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Heating the garage
Hi, Having recently moved home I now have a nice integral double garage. Apart from storing the usual junk in it, I was wanting to use part of it as a gym but also store things like the filing cabinet in it. I would have thought that in the long term, the documents would deteriorate in a cold garage. Hence I guess I would…
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KRAFTWELLE chainsaw
I've been offered a brand new Kraftwelle chainsaw for £70. I've never heard of the company and when I looked on-line I couldn't find any listing for the company. However, I did find a couple of adds for the same saw at £140... saying that it was a private sale and only a mobile number was quoted. Has anyone heard of this…
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How to choose a builder?
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]I have planning permission for a 2 storey extension to the back of my house plus a garage conversion. I have had 4 quotes, 3 of which are around the £40k mark and one is £44500. All of these include VAT. How do we decide which builder to go for? Two of them (including the most expensive)…
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cost of new staircase?
need to replace the staircase at my property(terraced). whats the going rate?(w mids) :confused:
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Underfloor heating - electricity or hot water?
hi, I am looking at getting underfloor heating in my extension (conservatory) and am not sure of the pro's and con's on underfloor heating types. The information I have recieved is that water based underfloor heating is better - but my instinct is that it is more prone to problems, and if a pipe breaks then it is a big…
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Oil Filled Radiators?
Has any one tried an oil filled radiator, we are thinking of buying one, but would like to know what peoples opinions are first. Are they cost effective? Do they give out much heat? Are they suitable for heating large areas? Thanks for any help you can give.
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De-Humidifiers need one to solve condesation problem
Got a bad condensation problem with my double glazzed windows in the winter months. Want to invest in a De-Humidifier, got a budget of £100 to £190, want to solve the problem so I think I need to invest in a decent one, fed up with mopping the water up of the windows each morning. Anyone recommend any makes & models, any…
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Wine Cooler advice
I know we have a few kitchen specialists on here so I'm after a little advice about a wine cooler unit. This is a Christmas present for Mrs M's parents who like a bottle or 10 (as do I - so I also admit an interest in this item). We would like to spend no more than £250 will stretch to £300 for the right item but no more.…
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need to change front door lock- costs to expect?
I have a front door that is loose, its an ingersoll lock and the key is also gets stuck in it all the time. I want to change the lock, Does anyone know what the costs i should expect to pay? It's not an emergency so do i still have to pay call out charges? And it it possible to get someone to do it for a job payment as…
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T12 fluorescent tubes
anyone know anything about these? I've got two 5ft 65ws in my kitchen, one is dead, the other is fine, and a single 4ft 40w in the bathroom, which is also dead. Can I simply replace these with T8s? Or is there something else I should consider?
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Hoover Optima Washing Machine problems
I have one of these and I hate it! It keeps coming up with error 3 because the water isn't pumping out properly, meaning I often have to run the wash again. Now it's coming up with Error 16 - this isn't even mentioned in the trouble shooting information, can anyone enlighten me?
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Concrete slabs and kitchen floor???
*This is my first post so please be gentle!* My OH and I have recently purchased our first house and today we ripped up the kitchen floor. Underneath 4 sets of vinyl floor tiles we found random patches of concrete on top of the concrete floor underneath. The floor is not even and it seems the previous owners placed random…
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Outdoor dusk till dawn sensor lights
I would like to have an outdoor porch light and 3 wall lights in the back garden that all come with 'dusk till dawn' sensors so they turn on when it gets dark and off again in the morning. However I also want to be able to turn the back garden ones off manually if I want to sit in the garden just with candles on in the…
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Flies
When we moved into this house (rented property) there were a lot of tiny little flies on one of the window ledges downstairs, plus a fair few in the bathroom down there (it's an upside down house layout)....They were all dead so we just hoovered them up...However since then they keep coming back.....last week we've had to…
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Tillers help please
hi, does polished porcelian stain? does it need sealing? thanks
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Problem with Leaking Toilet Inlet
Hi all, DH and I have installed a replacement toilet in the ground floor cloakroom. We have got a persistent leak around the plastic valve which is connected to the water inlet. We installed the black rubber washers, have used a spanner to tighten it, but still water is dripping from around the sides of the washers. We…
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Has anyone used this oak flooring from Topps?
http://www.toppstiles.co.uk/tprod3978/section116/Solid-Oak-Double-Smoked-Brushed-and-Oiled.html The instore sample looks nice but it is only a tiny bit. I have vouchers I can use here which is why I'm thinking of using them for this flooring.
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High humidity and condensation
I'm suffering from condensation dripping down windows and creating puddles on window sill, especially in bedroom. It's causing mouldy patches on walls, and a damp smell. I've got a humidity meter and it tends to read about 90% in the morning (reduces to about 80% during day). I've been leaving the window open a fraction…
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No pressure from new bath taps
I have just fitted a new bath and taps in my bathroom. The taps are fed from the water tank in the loft and from the hot water tank. There is barely a dribble when tured on and the flow does not change if its set to hot or cold or somewhere in between. The information for the taps is as follows, it states a flow for 0.2…
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plumbing advice needed - urgent!!
Hi. Please help! My combi boiler was showing low pressure so I have attached a filling loop, similar to this one http://www.screwfix.com/prods/13806/Plumbing/Boilers-and-Accs/Combi-Straight-Filling-Loop (if link doesnt work - its a basic filling loop with isolation valve and a non-return valve) Ive turned the valve,…
