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Dehumidifier
Hi Hopefully this is the right board for this question? , I apologise now if it isn't. My maisonette seems to be getting really bad condensation which is making the whole place feel really damp. My friend has advised me to get a dehumidifier to get rid of the condensation, will this help the problem and if it does do i…
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Basic drill
I am looking to buy a drill, a basic one just to drill in masonry to hang pictures in my new home. Pl can anybody recommend a good one. Thanks
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Where can I buy cheap underlay ?
Got to have a new carpet fitted soon and need some new underlay. I'm thinking I can save some money and put the underlay down myself rather than pay the carpet shop to do it. But where to buy cheap underlay? Online? Thanks
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Two prices for B&Q kitchen doors, guess which one they like ?
Hi Folks Just wondering if I've missed something whilst I've slept. Got the B&Q kitchen range brochure, Summer 2009, and was looking at replacement doors. Total price £242, just got 15% off voucher, so thought I would use it. Went online, not sure why (?), and the prices are more than double the brochure !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…
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RUST! Advice please all you DIY guys!
I have recently obtained a freecycled, steel metre rule for drawing nice, long straight lines with. I need it for artwork on things like cartridge paper and watercolour paper. The problem is that is slightly rusty in places and I fear this will rub off onto the paper. What would you recommend for getting rid of the rust,…
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Can anyone recommend a good reasonably priced....
* Laser Level and * Electricity detector (not sure what the technical name is.. I'm after something that tells you if there is an electricity cable before drilling...!) Thanks in advance!
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Colouring tile grout?
I have laid some quarry tiles on a porch and want to grout, probably the same colour? I cannot find anything suitable in the stores....there are packs, but they tend to be very large. Would it work just to add acrylic paint to a white grout please?
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Mira Zest Shower - No hot water
Help, my shower first started spraying water from the control unit rather than the head. I turned off the shower's water supply and fused and got a replacement clip for the inside £4.99 instead of £200 new shower. I now turn the shower on and the water comes out at a rate of knots! Really flowing out, the head hardly stays…
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Upstairs radiators coming on when heating turned off?
As the title says really! We have an ancient Baxi back boiler, and a hot water tank in the airing cupboard upstairs. Went down stairs to tear my husband off a strip for putting the heating on as I woke up sweltering only to find that although 2 rads upstairs were hot, the heating was turned off, downstairs rads still cold.…
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Overflow Pipe
Hi There is water dripping from the Overflow Pipe at the front of my house. It's not heavy and hasn't got any worse in the last few days. By process of elimination, it's coming from the tank that supplies to the toilet. I cannot get up to the attic until the weekend as I am work during the day. Does anyone know of anything…
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Washing machine - mystery brown spots - please help!
Hi. My washing machine is sometimes putting small brown spots on clothes. The spots do not come out so the clothes are being ruined. I'd really appreciate any help in identifying what is causing this. A photo of the spots can be found on flickr.com/s7s6c/4099372148/ Some more information: - The spots are randomly…
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Radiator won't heat up
Can anyone help please? We have a radiator that won't work in my sons room. I've tried to bleed it but in runs water out immediatly so I'm sure theres no air trapped. We've had this radiator off when we decorated not sure if this has made a differene (although I can't see why as we took the other one off in his room and…
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White branded paint
Can anyone suggest the cheapest a place to find white emulsion paint for living room walls? Having spoken to other people I think I'm looking for 'branded paint' as seems to be a bit tougher etc. Thanks
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P.O. Box Question
Apologies if this is in the wrong section, I stuggled to find somewhere to put it. I need to know how to deliver something to a PO Box without sending it by royal mail. Basically, I've sent an application form to a PO Box in Coventry but I didn't realise it had to be sent by Royal Mail (sounds obvious now) so I sent it by…
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Insulating a flat - Thermal Curtains or Extra Glazing?
I own a mid floor flat in a converted office block which was built in the sixties. Heating is radiant panel heaters which I aim to not use at all this winter (have twice before!). As it is a flat both cavity wall and loft insulation are a no go. I only have one external north-facing wall, with double glazed tilt-and-turn…
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Kitchen Where from??
Hi we are looking for a kitchen and have an appointment with B&Q tommorrow. Who else should we look at? Needs to be somewhere we can go and vist. Thanks Niall
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Roller blind mechanism Help plz
Hi A few months ago i was fitting my roller blind ( the type with the little white plastic rope thing ) i fitted two white plastic fittings to either side off the window then fitted the roller blind onto these when i was finished i had a little white plastic thing left over...i threw it away ! ( yep stupid ) it was all…
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Wall Insulation!! Building Regs - A different one!
To simplify the problem ; One of the UKs biggest installers sent out a surveyor. All good. Fire place was open and asked what is going in there? .. Nothing. Well thats fine, they won't have to fit a wall vent. (I want to avoid wall vents at all costs as building is North facing and we regularly have strong winds on this…
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Mains pressure hot water system
I've got what I think is a mains pressure hot water system in the new house (well actually in the garage). I've never seen anything like it before, and although it seems to work pretty well, there are a couple of things I'm puzzled about: - there is a pipe coming off the hot water tank that occasionally drips water. The…
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Electric shocks in the house
Hi, I moved house a couple of months ago and ever since we moved we have all been getting electric shocks off various objects in the house. These include the obvious metal items but also unlikely sources such as basins of water and even the cat's tail. It doesn't happen all the time but will happen say about a dozen times…
