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Need help finding a bathtub
Hello all, I am starting the processing of renovating our house. Its 43 years old. The most expense renovation will be the bathrooms. In the upstairs portion of the house is my mother's bathroom. She is a senior and I would like to install a walk-in bathtub. Can anyone give me any feedback on these tubs? On the…
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Re-instating a fireplace
We are looking at a place that has no fireplace at the moment but appears to have a chimney. How much hassle and cost is it to re-instate a fire-place? Its also occured to me that as a post-war build, the chimney might simply be a gas-flue. Does anyone know if its possible to use a gas flue as a chimney for a real fire?…
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Good comparison site for cooker and dishwasher?
I'm in the process of planning a kitchen refit and need to find some sort of independent web site that looks at and rates different brands of cookers and dishwashers. A bit like "Which" but online, if you see what I mean. I know how to do price comparisons. I'm after a family sized dishwasher with good efficiency, a gas…
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Stone Cladding and Cavity Wall Insulation
Do they go together ok, or does having the former prevent the latter from being done ?
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electric shower buying & fitting
I need to get an electric shower as my hot water boiler has broke and i am waiting for warm front to replace it ( could be 3 months) in the mean time i have no hot water. I have seen them in argos and tescos for around £50 cheapest but who do i need to get to put it in , just electrician or do i need plumber as well.(might…
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Double glazing
Could anyone who has had double glazing installed give their opinion of how good a job they had done,if there was any problems and if so how were these resolved.I live in the North of Scotland where the weather is very severe,the windows and doors I am wanting to replace face west and are exposed to regular gales so I want…
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1 upvc window needed....
Hi I changed 8 windows in my house last year - and used those terrible people from the tele SafeStyle UK. I was really happy with the price (after a hell of a lot of negotiation and 2 hours later).... and they have done a really good job and they look excellent. However, at the time, i was also deciding whether to swap my…
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cooker extractors
can anyone shed some light on cooker extractors? we are in the process of doing our kitchen and at the moment do not have one at all! my question is - we live in a terraced house so are the ones that use filters okay or should we try to tunnel a pipe along the kitchen to outside? i also like the diagnol extractors instead…
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Boiler Problem
We have owned our house a year and we knew within a week the central heating system was not the best. But as we can't afford to replace it at present we trying to make last as long as we can. Its a back bolier, which could easily be 30 years old. The problem we are having is that it does not seem to like going off and has…
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A crazy Fan oven problem
I'm stumped by this and wonder if anyone can suggest what might be wrong??? My oven comes on fine, it heats up no problem, but after about half an hour it just shuts itself off, and will not come back on until I leave it a while... It's not anything to do with the timer, as I've reset all that. What's flummoxing me is that…
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Tenement Basement conversion - Permission from neighbours
Hi, I've just bought an elevated ground floor tenement flat in Glasgow which has a great basement area. The only access to the basement is through my flat, but the title deeds state the basement is a shared area for the whole block, therefore I would need to get permission from everyone to convert it, or possibly buy it…
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Maia worktop - fitter needed Dartford
Hi does anyone know anyone who fits Maia worktop. I live in the Dartford area and am having trouble finding a fitter. Thanks
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Wooden playhouse
My 3 year old has a wooden playhouse which is placed directly onto our decking area. We noticed at the weekend that the floor is soaking in it and also the walls are wet at the bottom. I would expect it should be a little damp over the winter but it is soaking. Does anyone know if its because its on top of the decking and…
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Where Do I Stand With This ?
I bought a hoover washing machine about 2 months ago, when i first got it i had problems with it , it was going wrong from the start, an engineer came and said it needed a new motherboard which he had to order, but i wasn;t happy changing parts in a new machine so i phoned Tribal uk who i bought it from and demanded a new…
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Central heating pipes tapping
Our central heating pipes make a really annoying tapping noise for about 10 seconds every time our combi boiler fires up to heat the central heating water. It sounds like pipe expansion noises to me. Is it likely to be making these noises due to a problem with the pipes or because the pipes are rubbing against something as…
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Faulty Thermostat
My heating thermostat is not picking up the right temperature. It was fitted last year to replace one with a cracked cover & seemed to be working fine for a while but now it isn't. Does anyone know if it can be easily fixed? Many thanks
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New Microwave and new Cooker
Hi there I need some advice please. I am just about to embark on a new kitchen and have had the plans from the person doing the job. All the units and new kitchen appliances will be from Howdens. My preference is for a gas hob and a separate built in double oven so I have the option of a grill. However the built in…
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Penetrating damp in kids bedroom- tanking??
Hi, we have had an ongoing problem since last January with damp in our childrens room. When it appeared we had some roofers come out and they went up checked the flashing and tiles, relaid some coping stones between us and our neighbour and slapped on lots of that waterproofing solution. This seemed to fix the problem and…
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tumble dryer issue
This may be a silly question I want to put a condenser tumble dryer into a cupboard however the main fuse box is at the back of this cupboard can I do this? not sure because of electrics thanks
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BT line rental dispute
Is it just me or would i be right to object to paying the same amount in line rental fees to BT when i am not receiving the same quality of service from them. I live 2 miles from our exchange my mate lives 1 mile nearer, he can receive up to 8mbps on his internet connection speed , i can only receive 1.1mbps so why should…
