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What colour scheme is your kitchen?
Ok we have a new house and it consists of: Pearwood units (inbetween beech and maple) Black slate effect flooring Cream wall tiles and walls magnolia Black worktops We have a red blind, just bought some red pans and the odd container for coffee etc on the side, all seem to luckily match! Have decided to paint the end wall…
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Cleaning the silicone round flooring/baths etc
We had a new bathroom floor down a while back and it is lovely BUT the sealant round the floor is white and really hard to keep clean, it just seems to be a dust magnet and every time i clean it sticks and looks horrid.. Any ideas to the best way to get it white again and staying bit free!!
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How can i tell if i need to rewire before i buy a house?
Hiya, i have been looking at houses, some of which aren't in the best of states, and i was wondering if any one might know how i can tell if the house needs rewiring??? (i am a bit of a clutz, and have heard that i can take a plug off the wall, and scrape back some wire to check if it is earthed, but this may cause…
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B & Q insulation £1 per roll !
Must be on here somewhere but I can`t see it anywhere http://www.climatechangecorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=5963 http://www.chad.co.uk/ashfieldnews/BQ-to-sell-loft-insulation.4969867.jp A pack (of 3 rolls) will be £3 and cover 4.89m2 although there`s no mention anywhere of thickness Still , can`t be bad !
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Leaking Roof on Bay window
Hi, Looking for some help to solve a problem of water leaking through the roof of a flat lead topped bay window. The house is 70 years old and the lead top and flashing is the original fitted. Have lived in the house for many years without problem and then suddenly during heavy rain water started dripping from the ceiling…
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painted kitchen cupboards now what about the walls!?
hi guys, I have spent the last 2 weeks painting painting painting lol i have painted my pine cupboards with crown makeover paint in champagne (soft cream) they look fab although havent put them back up yet!:) now i dont know what colour to put on the walls!?! i hate decisions! the kitchen is quite dark and lacks natural…
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Mouldy Windows
I don't know if anyone has posted about this before, but..... We had new double glazing installed in 2005. We always had a wet window/mould problem before, but despite leaving the little vents open 24/7 and opening the windows EVERY morning I am still regularly cleaning mould from the inside of the window frames &…
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Soil pipe problem
Thanks to a cowboy plumber (who I wont be getting back to fix his work btw), I now have a soil stack pipe that is leaking in 3 places. It's must have been like that for a good few months, very slowly seeping out. To think I thought the smell of urine we'd been getting was next door's cat spraying at our back door.…
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trendy wall lights?
we have been looking for replacement wall lights for our front room for ages now & was just wondering if anyone knew anywhere that do trendy wall lights but that have the pull down cord to turn the light on/off? otherwise we would have to have cable chopped into the wall (apparantly so hubbie says) the old lights that were…
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Possible pee roast
I expect that this could be a re-post, but thought I should post it anyway... The mayor of London is currently running a discounted loft insulation scheme the details of which can be found below: http://www.london.gov.uk/insulate/diy/index.jsp
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What to do with my Crittal windows
Hi all I've just stripped out my cold, slighty rusted Crittal windows and I'm wondering what to do with them.... Should I just be chucking these in a skip and forgetting about them?
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Damaged upvc porch - can anyone help?
My car clipped the corner of the ledge on my newish porch yesterday. Damage to my car but also a hole in the very corner of the ledge. My insurance company appointed a firm to look at the situation for them; a local window company. Their surveyor arrived today and scoffed at the idea of repair the corner. Instead, he…
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Changing radiator valve
All the diy forums state that it is necessary to drain the system in order to do this, but I have been told that there is a better way. Simply block the outlet and overflow(?), from the header tank, thus creating a vacuum, and change valve without significant leaks all over the carpet. Has anyone tried this? It would be…
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cold radiators
Hi, quick question. We had new radiators fitted 2 years ago by a plumber, end of last year we fitted radiator cabinets over these radiators. Question is one older radiator upstairs seemed to completly stop working last year, just cold when the others are on, and the newer radiators have never been as hot as the other old…
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help needed
I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place or totally irrelevent in this forum. I am looking for a spreadsheet/site that will help me get organised. I am at college at the moment and start uni in aug, I need to get my college and housework and cooking and being a single mu organised. (well mainly my housework and college…
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combi powerflush
We have central heating cover with homeserve.they came down today to replace the diverter,it was explained to me that the system needed a powerflush and they would not reinsure it untill this had been done and the neccessary paperwork sent to them.I have asked a friend who is a corgi reg plumber about doing this for me.he…
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Loft Coversion costs....
Hi all, We are looking at converting our loft into a bedroom as our family will be expanding in the near future, we currently have 3 bedrooms but will be requiring 4 soon. I have contacted a few local loft companies as we want to do some of the work ourselves to cut costs. We're thinking that we need the builders to: put…
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Fablon? where and size please
Hi all, i am looking to revamp my well past it kitchen, my cupboard doors are 500mm and 600mm wide, i was hoping to get some fablon or something like it to do the doors and something similar to do the worktops 640mm from wall to edge. can you get fablon or the like this size? i can only see 450mm :confused: Also where can…
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Shared ownership and rules
Ok due to the house not fully being ours we have to ask permission to do certain things..as it is a new build it is gorgeous and perfect but we were looking into a few thigs that we would like to do but that are not needed as such, just wondered if anyone else had done anything big and how you had got on? my friend has…
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What's a nice 'red' paint?
Want to paint one of our walls in the kitchen diner as we have some odd bits in red (blind, pans etc!) and was wondering what a nice red is? it has to be a kind of pilar box but not blinding! you know not the burgundy type.. Anyone used one they love? Thanks
