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Good quality basic wc & basin?
We are looking for a simple, good-quality white toilet & basin for our bathroom. Considering Armitage Shanks 'Sandringham' or Twyford 'Option' - anyone had these? They are the budget ranges from decent manufacturers (I presume!) - do they compromise on quality or are these just good entry-level basics? Also, would welcome…
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Quote for renovating a small bathroom. Seems expensive?
I have a small bathroom, probably 5ft by 8/9ft long, I want the partition lat and plaster wall between the bathroom and spare room knocking down and rebuiling about 50cms into the spare room to make the bathroom bigger, the bath and sink swapping round so re-plumbing required but all pipes are in the right place to do it,…
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Radiator Problem
Hi guys, Having a slight problem with my bathroom radiator. I've tried to take it off the wall but the side nuts just won't undo. Its not necessarily that the nuts are on too tight, but if I start to increase the pressure to undo the nuts, the copper pipe to the radiator begins to bend, and the last thing I want is that to…
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Recommended bathroom suites/suppliers and eco toilets!
We need to get a new bathroom due to our toilet breaking! We managed to claim on our insurance and we've got a budget of £500 for a plain white bathroom suite. We are tearing our hair out (well just me o/h is bald :rotfl: ) as there are just so many bathroom suites available and so many places to buy it from! We've seen…
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Liquid Soap Foam Dispenser
Does anyone know where I can get a liquid soap foam dispenser. I have got 2 already - 1 from a kids soap and a pampered chef one. I would really like another one but something a bit nicer for my cloakroom like a china or glass version. It seems to be all the soap dispensers I have seen in the shops are the traditional just…
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fence treatment
Hiya all we have just had a new fence made and erected from floorboard wood(hope that makes sense!) but on the day it was finshed it poured down and the gate has swelled by about half an inch, meaning the catch wont fit on right. The builder said to wait till it drys out and goes back to shape before treating it, but due…
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How often should you top-up a combi boiler?
As per the subject line...I have to re-pressurise it every couple of weeks...is this normal or have I got a leak somewhere?
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Drilling into fake wall
In the bathroom I have a fake wall when you drill into there is just a big gap inside. Now here i want to attach my Bath Screen to the Wall, and also some other accessories such as Mirror, bathroom shelf and possibly other types of Holders. How do i do this bearing in mind that I have just put plastic wall cladding on and…
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What do we need to do next - regarding extension?
We want to put a small extension on the side of our house, behind the garage. We wrote to the council and they confirmed that we don't need planning permission for it just building regs, So what would you say is the next step we need to take to getting our extension done. We had a builder round yesterday who will be…
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Correct Wiring 4 Ceiling light/fan
Have read other threads on this topic - None have this wiring combination Hopefully, should be fairly straight forward. The fan/light unit has the following connections: Red - Light Brown - Fan Blue - Neutral Yellow/Brown - Earth From the ceiling there are 2 red and 2 black wires and an earth Hopefully somebody can tell me…
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my huskey fridge problems...
hi, i have one of those huskey mini fridges with the glass window.. problem is that at the rear on the inside there always seems to be a build up of ice quite thick 3-4 cm? read the manual and it says defrost and remove. but it keeps comming back every couple weeks! also it doesnt get very cold, and its on max level any…
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Harling extension.
Hi there - Please bear with me as I try to explain - hopefully someone can advise me. We are planning building an single story extension at the back of the house - the side wall will be flush with the end of the house which is currently harled. We will also be bricking up back door which is on this wall. To make it all…
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New house - problems with hot water!!
Hi all, moved into new house and having trouble with hot water - any advice would be much appreciated as I'm a plumbing novice! I'll give all the details I know - apologies if any of the following is obvious or irrelevant but I really haven't a clue. Got combi boiler with Horstmann control unit. There's a switch that looks…
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Air Bricks
Hi, can someone please tell me how air brickes at the bottom of houses are layed out, we have some on the side of our semi detached house and some of the holes are blocked. we cant get a small screwdriver through them, it looks like somthing hard like cement is on the other side, but we never put that inside it must be…
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Oil radiators - are they worth it?
I am asking this for my Mum, she has at the moment got an electric heater in her conservatory, but it doesnt do a very good job of keeping it warm and the noise it makes is really irritating. It also gives off a funny smell. I think from the dust that has gathered on it being burnt. She is thinking of getting an oil filled…
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Pilot light blowing out when its windy
Hiya, Is there anything I can do to stop this, or at least reduce the number of times it does it (it really is constantly when it's windy). My boiler makes a right rackett every time it re-ignites and I should imagine it isn't good for Gas consumption. Also my Son's (he is 2) room is right next door and it always wakes him…
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Good quality paint?
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good quality brand of paint. I am looking to paint my kitchen on the coming bank holiday weekend, and will be going from an orangy/terracotta to a kinda country cream. I really need something with good coverage as the room is HUGE, so ideally i'd only like to have to give it…
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Combi Boiler Recommendations
Hi I will soon be moving into a 3 bed house that currently has a old system boiler. I'm going to get the whole of the old system drained down and removed as well as removing and scraping all the old rads. This will give me time to get most walls skimmed then I will be installing new more compact rads in all rooms up to the…
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Wallpaper
Can anyone recommend a place to buy wallpaper? I want nice print gold wallpaper but the cheapest possible!!! :j Any suggestions? Thanks
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Which type of tile adhesive - slate tiles?
Hi, Please can anyone tell me the best/correct type of tile adhesive to use? It is for slate tiles on top of a newly laid cement floor. It's in a kitchen. One tiler said I should use "flexible" tile adhesive - but I thought this was for use on wooden/hardboard floors which are likely to move. Also would around 5mm thick of…
