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Help - double glazing, how do we get a good deal?!
We are planning to get our whole house double glazed at some point in the next six months money permitting. We have already lived in (and done up) three houses in the last nine years but we have never had to stray into the terrifying world that is - The Double Glazing Salesman!! :eek::eek: We are, understandably, very…
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Spider-web type markings on newly plastered wall?
We have just had our walls plastered, and the finish is really smooth and looks great apart from 2 or 3 small areas of spider-web looking type markings. I am worried these will dry out and flake (the job was only finished yesterday). Is this normal? Will the diluted paint and subsequent coats of emulsion cover it up ok?…
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Do Howdens do half-price kitchens in october?
I have literally just got mine, and someone today said to me "why didn't you wait until october? Howdens always drop their kitchens by half price in October......."!! Is this right??
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Bosch washing machine backfilling!
:mad: Bosch 1200 Express just over 2 years old. Washes fine, then day or two later water appears in drum after some washes - seems dirty. Smell like rotten eggs coming up sink plug hole. Ran 90 degree wash with soda crystals to clean any grease etc, took off u-bend and thoroughly cleaned (was absolutely caked!). It isn't…
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Garden shed for less than £100 ????
Can any 1 tell me if i could get a shed from somewhere on the net for less than £100 ???? Not after anything fancy and im not expecting anything to big. Does any1 know of a website where i might be able to get 1 second hand ????:confused: Matt
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Scratched uPVC window cill
Hi Just had new double glazing installed. Plasterer has been in and finished off the room and constructed reveals. I've noticed today that the cill is quite scratched - I don't know who did it, so can't go around blaming. Any suggestion about any way to remove the scratches? I've read Tcut can be quite good?
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pre heater tank
i have a baxi 105 combi boiler with a pre-heater last week i had intermitent hot water i have a service contract with the gas board and the engineer came out and said it was just the valve sticking hot water works now but i never hear the preheater kicking in and hot water seems to take a while to come through is there…
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Double Glazing
We are having double glazing, and I have the following questions: 1. I would like to know if having vents in the double glazing means that you do not have to have a vent in the wall if you install a gas fire in the property later on? 2. When the man came round from the double glazing shop he said that the windows being…
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diy double glazing
Hi all. i want to diy replace an old aluminium window with pvc ... and if sucessful maybe replace more. I thought that the pvc frame just screwed into the blockwork at the side of the frame but looking at the current frame i am confused as to how to replace it. i attach photos to show what i mean any help would be great…
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Kitchen/Bathroom Ventilation
Hi All, Can anyone suggest how I can ventilate my kitchen and adjacent bathroom? Fitting extractor fans would be difficult since getting electrical cables to the windows would mean a lot of work. I was thinking of placing extractor pumps in the loft. The only problem is that I live on the 4th floor so I am unsure how to…
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Fittings for fitted wardrobes
We're about to move into our new house that we've been renovating, and one of the last jobs is to put rails/shelving into the walk in wardrobe that we've had built. It's about 2mx1m but one end is reduced height. What I need are rails for hanging clothes and maybe some shelving (that's easier to get hold of, i guess!) -…
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sticky residue on vinyl
i have taken up the carpet tiles in the hall which had been stuck down onto the vinyl with double sided tape, got the tape off but am left with sticky bits now, any ideas how to best wipe them off
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Help with Laminate Floor
My OH is currently fitting a laminate floor in our lounge, he's fitted one before so its going OK the only thing is that we have a curved hearth, can anyone help with how to fit the floor round it? :confused: The plan was to jigsaw the curve out of a piece of laminate however we are struggling to reproduce the curve…
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Best shower with a combi boiler?
I have been reading through past threads and am soooo confused :confused: I have gathered (correctly I hope) that we cannot have a 'power shower' with a combi boiler. So what's the best shower/ type of shower to get a powerful effect with a combi boiler? We're prepared to dig deep for a decent shower within reason. Any…
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flexible tap connectors
Hi I am wondering about the best way to connect monobloc tap connectors to the supply pipes. I understand I will need a reducer, so I just want to know the best and fail proof way, do I need a seperate compression fitting to join the two together?Thanks
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MFI Space White
Just under 2 months ago we ordered Space CREAM kitchen from MFI Croydon. When it arived we recieved the space WHITE kitchen :confused: After a week of angry phonecalls and unanswered messages we had to go intos store and finally got it resolved. Problem solved....not quite. Our fitters began to install carcuses of kitchen…
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caravan wood burners
Can anyone help with info on installing a wood burner in a static caravan?:think:
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Anyone used memory-mattress.co.uk ?
Hi, I've spent quite some time researching memory foam mattresses - including reading all the threads here on MSE. I like the look of the mattresses on memory-mattress.co.uk, but am struggling to find any reviews. Has anyone bought from here, and can anyone recommend them (or not as the case may be) ? Any help would be…
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Combi boiler hot water problem
Hi there - my local water company has just upgraded our water pipes which seems to have increased the flow of water through all the taps quite a lot. But now the hot taps need to be on full blast before the combi-boiler kicks in. I was wondering if anyone knows whats causing the problem, and if it's fairly simple to fix?…
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Best freeview box...
Hi there lovely people, I've finally decided to ditch the Virgin package and go for freeview but have been a bit bamboozled by the range of products out there! I just want what I need but am unsure which one to go for! I want to be able to record fom video so assume I need to scart sockets but other than that am clueless!…
