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Ballpark cost figure to extend utility room please
Hi, We have just had our offer accepted on a house. One of the things that we are considering doing is to extend the utility room into the integral garage. Effectively just moving the wall (and whatever utilities are attached to it) back six feet or so. As we are not in the house we can not get any proper quotes but I…
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B & Q Patio Slabs
The cheap £1.18 ones! Are these long lasting or do they crack, the wife thinks they look a bit thin! I dont want to pay loads, we only need 30, but wasting my money is not on the top of my agenda! if i hit 'em down, will they live to tell the tale? I have a concrete base down already, will cement slabs down too. Anyone had…
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Help with Powerflush Question
Hello, I have an old (not sure how old as have only lived in flat for 2 years, but I would guess VERY old!) Vokera Combi boiler which seems to have had lots of problems since I moved in. Most common is the loss of hot water and heating, which has been temporarily fixed on a few occasions by different engineers. Today an…
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New House / Chipboard floors terrible
Hi...just about to move into a 'new' house but the floor under the carpet upstairs is terrible (uneven/squeeking).... looking at replacing the carpets so sounds like a good time to address the chipboard (which I guess is under the carpet)... was think of replacing the chipboard completely like for like or should I screw…
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Vinyl flooring over newly laid adhesive-backed tiles?
We are refurbishing our main bathroom. Before the tiler put the tiles on the walls I boarded the floor with ply and laid some adhesive-backed floor tiles from Wickes. The floor looks pretty good, even though I say it myself. However the colour co-ordination between the new wall tiles and the floor tiles is not the best and…
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Does shampooing carpets, ruin them
We have cream carpets in our house. We are trying to sell our house at the moment and my wife politely asks viewers to take their shoes off or wear those plastic over shoes, as no one has ever worn shoes in the house.After reading the thread in the house selling site, regarding shoes or no shoes whilst trying to sell a…
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Electrically, touch opening Kitchen drawers
Hi all, I'm looking at some electrically opening mechanism for our handless kitchen drawers. I have been looking at the likes of Blum's Servo Drive system, although I have seen that Grass manufacture a similar product, however, I can't find any suppliers of the Grass item. These are going to be quite expensive and a…
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Ideal Freezer Temperature?
What is the best temperature for a home freezer to be at? I recently bought a second hand Hotpoint RZA50 and located it in a outside storage cupboard attached to the house. Good condition etc and freezes the food fine, but on the minimum setting it runs at about -32 degrees C which to me seems rather too cold. And if you…
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Ronseal Diamond Finish Floor Varnish under £30
For anyone that is interested/needs. We needed to buy some for redoing our floorboards and as usual all I could find it for was £45 a tub. A quick trawl through the net and I discovered transtools.co.uk sell it for £29 a tub. Good saving....hope this helps someone ....:D
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You tell me, which would be more desirable in a house...
We're coming up to the last stages of finishing a house. I can't really justify sticking everything on the wishlist in it but the house will have oak flooring throughout downstairs and a high gloss kitchen with a lovely glass splashback. I think that stone worktops are lovely but I also would like to introduce glass…
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Granite Worktops - Truth, Lies and misinformation
Also read our DIY Deals guide for the latest deals. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to Forum? Intro Guide. Back to the original post... Ok, so before I start I need to declare an interest in this subject. I am a granite wholesaler. I import material from…
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Bi-fold: bifold kitchen door. Good idea? Must it run on tracks?
Mmmm, Your thoughts on this one please.... Due to lack of space I'm considering a bi-fold door between hallway and kitchen. Not sure at all really. Thinking about using glass too, for the top half of a pine door, as its so dark in the hallway otherwise. What about opening towards the hallway instead of into the room? I'm…
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Installing a Gas Cooker
I've never had a Gas cooker of my own since leaving my parents house so never had the problem of installing one. Before I go on I've not bought a gas cooker yet so I'm not going to blow up half the area :eek: and I'm not one for messing about with Gas. In the flat I'm in just now there is a connection for the gas and it…
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Help with building regs for kitchen
Hi We are planning our new kitchen and I'm sure I read in the building regs a while ago that there has to be a specified distance between the cooker and fridge and between the cooker and sink. Does anyone know which regulation this would be in, as I've tried looking through them but can't find this info anywhere? Or, did I…
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Neighbours boiler
Hi all, I need some advice on where we stand with our neighbours damp problem. We live in a terrace and our neighbours have their combi boiler based in their bedroom, a few months ago (around December) it started making a chugging pumping noise which was quite loud and then water would spew out of the overflow pipe. This…
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Ikea Blinds
I am moving into a new flat shortly and am going to opt for blinds instead of curtains. The windows are quite large and I can't afford to get bespoke blinds. I have noticed online that Ikea blinds are quite reasonably priced. Does anybody have any experience of buying blinds from Ikea and know if they are any good? Thanks…
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Door Frame Sill / Threshold
Hello, My door is quite stiff to shut and I have identified the problem as the threshold (if thats the right word!) not being level and higher to the left. This appears to be in 2 parts, first a metal bit fixed to down and then a black plastic bit on top. It looks like theres some screws or bolts under the plastic bit to…
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Granite Work surfaces
We are in late stages of planning our new kitchen, fortunatly it's quite a small job, Floor needs digging out new window, false celling complete replaster so no major expense or disruption involved :rotfl: However we have decided that we want Granite work surfaces. My question is we have had a quote and the price of…
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removing ice from freezer
Hi Folks Want to get rid of some accumulated ice on top shelf of freezer, so would like a quick of doing it, as I've nowhere for the frozen food. Any suggestions ?
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Installing limestone fireplace surround.
We have bought a gas fire package with limestone surround. The gas man is going to fit the fire, and our builder will fit the surround. I am just wondering how the limestone surround will attach to the wall? Are they normally attached with brackets?? (I don't think ours came with any). I know that you have to seal the…
