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which shower advice please
Hi, does anybody know anything about showers please. I live in a council house and they are doing up are area.On thursday they are coming to do the bathroom,changing bath,toilet, skirting,floor, tileing and putting in a extractor fan. They have said that if we get a shower they will do the plumbing in and fitting. Ive been…
Raised bed Twilight Zone... spooky
This weekend I decided to make a couple of raised beds in my garden to grow veg in. I got 2 lengths of wood 14 feet long and cut them so that I had 4 peices 4 foot long, and 4 pieces 3 feet long. So this gave me a choice. I could either make two identical beds 4 by 3 feet. Or I could make one bed 4 by 4, then another 3 by…
wierd stuff going on in my council house any advice?
had a boiler fitted by swale heating in september last year and since then we have noticed odd and discusting things around the house like mould dampness i have pictures if you want to see but there not nice
Freezer & fridge - Bosch or Whirlpool?
Hello everyone, We have been looking for a new freezer and fridge - undercounter types. We have found two that would fit the bill nicely and I was wondering if anyone on here as any opinions on whether Bosch or Whirlpool are the better buy (Bosch are slightly more expensive). Any thoughts more than welcome - many thanks
Help Please: Washing machine spin cycle not working- repair possible?
Hi there, Our LG washing machine WM 1485FHD, which we bought in 2003 seems to be having problems with the spin cycle. The washing machine works ok, but the spin cycle takes AGES and will say 11 minutes or 3 minutes left but then run for over 40 minutes. There seems to be a problem with the timer on the spin cycle. I am not…
Disabled Showers
Because I now have problems getting out of the bath I was thinking of going for one of the "Disabled Showers" that are frequently advertised on TV and in magazines. I dont necessarily need a recomendation but if anyone has had a bad experience with any particular company I would be very obliged.
help with internal white painting ?
i want to repaint some flat internal doors , ive already blow torched off loads of layers and then 2 coats of primer/undercoat , sanded and rollered on some eggshell we had laying around it looks rank , you can see where the roller has been and its patchy:o so i need to sand them flat again and repaint , whats a proper…
Adding Additional Windows to 4 year old house
Does anyone have any experience of this? My 3 bed townhouse has an en-suite bathroom and the main bathroom both on the top floor. The house is an end-terrace so whereas my neighbour's two bathrooms are against the joining wall and therefore can have no windows; my two bathrooms are against the external wall - but still…
radiator shelf
I want to put a no fix shelf over a radiator we dont use but they all cost about £20 so I thought I might try to make one. The trouble is I cant find a picture of one thats not at a funny angle to see how it works. Does anyone have one, or can explain how they work? It cant be that complicated surely. Mary
Fitting a mixer shower?
Hi, I'm new to the forum and learning lots so far but could do with a bit of advice about showers. I have seen a mixer shower on the argos website "Chrome bath and shower super mixer" It's quite cheap but has fairly good reviews. Some of them say it's an easy shower to fit :eek: Would we need to get a plumber out to do…
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