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Newly skimmed plaster - slight hairline cracks - painting?
Just had my walls skimmed (few weeks ago now), and whilst painting I noticed a few very minor hairline cracks. Is there anything I should do to these or just paint over them?
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Door and window security questions
bit different from the usual - i need to keep people in not out! 2 of my kids are autistic and my toddler is an escape artist and getting worse. I havn't been able to have windows open in the house for the last 2 years! I used to have the door chain on all the time but now he has leant to climb the door (yes climb the…
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White kitchen!
Basically have just bought a new build house and we get everything starndard unless we want to pay to upgrade. We have picked cream tiles for the kitchen and the standard kitchen comes in white, so would be cream tiles with white sink, cooker etc...... to upgrade to stainless steel will cost £405.00 is it worth it? or…
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Home Office workstation
Hi there, Hoping someone might have a recommendation for good value home office furniture - I'm after a decent quality lockable cabinet that will house the PC etc. I've tried some of the well known brands (Ikea, Staples, few others) but wondered if anyone has any other suggestions. Cheers for any help. DaisyH
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Bearings changed
My washer dryer is broken. the man said that is the bearings and the cost would be £140. The bearings only cost £20. Has anyone changed the bearings on a tricity bendix caw 1010.Hoping for help or advice.TA
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Painting Plastic Expel Air Fan
Hi What kind of paint do I use to paint the plastic casing on an expel air fan. Many thanks.
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tops tile underfloor heating
Hi i just want to know has anyone had the underfloor heating installed from tops tiles and if so how do you find it ?
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Safe to Burn?
Just wondered if anyone can help me, we've got an old wooden climbing frame in the garden thats now falling to bits - it's about 5 years old and came stating "pre-treated", we've not treated it since, I was hoping to chop it all up for fire wood but just wondered if the "treating agent" will cause any problems??? Any ideas?
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conservatory roof
A builder friend fitted me a new conservatory roof last year, he is a good builder but does not normally do conservatories, the problem is that when the sun comes out there are lots of quite loud pops and bangs, when the sun goes behind a cloud there are more pops and bangs and so on, it is obviously the polycarbonate roof…
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Best value flat-pack kitchens
My only experience of flat-pack is building my parents kitchen from MFI flat-pack in 1996 and my bedroom stuff from ikea last year. The ikea was quite well made (and had no missing bits) but MFI (and others) may have come a long way in 10 years too. So my question is, out of all the flat-pack providers, which offer the…
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Bathroom problems!:(
Hi i'm new:) My bathroom really get me down!its a rubbish design. Basically i moved in 1.5yrs ago and its a 4yr old house, so modern etc. the builders have fitted a 3piece bathroom with mixer taps. There is a annoying shelf at the far end of the bathroom where the sink etc is (to hide pipes) however after moving in i had…
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Wash hand basin plug stuck
It's one of these systems where you push a knob behind the taps up or down to engage or release the plug via a vertical then horizontal rod that goes into the drainpipe mechanism. The linkage between the two rods is OK but the movement is not being transmitted through to the plug itself leaving me with a basin full of…
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Clothes dryer advice pls??
am finally succumbing to the thohght of a dryer have no idea in which direction to be guided any advice would be welcome have family of 4 - average needs! thanks
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Limestone or hardwood flooring?
I am not sure whether to go for Limestone tiles in our lounge and kitchen or hardwood flooring? Any downsides to these? Also where is the best place to buy quality hardwood flooring from? thanks.
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Skirting board?
We are looking for some pine skirting board, does anyone know of any good deals on packs at the moment as we need to redo the whole house. Cheers.
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skimming walls?
What product would i need to skim plaster walls? And also what tools would be needed? Thanks.
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Do I need a new fridge freezer? Help please
I damaged my fridge today, something fell from the top shelf onto the white plastic part in front of the salad drawer. It has taken a chunk out of the plastic, as if I have thrown a huge kitchen knife into a chunk of wood is the only way I can describe it. It seems quite deep and isn't just a dent. I will see if the…
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Which Paint?
Hi .. I would like to paint my bedroom floorboards white - do I need a specialist paint or would any ordinary wood paint do? - the boards are sanded bare at the moment. Thanks ~OcToBeR~
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Wardrobe units
Can anyone reccomend a decent manufacturer of self assembly TALL wardrobe units please? Im after something like the tall IKEA units that are around 2.4m tall, but better quality that might last more than a couple of years? Im ideally after really tall doors, perhaps around 3.0m tall Thanks in advance
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Metro brick tiles - straight lines or not?
Hello everyone, I am getting my bathroom tiled next week and have bought some of those bevelled metro brick style tiles from B&Q. The trouble is, I can't work out what style I should have them arranged in...should I have a traditional brick pattern or should I simply have them in straight vertical lines? I've seen more…
