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New windows recomendations norwich please
Anyone have anu rocomendations for new windows in the Norwich area please. I have heard windows plus are ok
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Planning required???????
Hi - am looking to take a window out of my kitchen and the wall below it to make double doors into the garden. Do you need planning permission to smash out the wall underneath a window and make it into a double door opening. I have looked on the planning portal and it doesn't really mention adding new windows or making…
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Kitchen splashbacks - coloured glass v tiles?
Hi We are in the process of getting a quote for some building work to knock through our kitchen and dining room. I am looking ar replacing the kitchen and am quite taken by the toughened coloured glass you can have as splashbacks. I just wondered if anyone has them and what they thought of them and how they compare to…
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Solid wood worktops - pros and cons?
Been reading about granite worktops, what about wood?
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Help! Servis 1200a fault code E01...
Hello! I'm just wondering if someone can help me please...We have a Servis 1200aa 5 kg washing machine - my partner happened to glance across during the spin cycle and saw two lights flashing, which normally doesn't happen:eek:. I have checked the handbook and it's fault code E01; the book only tells you to shut the door…
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Joists/Flooring
Hi everyone I have just moved into a house built in the 1860's. When I walk in the main bedroom above the front room, the wooden flooring, original, seems to shake alittle, more a slight vibration. I have been assured by numerous builders that this is normal in a house that age & I will certianly not go through the ceiling…
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Halogen or ceramic please help?
Hi all Need new hob, must be elec not gas. I was a flat one not raised up like my old one. I don't know the difference between ceramic flat hob and halogen flat hob and if one works better than another. I only have around £250 to spend. Also my hands are very damaged from rhuematoid so cannot have one with difficult knobs…
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roofline question
my roof is getting fairly old (+ or -60 years?)but not giving trouble yet. i don't want to spend thousands on roofline products to have to do it all again though. if i replace my wood fascias, gutters and soffits with plastic will i just have to do it all again when i finally replace the roof? thanks for any advice.
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What order?
Just thinking about a (small extension) We have a three bed house, but are thinking of another bedroom and en-suite, above the garage, Can anyone give me advice in how to go about it, do we get some one to look first to see if it is possible etc, Also and I know -how long is a piece of string-, how much!! (Scotland)
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Anyone good with woodwork need help !
I need to make a box, I have measured the item it needs to house, so know i need to work out how big each panel needs to be cut at the wood yard, And i can get the wood yard to mitre the corners ready done then just assemble it Would anyone be able to help me
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Manhole in kitchen
I have an extension at back of kitchen and we discovered when we refloored years ago that there was a manhole there which was for the soil pipe - how disgusting. Unfortunately we were quoted thousands to move it. We recently had some work done in the house and had a new wooden floor laid. My husband was worried that we may…
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Have bought an Omega kitchen - or have I?
I'm really worried that I have been conned by my kitchen supplier. We ordered an Omega kitchen and were drawn out a plan etc by the supplier and it was ordered. When it arrieved - problems began. Bits were missing (screws and legs) then I found that my supplier had ordered my end panels and plinths (for the island and end…
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Internal door latch stays
Hi all, I have bought a set of 9 second hand internal doors on ebay, complete with the hinges, handles and latches. The trouble is, we forgot to ask for the little "stays" (if that's what they are called?) that are fitted in to the frame itself for the latch to shut in to. I know the house be bought them from has now been…
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should i pay a deposit by cheque to my supplier
hi, quick advice needed. We are looking to get a frameless glass extension built on the back of our house. we are due to meet tomorrow with the salesguy and he is bringing a contract to arrange the survey etc and he has asked for 10% deposit. He said he can only tak a cheque which made me concerned as i thought if he goes…
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Garden path protector??
I've just jet washed a garden path and have applied weed killer. Is there any path protector fluid of some sort I can use to help protect it? I had quite a big of algea etc on. I've searched on line but can't find anything - mainly jeys cleaning fluid.
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Cast iron airtight inspection cover
Come hell or high water I cannot find a cast iron inspection cover size 660mm x 510mm. Does anybody have any idea where I can get hold of one? Thanks in advance.
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Which paint to use on garden shed...please help!!
Hi all, We have a wooded garden shed (5 years old), the walls are made from what looks like fence panel type wood not t&g. So it is cheap shed. Over the years we stained it with curpernol type stain. But now we want to paint it a solid colour like say grey, deep blue or dark green. The wall panels are a bit scruffy so I…
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New Oct 1st 2008 Planning regulations
Any planning gurus out there? If a large (and I mean large, but that's another question) glasshouse were to be attached at the rear of a detached property, to a pre-1948 part of the property, can you confirm that by virtue of the attachment it is Class A and not Class E under the Act? I have reviewed the Act and I am…
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Replacement electric shower for a "Gainsborough 300x"
Hi All, I need to replace my 7.2 Kw electric shower. The problem is that it has to have a bottom right side entry point for the rising main. Does anyone know of such an eletric shower? The closest I have found is a Heatrae Sadiae Sapphire (http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/DataSheets/Sadia/HRSAP7.pdf) - but this…
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My Hotpoint won't rinse and spin
I have a Hotpoint WMA63 which will wash but stops when it gets to the rinse and spin bit, leaving my washing captive in the drum and very soggy. I have got the door open by taking the grey outlet hose and draining it into a bucket and am now doing a maintenance 95 degree wash to see what happens but I cannot find any where…
