflow pipe, is dripping, although i cant hear any noise coming from the toilet cistern (it doesnt sound like it is continuosly filling) How can i stop the drip?
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Fitted wardrobes in Loft conversion
Hi Just in the process of having a loft conversion wondering if anybody knew of any companys that specialises in Wardrobes for loft the sloping type wardrobes that fit into a loft space,you know the ones I mean! Any help would be appreciated.
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Water Waste Pipes
Hi, Our house we recently bought has the water waste pipes (going from upstairs bathroom to downstairs kitchen) in the house, going throught the wall. Usually its obviously outside the house. Isnt this really unhygenic? I want to have the pipe moved to the outside of the house, would this be at my cost? Or would Thames…
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Loft Ladder
Hello I've moved into a mid terraced house with high ceilings and has a loft access in the landing, next to the stairs. The loft is partially boarded and I want to use it as storage and I've bought step ladder but its high enough to place boxes near the entrance. I'd really appreciate if someone could advise what is the…
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can a plasterer reskim and do a decent job around pipes ect?
Hi. really really sorry if this isnt in the right place but i hope it is. I need some advice if anyone can help? I want to know if when walls get reskimmed can a plasterer still do a good job around pipes and radiators ect without them being taken off the wall first? (if there are any plasterers out there your take on this…
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House building work problem
I`d really appreciate some help here as I have a job abroad and have to sell my house asap but I have a problem.. My house is 14 years old and I am the second owner having bought it 3 years ago. It was originally supposed to be a 2 bedroom house but the owner asked the builders not to build a partition wall which would…
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b and q select kitchens
hi has anyone ordered a band q select kitchen and if so what are their thoughts on them thanks)
