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Box Room Decor ideas. Any photos?
I am about to redecorate a boys box room with a high sleeper. Has anyone got any ideas and any photos would be great as i love seeing others rooms. It is dark and gloomy and i really want to open it up. i am debating a mural but i don't know if it is too small for one and if it will look daft. What do you think. Any photos…
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MFI bedrooms..... Alternative
Hello We were planning on ordering some fitted bedroom furniture from MFI after xmas, however although its still trading at the moment it doesn't look like it will for much longer, and i am not sure it would be sensible to order something from them at the moment. Therefore I was wondering who would be a suitable…
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Problem with new kitchen floor
When we moved into our new build we had our kitchen floor replaced under the 6 month snagging due to the original one bubbling, we asked if we could pay to upgrade and change the flooring as it was really awful to clean etc and they said yes..we had it done (vinyl) as i said and last night we noticed it had bubbled again…
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Bought a new TV but ...
I've always hovered and looked around the forums but this is my first post so want to apologise in advance if I've put this in the wrong place. I bought a new TV from John Lewis on Sunday, I've not collected it yet (due to do so tomorrow night due to work commitments!) but since Sunday and today (I'm assuming with) the…
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Oven help please!!
I have a 10 year old AEG double oven that came with the house we bought in May of this year. Recently I have noticed things taking longer to cook than I would normally expect-e.g oven chips recently took over half an hour at 220C -they used to only take 20 mins. This is in the main fan oven. I have noticed the food is very…
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Getting info about local burglaries
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Elderly boiler - is it dying?
My boiler is 24 years old, and twice in the last couple of days the pilot light has gone out; it has never gone out in the five years I've been here. Is a pilot light going out significant? I knew the boiler was elderly... is this a sign that I should be ready to replace it? Thanks wb.
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uPVC door mutli pooint lock issues
since we bought the house - we noticed an issue with the front door jamming... when you come to lock it, shut the door, lift up the handle which moves the multi point "locks" in place and you use the key to stop access. However on occasions when I try to lift up the handle to lock the multi point locks - it appears to jam.…
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Dishwasher Help !
Hi All, I have a Bosch dishwasher that runs through the whole cycle but gets stuck with 1 minute left on the display and just keeps running until switched off manually. Any ideas what the problem can be ?
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MFI "on brink of collapse"
From the Guardian: Furniture and kitchens specialist MFI is expected to collapse into administration within hours, putting thousands of jobs at risk. A notification of the company's intention to file for administration was lodged at the High Court last night and the company's staff were told at meetings this morning that…
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Buying a dehumidifier advice
Hi guys, We have a pretty large 4 bedroom detached house, in a couple of rooms (which we don't use atm) there is an odd smell. There is no sign of damp or mould in either of these two rooms, one is downstairs and the other is upstairs above the other problem room. There is no sign of cracks in wall or rising damp which we…
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I've ordered a flue for a new log burner on the internet.
I've since found out the company I ordered from are very dubious at best. I need to get the burner installed before Christmas and ordered the flue 4 weeks ago and so far I've recieved nothing. I've emailed them and got no reply and I've phoned them and got no answer. I obviously need to get the flue from elsewhere but how…
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Double storey extension cost
Hi Guys, I am looking to have an idea what would a double storey extension cost, area is around 20 m2. Ground floor will be converted to kitchen and first floor be bedroom. I am after cost for just the walls and roof (shell you can say). Kithcen fitting and bedroom decoration, flooring will be done later. Thanks
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Kitchen fitted in 3 days
Hi, I am looking to see if anyone could recommend a company to fit a kitchen in about a 3 day period. I live in East Kilbride just outside Glasgow I have had this done with my bathroom and I know that you pay a premium for this but my wife would like the least inconvience and as well as having a two year old we don't want…
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Johnson and Starley - what is the difference?
Hi We live in a Warn Air system house (old Johnson and Starley system), which we are planning to replace. Therefore went for a couple of quotes, the first chap quoted for the Johnson + Starley Hi Spec 32 Model. And another chap yesterday arrived, and he quoted for the Johnson and Starley Economaire 32 model. I query this…
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Tap Headgear problem? Hard to turn off tap
In our bathroom the hot tap has become quite hard to turn off, you really really have to tighten it to stop it dripping. I replaced the washer (1/2") on the tap and it seemed a little bit better for about a day or two. Then it was back to being really hard to turn off - or rather you have to tighten the tap to as far as it…
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Replacing existing ceramic floor with porcelain tiles - complex kitchen!
I have been renovating my utility room which needed everything doing to it, so it has been slow progress! The utility room leads directly off the kitchen. I have found suitable floor tiles for this floor. As there are no fixtures yet in place in the utility room, I am not envisaging this causing me too many issues so could…
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Do you know what the term 'Lead Time' means?
Would appreciate it if you could quickly answer YES or NO to the poll question above! If you asked for a quote from a company and they told you that the lead time is 6 weeks, would you know exactly what they meant? Thanks! Once you've voted you can find the meaning here
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Quick radiator / flow & return query
Of the two pipes that are either side of a radiator....which is the flow and which is the return? Is the flow the one that gets hot first? I have a fairly new rad put in by a useless plumber (everything he did leaked :rolleyes: ) and it's making a loud droning vibating kind of noise if the thermostatic head is on anything…
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Any ideas what to do now (sorry a bit long)
We live in a ground floor flat, we bought it from the council a few years ago. There is 4 flats in our building, and everyone owns them. We are factored by Glasgow Housing Association. The rest of our street has had new roofs, gutters and cladding installed but because we don't have a council tenant in our building we are…
