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Painting a plastered wall?
I've just removed the old wallpaper in the kitchen back to plaster. Can any1 advise if I need to do anything before painting it? Also what paint would be recommended. The plaster is mostly smooth finish but there are a few rough patches here and there. :confused:
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Am I being conned by SKY? I am trying to reclaim monies overcharged?
I AM ALSO WONDERING IF I MAY BE ONTO SOMETHING HERE??? Can anyone help, advise or have had similar problems? After years of problems with sky I am about to complain at the highest level and demand monies overcharged? Many of you may tell me I should have done something earlier but it has been one of those things always at…
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Garden Fence- might be asked to pay
I have checked the title deeds/register for our house and it says nothing about who is responsible for the garden fences. Looking from the house to the back garden on the left there is a low fence, about chest height and on the right there is a taller fence, both sets of fencing have supports on both sides so there is no…
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Rendering - do I get a plasterer?
Need to get some walls rendered. Do I just contact a plasterer or do I need to find someone who specialises in rendering?
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Cost for architect's fees?
I am planning to replace a flat felt roof with a pitched tiled one and hidden boxed guttering. How much would it cost roughly for architect's fees for drawing up plans?
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potterton perfomer 24 faulty **now working!!"**
hi there i was wondering if anyone could help me as i have a potterton performer 24 boiler but i think the pilot light is not coming on. i have checked that i still have a gas supply. the boiler burner light is not coming on though the flame failure light is not on at all. any suggestions would be appreciated!! thanks in…
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Electric shower recommendation?
I want to get a good 10.5Kw electric shower installed, and was wondering whether anyone could recommend a good make? I'm flexible on cost, but would prefer a dual-head model which offers both hand-held and "rain shower" heads. I'd also be interested in anything which has facilities to deal with scaling. TIA for any…
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Disconnect freezer on electrolux ER2346B fridge freezer
Hi Our electrolux fridge freezer ( ER2346B) , the door rubber seal is broken ir seems to be unsafe to use as a freezer(the door keeps get pushed up when full frozen , the ice is pushing it open then not working well too keep food frozen). I have now got a replacement freezer (small 1 with lid on top) now from freecycle (it…
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carpet cleaning
Hi, Anyone experience of carpet cleaning? we just moved into a new house and the carpet smells. We borrowed a bissell carpet cleaner and washed one of the carpets, the water came out black as expected and the carpet looks cleaner. but the smell got worse rather then better. Should I keep cleaning the carpet until the water…
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My Shiny Suit
Hi All, I haven't posted on here for a while and am not sure if I've got the correct form for this, but here goes. I have a expensive-ish suit that i only wore once about a year ago. I now need to wear this suit again as part of my new job. The only problem is that when i fished it out of the wardrobe it was looking a…
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House Alarm - Help Please
Unfortunately we were affected by the floods - not by water luckilly but by the loss of power. After two days without power the internal buzzer alarm started to sound (I think this was because the internal battery had run down). Initially tried just resetting the alarm from the control panel but no good. If I tampered with…
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Washing Machine Help!
My washing machine had been working until yesterday. When you put the washing in, it just lay there but the water came in the clothes did not move went through the whole cycle but the drum did not move. If anyone can recommend a tradesman from glasgow who repaires washing machines I would be really grateful been charged…
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help with wasps
a few weeks ago we had a wasps' nest treated by the environmental health folk. (we had found dead wasps in the spare room one morning - lots of them - and looking out the window then saw them all streaming into wasp central). two or three wasps were found in the room for a few days after that. by the way, the window was…
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Save on boiler electricity usage
Sorry if this has been mentioned before but I wouldn't know how to formulate a good search to see if this is the case. I just checked the electricity usage of my Worcester 24CDi boiler in idle (i.e. doing absolutely nothing) and it was 9W. I hardly use the boiler in the Summer as I produce my hot water from a gas-heated…
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Terminating raised (dado) tiles
Hi, I need some help with this one, as I've just spent £45 on a load of border tiles that may be useless! I'm planning to put a border of raised dado tiles like these around the bathroom: But what the heck do I do with the end of a tile if it is going to be left exposed. :confused: I can't just have the big gap showing -…
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Plasterboard (overboard) ceilings
We're decorating a house that's been semi-modernised. All the ceilings are wallpapered with thick old wallpaper and it's !!!!! to get off. As I understand the best option is to overboard rather than pull down the current plasterboard and then have a plasterer skim the new board. I figured it might save money if I do this…
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New Home - Flooring ideas?
Hi I have just bought a new home which will be ready in approx 10 weeks. My problem is - what to put on the floor?? I currently live in a house which was also new build, and we have laminated floors through the entire ground floor (the same pattern right through). The part I hate is the trim which had to be put around it…
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disused chimney stack - what to do?
folks had an old boiler replaced with one of the combi boilers. Thing is now the corgi men have removed completely the old boiler and left the large hole for the flue stack open. They sealed the top of the chimney with wood and cement on my dad's request but there is now a dusty smell in the house coming from teh…
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Solid wood floors vs Laminate
Which do I go for? Does real wood scratch easily with a dog, furniture? I would like my dining room and lounge fitted with it. I've had cheapo Homebase beech laminate in my current lounge but would like better stuff in my new house, perhaps walnut or laminate walnut colour - but not too expensive! Does anyone know of any…
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Smoke nuisance from chimney.
I think I've finally located the source of regular woodsmoke smell in my flat. It seems that a few nights per week it smells of smoke. I've been starting to go and out look for bonfires etc whenever this happens, just so I can look for any patterns. The source might be a bit more simple than that though. There is a house…
