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How cold are your rooms WITHOUT heating?
As the cold weather is here, I have been doing a bit of wondering about how cold peoples rooms are before the heating goes on. Our kitchen extension has a flat roof as does one of the bedrooms and they seem to be noticeably colder than the rest of the house even when the heating is on. We are thinking about having a proper…
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Diigital Photo Frame Recommendations Please
Hi, Can anybody recommend a decent digital phot frame between abot £60-£80 . Many thanks
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Running time for dehumidifier
Received one of these from a very kind recycler and was wondering if you're mean't to leave them running all day? Don't have instructions with it. Any idea of average hourly running cost?
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Soundproofing a Bedroom
Hi guys, Any one know how to go about sound proofing a bedroom on the cheap? We can't really do anything with the floor as we only had a new carpet fitted a short while ago. Also an idea of roughly how much it is likely to cost? The room is a small double bedroom size. We have a family living under neath you see who are…
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Stop small freezer compartment in my fridge freezing over?
Hello, I was hoping someone wise on these forums could save the the cost of buying a new fridge? I have a relativly old fridge, which has one of the small freezer compartments at the top. The problem is every few months the small freezer bit completely freezes over so i have to defrost it. Is there anything i can put in…
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carpenter for internal doors and price
My son has moved into a flat with nightmare internal doors that don't shut properly and all need painting and new handles so has decided to replace with inexpensive pannelled doors from B & Q or similar. Can anyone give me an idea of how much it costs to have doors fitted please? Also if anyone knows of anyone they could…
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Fitting a standard cabinet door to integrated appliances? How?
I've got a couple of second-hand integrated appliances - washer/dryer and a fridge. I've got Ikea Abstrakt kitchen cabinets, and want to fit the same Abstrakt doors to the appliances. I've got all the hinges etc, but how do I fit the doors to the appliances to make sure they all line up level and even? The hinges holes are…
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Basic home building maintenance checks
Hi all, I don't know if there's a home basic home building maintenance, if not lets start one!!! I'll start off with my reason for starting this thread. I had water leaking from my utility room, previously extended from my kitchen. Utility room has flat roof. The water started leaking about 2 years ago, it would only leak…
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Bargain reconstituted stone fireplace, now how do I clean it?
I've been desperate for a fire place since we moved into our house 2 years ago but with monet being tight we never bothered. Well my hubby managed to find a bargain stone fire place on the online loot abwebsite for £50. Well it's absolutely fab but i'm not too sure what to clean it with as I know stone can only be cleaned…
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Gas Water Heater Required - Help
We currently had a BG examination and they failed our downstairs gas water heater as it's yonks old. So i'm after a new one - any idea where i can go or buy on-line? The current water heater caters for 2 sinks and is called Valiant Cheers
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Paint which is best -questions - help please
Hi, A general question about paint. A certain MSER has helped me out a great deal so feel a bit bad about constantly asking questions to them - U know who u are - thanks!! 1. Need to paint a hallway and kitchen prone to heavy traffic, fingerprints, kids, drunk partners falling into them etc! Would like a matt or flat matt…
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insulation questions
Hello all, I have 2 questions before I opt to spend some money to see if they need fixing. My first issue is I have cavity wall insulation but I don’t think it goes all the way to the top of the house as I have some mould and very cold walls at the top. I just had double glazing installed and while the windows were out I…
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Cleaning a chandelier
I would appreciate advice on cleaning a chandelier with a gold coloured three layer frame and a myriad of double drop multifaceted beaded crystal glasses, affixed to the frame with a simple hook , a bit like dangly earrings. Easily detached but there's so many it would be a pain and I'm not sure how best to clean them then…
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What is the best adhesive for glueing metal to metal?
Eek. I have just managed to yank the metal window closure of the metal frame. I've tried sticking it back on with Loctite but its not bonding. What is the best adhesive to use for glueing metal to metal?
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Sliding Mirror Doors
My wife wants some sliding cupboard doors for our teenagers room, the mirror type doors. Just been to our local Wickes and B&Q B&Q value range, with white trim are only £45 for the 3' doors Seems good value, but how good are the doors ?? The Wickes own brand are £55 for the 3' doors Are these doors of similar quality ?? Do…
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Trouble installing light fixing
Hi, Having difficulty installing new light fitting in hall way. Setting: Hall way has two light fittings, both turned on at same time by one of two switches. Problem: Two cables, each with one earth, one live and one neutral, come down from the ceiling. I have successfully installed light fixings when there is only cable…
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I want cavity wall insulation but walls need repointing
I want to get cavity wall insulation but I've been holding off because the walls desperately need repointing (there are a few places where the pointing is missing altogether). If I get the cavity wall insulation done first and then get the walls repointed is some of the insulation likely to fall out leaving gaps in the…
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Bang in pipes when washing machine draws water
Hi, Hope someone could help shed some light on this. I thought our washing machine was causing water hammer - and after trying to solve the problem with a water hammer arrestor I realised that the actual bang in the pipes occurs when the washing machine starts drawing water - there is no water hammer when it stops. Now as…
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removing gloss from lloyd loom chair
inherited chair from relative & I need to remove the gloss paint from it - on the skirting boards & architraves in the room I'm decorating I've removed all the old paint from the last 60 years with a blow torch, so its now bare & I can satrt from scratch but I'm a bit loathe to use this on the chair - any ideas?
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Drilling into brick
I am trying to put up a curtain pole but can't even drill the hole. I have an old house and the walls between rooms are even made of brick, and this is the window wall (the inside part of the external wll) that I am trying to drill. I first used a masonry drill bit, but the hole wasn't deep enough. I then tried the others…
