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Common Stair Intercom System
Hi everyone, I'm hoping there will be some wise soul out there who can give me an idea of what I'm up against here! I live in a 4 storey block of flats. When I first moved in, 5 and a half years ago, the standard chubb lock on the stair door was used at night only, the door being open through the day. Then unfortunately…
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Removing a wall and putting in doors..
We have our lounge then we have the dining room/kitchen behind it, at present it has a wall seperating it and as far as i am aware it is not supporting..me and dd were watching a prog the other night where we watched somone put doors in and it looked really nice, they put sliding doors in so that it could either all be…
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Earlex Spray Station 3000
Hi, I am considering buying a paint sprayer for painting walls and ceilings in my house and the garden shed and fence. I have come across the Earlex Spray Station 3000 for about £75. Does anybody have experience of this or similar. The next grade up seems to be about £150. Is it worth spending the extra?
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House of Horror - The Challenge (How Much To Put It All Right??)
Hi, I'm a first time buyer and complete DIY/house improvement novice. I've fallen in love with a 1920s/1930s 3bedroomed semi but reckon it's probably not been touched since then! :-) To my untrained eye it needs: Central heating (not a new system, just some!) New bathroom Kitchen (nothing at all at present!) New windows…
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Fitting Mains Smoke Detectors
Hi, Wonder if anyone can advise. We have mains connected smoke detectors and the one downstairs keeps going off randomly despite having had the battery changed. I had a closer look inside this morning and realised that is says that it needs to be replaced by 2005 (in tiny writing!). So, I am going to get on the case…
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Immersion / Hot Water Help
Following no heating on New Year’s Day I now have no hot water. Have a direct cylinder with two immersions that just deals with the hot water. Now as I understand it the bottom immersion is linked to an MCB on a separate (Memorex I think) unit, which draws off peak electricity (we have Heatwise tariff econ 10). The top…
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What would you do ?
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Walnut Panel - Just where do I get one?
So we have got a new bed which turns out to be a lot higher than we thought so I have to rethink the plan for a headboard. So I would like to get a nice piece of walnut or some other dark wood and fix this to the well at the end of the bed. Sounds simple except I have not got a clue where to start (and Google is not…
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Advice required
Ok situation first then i'll ask my questions. We live in a top floor flat and as the bathroom doesnt have a window we have a ceiling extracter fan. About 6 months ago there was a period of heavy rain, and after a few days there was water dripping through the fan. This was followed my the thing burning out and being…
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Advice - washing machine
Hi We have run into trouble with our hotpoint washer/dryer. Half way through the cycle it comes up with the message 'check outlet pipes'. This has happened twice before and upon checking pipes have found a sock, money etc, once removed the problem was fixed. This time though we have dismantled all the outlet pipes and…
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Hiring Labourers
Is it possible to directly hire labourers to work for you on a renovation? We are currently at the /heavy/messy/boring stage of digging out earth floors and knocking off old plaster. Its very difficult and tiring to do and on top of a weeks work and toddler its proving almost impossible for us to get it done. I dont' want…
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Kitchen wall switch
Hi, We are about to rejuvenate our kitchen that we have in our house. Units and appliances are ordered and lighting found, but i cannot find anything similar to the following wall switch. Do they exist? Or even just another switch to replace the blank that is on the far right of the picture below. We just need a nice…
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Removing double glazed door?
Daughter is having a new three piece suite delivered Sat, & is now worried it will not fit through door way. The door has 3 hinges with what looks like pins holding door to hinge with Allen key heads. Is it a matter of just undoing these pin's or will i come across any other problems. Cheers in advance
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Fitting gas fire
I have a modern house about 12 years old front room about 11 by 16 feet. really cold in winter room.My guess is the radiator is too small as have 2 windows.There is a gas pipe put mid way long the wall ready for a gas fire but no chimney. I would like a fire fitted to the wall. My concerns are,,,could the gas pipe be…
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Global Doors
As anyone ever used this company?? I am after a composite door and they seem a lot cheaper than anyone else I have found locally about £200 - £300 cheaper. is there any kind of thing I need to look at to find a reputable door company?? Or does anyone know a good composite door company on the net. Cheers
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turf vs seed - which is cheaper long term??
Just here to get a few opinions. Our backgarden is like a swamp at the moment. This all started last summer when I used some of that so-called "feed and weed" stuff from homebase on the lawn. This seemed to just kill off huge amounts of grass (but leave the weeds) and left huge chunks of lawn bare. Then, the rains came and…
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bought new home--changing the locks??
hi, i have bought a new house, a repossession. when i move in i want to change the locks on the front door and the rear french door. roughly how much is this going to cost me to do?
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Hall. stairs and landing painting
To cut a long story short: we had our loft converted 4 years ago and also had various walls replastered. Most of the woodwork was stained dark oak (nice) at the time and we just had half term to redecorate and move back in. Walls had cream emulsion slapped on them and a 'decorator' friend recommended painting the woodwork…
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Mould on metal - how to get rid of it? Help wanted
Afternoon all. Over the last few weeks mould has been appearing on the metal support bar above a street facing window. The difference in temperature has been causing dampness to appear also. What is the best way to get rid of this mould? I am about to scrape it off and re-paint the metal, but is there a substance I can use…
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Where do I put the charcoal filter in my new cookerhood?
I have a new CDA cooker hood which will eventually be extracted outside, until then I want to use it as a recirculating cooker hood which I've been told needs a charcoal filter, where would I put this filter? Thanks in advance Weeze x
