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Painter and Decorator for high ceilings
Hi, was really just looking for some general advice to help us budget. We have moved to a new build house and love it. But after 2 years living with white walls and blandness we are ready to decorate! Only problem being our house has a sloped roof, and at its highest point our bedroom wall is around 15 foot high! All of…
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Change the floorboards or not? incontience!
A friend of mine has just bought a house, where the lady who previously lived there had incontinence which has left a bad smell,although with decorating etc the smell has eased. Anybody have any ideas about what gets rid of the smell is there anything they can do to reduce the cost of replacing the floorboards.Before…
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Need to repair my internal door locks. Help please
Hi the locks from my 1930's internal doors have stopped working. It's the bit that moves when you turn the door knob. I have taken one lock apart and the spring seems to have broken. I have googled but don't know what to call this thing! It is shaped a bit like a number 2.... Does anyone know where I can get some…
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Central Heating Fault
Hi Guys and Gals, I'm not normally on this thread but was hoping you could give me some advice re a faulty boiler. I have an Ideal boiler its a condensing one, I have to turn it on to heat up the hot water. Ok, when i turn on the hot water on the control unit it fires up and gives me hot water onces its been on for a few…
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No cooker hood above coooker
The house I am buying has no cooker hood above the cooker in the kitchen and it was recently fitted three years ago. I find that strange, I forgot to ask why there is no cooker hood in the kitchen. Does anybody know? Thanks
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Flat roof insulation?
Hi Guys Over winter our utility roof was always very cold, it has a slab concrete flat roof with no insulation at all. The heat just goes straight up and out. How can we insulate this roof in preperation for winter? Cheers John
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Central Heating Thermostat Temperature Question
Im wondering if someone could help me. Am I right in thinking that when you turn the dial on your thermostat and it clicks, the point at which it clicks is the temperature it is reading. The reason I ask is over the last 6 months of actually using it I have noticed that it always clicks at 20 even when the house is…
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25:1 two stroke oil mix
I have a petrol mower which needs a 25:1 two stroke oil mix. I have .... 5L (1 gallon) of petrol 100ml of two stroke oil labelled 50:1 Do I put the half the oil in the petrol, as the oil is described as "50:1" and I need 25:1 ???? :confused: Just a girl, so I don't know what I'm supposed to do :rotfl:
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glass hobs & hoods - opinions
looking at getting a new gas hob and was wondering which was better - black glass or stainless steel? The hob must be gas and we were initially going for stainless steel, but then saw there were quite a few of the black glass kind too. Are the glass easier to clean? less prone to staining, more durable, or is it purely…
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How to repot a huge cactus?
Hi All Thanks in advance for any advice you could give me.... the time has come to repot my huge cactus... does anyone have any tips on how to do it without harmimg the cactus or harming myself? :D
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painting a kitchen
i'm planning on decorating my kitchen, but first i have a couple of questions. 1- do i need to use a special kitchen paint for the walls? 2- and as i cant afford to have new tiles, is the paint you can buy for tiles any good?
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old mira sport shower...need advice
Hi everyone My very trustworthy mira sport 8.5KW (1995) has finally given up. I have no hesitation in wanting to buy another MIRA The thing is....the hole in the tile/wall where the inlet pipe pops through is about 3 or 4 inches ABOVE the hole for the power cable!!! The new showers have it reversed? i.e. expecting the…
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Painting a wall
Hi, I've been a lurker for a while but this is my first post here. I need some advice about how to paint my bedroom wall. I'm living in a rented flat and the walls are a bit grubby. The landlord has said I can re-paint. At the moment there's pale yellow paint on a plastered wall. I'd go for an off-white colour. Is it best…
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Looking for 2 Rochelle bedside cabinets
The above cabinets where from last year in NEXT. could somebody tell me which NEXT clearance shop s more likely to have it or have large furniture department in their clearance shop.I ll; appriciate even if it is second hand.Thanks
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White gold ring cracked
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uncoiling plastic pipe
I have a 25m coil of 22mm barrier pipe that I need to straighten out - not pretty-straight, but at least enough to stop it springing out of a line of pipe clips. Anyone know how to do this please?
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Floor adhesive for concerete floor and vinyl tiles?
To put things in a nutshell, I wanted to put some vinyl (?) floor tiles onto the concrete floor. But some aren't sticking down, only about 10. Is there a cheap way of gluing them down, effectively?
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Furniture "dents" in new carpet
We had new (expensive) carpet fitted a couple of months ago. I am very pleased with it. It is 80/20 wool blend and very thick and we had the best quality underlay. It is a dream to walk on but my problem is that if I move a piece of furniture, such as my sofa, there is a deep mark in the pile. I have tried putting an ice…
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Ergonomicdesigns.co.uk - good showers?
Hi all, I wonder if anyone has bought from this company or had any experience dealing with them? I am considering buying a thermostatic shower set from them but I have never bought from an internet only company before and am a bit cautious! I'm also new to this forum! :)
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Decorating advice, avocado bath suite
This isn't strictly money saving, except that if money was no problem, I'd pay a decorator. My bathroom suite is a lovely shade of avocado, actually its a horrible shade, but I have to live with it. I've just retiled with big white tiles a am looking to add some border tiles and then repaint the wall. But what goes with…
