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Gas Armoured Cabling Help [Electricians]
Ok im having some major problems here. Basically, i need a new cooker and dual fuel is the cooker we're going for. For this cooker we need a 40amp fuse box fitted. My electric box in the cellar shows that there is a 40 amp cable somewhere, but two of the electricians i called cant find the wire for it. Theyre saying it is…
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Keeping clothes stored smelling fresh
Hello, It is with regret that I have packed away the majority of my summer wardrobe:mad::mad: I keep all the clothes, shoes, sunglasses etc under my bed in the loft. However, when I pulled them down this year, despite them all getting washed and dried last year, they smelt musty, and had to go back through the wash etc.…
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Lighting circuit - wired something the wrong way.
The whole bathroom got stripped today, not one shred of plasterboard is left. When I took the ceiling down, I noticed the joist that the light fitting was screwed to, was blackened and the cables going into the light fitting were brittle and black. Got a hold of the electrician on the phone (he's been out here regularly )…
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Hotpoint washer/dryer door hinge?
Hi all, Hope someone can help! We have a WDM73 Ultima Extra (landlord's property) and I managed to break the door hinge (didn't know my own strength obviously). Got a new hinge, unfortunately though my other half unscrewed the top from the bracket and the hinge tipped out of reach inside, I managed to fish it back up and…
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Any idea of a good table saw?
The cheapest saw I can find is one from argos for £50, ( http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001801&langId=-1&searchTerms=bench+saw&Submit=GO+> ) can anyone give me some advice, the reviews say it is noisy but will it be okay cutting timber a few inches thick? Other than…
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kitchen installation shock
price £2800 for kitchen instalation---kitchen sale price £2400 you needed oxford maths degree too have a chance of working out prices 3 diff standards/small print on sales reductions. only told total price £5200-not instalation price shocked when i found out lets just say salesman-wasnt after my interests a well known DIY…
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Painting kitchen cupboards and tiles?
Hi everyone, Just done a quick search for this topic and found quite a few threads relating to it but they were all quite old threads that I found so didn't want to "bump" one up after they've not been talked about for a long time. Hence starting a new one. Here is a photo of our kitchen (albeit now got a new natural…
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Gas cooker installation?
Hoping for a bit of help. I am looking to get a gas cooker installed in my mums place. It has a bayonet fitting and she has the 'rubber hose' there. I'm just phoning around asking how much it would cost at the moment but can't seem to find many people that do it :confused: I have had one quote so far of £50 but I have no…
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Double Glazing Recommendations please?
I need to get a couple of windows done but dread getting the hard sell from a salesmen. Can anyone recommend a good company who covers South London/Kent area? Or any to avoid? Anyone seen any genuinely good offers on at the moment?
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banister old paint peeling
Hi there I havnt visit this part of the forum before but i am in need of some help re painting. My home was in desperate need of decorating and i have a week off to do the kitchen, hall stairs and landing. Paying someone to decorate for me would have given a much better finish and less hassle but unfortunately i cant…
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Chip in window
Hi all. Can anyone help me? I have got a small chip out of a window, caused I think by a stone when cutting the grass and when the sun shines on it it shows up like the sparkle of a diamond. I have looked at the car screen repair kits as a solution, but has anyone any other ideas, which I could try? Thanks in…
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Replacement storage heater advice please
having been left with no option but to stay in our flat we've decided that we are going to make it habitable heat wise. Our living room is 16ft by 13ft with a patio door approx. 6ftx8ft down one side wall (we put up two sets of curtains in winter to help with heat loss). We have a storage heater but spend winter in triple…
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Removing emulsion - spray from roller
Hi Looking for advice here - last week I had a room emulsioned and unfortunately there is very light spray from the roller on the woodwork (which was varnished a few years back but isn't very shiny). What's the best way of removing this? I've been picking away at it but it's not really good for my fingernails and I'm sure…
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Can You Skim Over Painted Walls??
Hi guys Came home from working away the other week there to find the other half had removed all the wall paper from the hall, this caused a bit of a barny as we have no money to do anything with the hall at the momet, typical woman lol. i was thinking about painting the walls (have plenty of paint) but dont want to give us…
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Roofing grants & insurance
Does anyone know if you can get any grants or insurance money on a total re-roofing job of a 1950 semi..........I am single, on a low income but do not claim any benefits.
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Anyone got a Neff B14M42 oven?
Hi I'm thinking of getting a Neff B14M42 single electric stainless steel oven, and wondered if anyone who has one can tell me if it comes with 2 usable shelf trays inside or not please? There are no display models near me to go and find out the answer myself. The lower model only has one, and I'm only going to get it if it…
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Can any old idiot use a Bal WP1 Tanking Kit?
This isn't a specialised installation thing in any way is it? I see posts from peeps who've had their builder or plumber use it, but I'd be doing it myself so is it a straightforward easy enough process? I found a product kit that had a 1 metre mat in it and I have no idea what that's for. 1 metre wont go very far anyway.…
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Cosmetics counters = goods unpriced = is this legal?
Not quite sure where to post this so will start here. I was in my local House of Fraser store yesterday looking at bed linen. The ground floor is now given over almost exclusively to cosmetics franchises and as I passed through on the way out, my eye was caught by a House of Fraser special face cream in association with a…
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Wheres the best place to look for someone to carry something heavy?
We want a usa type freezer and have got all sorted now they wont deliver as we are up stairs..is there a way of getting it up? Currys did say originally that they would deliver through windows etc now its a no no..so can i get a removal co or someone? who would you call as stuck now Thanks
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What's the Daddy of bathroom extractors?
I need the kind that vents through the ceiling into a flexible tube and out through the eaves, not the kind that goes through the wall. The one we have at the moment is very poor (and was chosen by the electrician, I think he probably had a job lot he was trying to get rid off, lol). I want something that isn't on a…
