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Electro osmotic damp proofing
I've just bought an 1890's terraced stone cottage which apparently had high levels of damp recorded downstairs. We heard about electro osmotic damp proofing and wondered if it was better than other types of damp proof course. Does anyone know if it's any good? And how much does it cost? I think we just need two outside…
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overboarding lath and plaster ceiling
(I aready asked this on the quotes board but got no answers). The ceiling in my kitchen is lath and plaste. I think it's reasonably sound - it's not sagging - but it has been patch repaired in the past and is very rough and uneven. A builder suggested that rather than pulling the whole lot down (and creating an enormous…
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Heating
After seeing Martin on GMTV this morning. I have been looking around for a grant for central heating in our home. We bought our house last December (2006). We have no central heating at all. And because it's only my husband that works, we are finding it really hard to save up for the central heating system. After all the…
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hanging curtains
hi, sorry not really a money saving qu but wanted some advice on pulling the tapes on new curtains so that they have lots of even gathers if you know what i mean, i always struggle and have just bought some new curtains for son's bedrooms and wanted advice before i ruin them thanks
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Old lead paint upsetting baby ?
This isn't about saving money, but I don't know where else to ask, and hope a kind, knowledgable soul on here can help. My grown-up daughter is having some rooms in her victorian house painted, among them her 6 month old baby girl's room. The DD has been very disturbed and upset (not sleeping, uncharacteristically yelling…
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Electrical interference from CH boiler!!!!
Can anybody enlighten me as to why loud cracklings interrupt my radios, and the same along with picture interference to TV occurs when the central heating valve operates? It has been driving me mad for years, but even though I have a Home Care contract for the boiler, none of the gas engineers have been able to help me.…
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Cheap ways to restore pantry
We have just moved in to a 1930's semi and it needs some work doing to it. Nothing major except for the kitchen which we plan to do in the summer. However in the kitchen we have a good sized pantry area, but it has to be said its quite horrible. As we are trying to keep costs low to allow us more on the kitchen any ideas…
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Altering a dorma
We live in a semi -detached dorma house ,my daughters room is at the front of the house .The window in her room is at the front of the house ,we want to knock out the wall which is under her window and board the space which goes into the dorma bit at the front of the house . Sorry if i am not being clear when it is done…
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matt floor tiles holding dust
i layed some matt effect black floor tiles in my bathroom and they looked great, until I decorated my hall and landing etc creating loads of dust. Since then there seems to be dust ground into the newly layed tiles, and it looks like the hard water in my area is marking them too.. Is there any product i can 'treat' them…
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Renovating home in Brighton - Tradesman needed
Hi all, I really need your help and would appreciate any advice you can give. I'm about to purchase my first home in Brighton/Hove and am looking for quality local tradesman who can help. It's a two bedroom Bungalow with decent sized front and back gardens. There's also a fairly large Kitchen, Living room and a small…
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Boiler doesn't light up. HELP!!! PLEASE
Came home and it is freeeezing. Radiators are cold, timer on the boiler comes on, but the little blue light on the boiler doesn't come on. Do I really have to pay out for a new boiler or is the a hope for a repair???? Can someone please advice???? How did my boiler know it is the coldest so far this year?????:mad:
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vax v006 turboforce - HELP me change the filter please!!
I've got a vax v006 turboforce from freecycle but it needs a new filter, which I've bought. But I don't have instructions on how to fit it, the online manual basically tells me to shove the filter in, but the filter back came with 3 little round discs....and nothing tells me what to do with them. I don't want to break the…
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Freeview
I bought my son a freeview for his last birthday, but he can't tune it in because he lost the remote. Can anyone suggest a way round this. I want to tell Sky to take a running jump, but because he does enjoy his TV.
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How to use Boiler Noise Reducer?
Hi there :wave: I have just had some new rads put in my extension (connected up to the existing rads) and the plumber has put some CH cleaner in the tank (for the old rads) and told me to flush it out 2 weeks later (which is today actually! Never organised, me!). I'm to add the inhibitor when I refill the system, but…
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Corgi engineer in Surrey?
Can anyone recommend a good Corgi engineer in Sutton, Surrey? By good I mean will return phone calls, turn up to have a look at the job that needs doing and actually provide a quote. I've been trying to get 3 gas fires connected which includes connecting pipeowrk as well. It seems that kind of work is not really of…
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Energy saving light bulbs
Hi, As I expect most of us here now use energy saving bulbs, 100W of light for the price of 40Watts. I am not sure how true this is but maybe others may shine some light on it, but if you use this type of lamp then once on it is best left on all day, the reason being is that it is the first few seconds of switch on that…
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DVD Recorder/ Video
Don't know where to start looking, or who to ask, so I thought I would start here. Please forgive me if these questions are really obvious - I'm not that clued up on this sort of thing. Our video player has just packed up and our DVD player is looking a bit creaky. Both were just about bottom of the range, bought a long…
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Hairline Cracks on newly plastered wall
Can someone please tell is it usual to have some small hairline cracks on the wall following plastering, skimming, and paint. Some people tells me it is not unsual to have this problem due whislt some tells that it is not usual to get this problems.
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Problem with shower
Hello all, Recently my shower has been playing up, yesterday it died :o All of a sudden it would lose power, the pull switch neon would go off at this time but it didn't trip. A few seconds later it would come on again and would maybe work for half the time it did before and then go off and the process would start again.…
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Ideas for decorating Living Room
I am looking to redecorate my living room in the new year but cannot think of how I would like to decorate it. Maybe I don't have a very creative mind as I am struggling with ideas, I think I want to see a series of pictures so that i can say "That's it!" when I see a style I like! Does anyone know of any websites that…
