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integrated washing machine help
hello, i am buying a litchen off a friend and so am adapting to fit. i would really like to add an integrated washing machine. there will be cupboard doors left over. how do i do this? dpes the washimng machine come with the gadget to apply to the doors or should the door already have them fitted. i know she doesn't have…
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Wood burner advice needed
Hi, I have a wood burner fitted with a single skin flue, at present when it is very windy then the fire has a down draught problem. Can anyone reccomend a cowl that I can fit to deal with this. From searching all the online stores I cannot see which seems best and hardly any of them mention fitting to a flue but refer to…
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Cleaning Leather
Hi All quick question - whats the best way to clean an expensive leather settee - in particular its like a head stain from my brothers wax, gel, etc etc etc. Its basically dulled down the leather and made it quick grubby/greasy/waxy to touch i used a standard leather wipe but the colour started to come off.....eek help
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paint pvc windows
Does anyone know if its possible to paint the external window frames of brown pvc windows?
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Help - Advice needed on new peeling paint
Last year the inside of my Housing Association door was painted by the HA workers in Dulux gloss. This was painted straight on top iof my beautiful eggshell, evne though I told them not to paint it :mad: The dog stays in the bathroom when I go out for a couple of hours and unfortunatly he's scratched the Dulux coat and now…
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howdens kitchen/fitter price, what do you reckon
Im new to this area so dont know the tradesmen. Had my first quote, what do you think? The range is Howdens Greenwich beech which is supposedly on special nh h/l base 54.21 8.13 62.34 nh h/l corner base 79.69 11.95 91.64 Nh 600 built under base 59.67 8.95 68.62 Nh 600 3 drawer base 85.80 12.87 98.67 Nh 931 h/l shelved…
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Underlay sizing help
hiya, I need some help with regards to how much/many rolls/meters of underlay I need. Dimensions are Bed 1 11'6 feet x 11'6 feet Bed 2 15 feet x 11 feet Bed 3 12 feet x 11'6 feet Hall is 18'6 feet (long) x 3'3 (narrowest point) (6'7 widest part of the hall) Looking for it on this site.…
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Dfs sofa
Hi - does any one know how to take DFS leather sofas apart please ? ( apart from with a chainsaw that is ! ) as we have to dismantle ours soon thanks in advance
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B&Q curtains
Today I bought 3 sets of ready made lined curtains from B&Q at a price of £92 when I got back I looked on here and there is a token that you can print off for B&Q valid from 12-16 November giving 15% off...would it be very wrong to take them back (not opened them yet) and say they're the wrong type...then go back next day…
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how to cut a steel registry board
Hi Guys, I wounder if anyone could help me, I need to cut this registery board down to size to fit my chimney and also a hole in the middle for the flue to go into. How does one go about this? I also need another access for the chimney sweep to get into. I was unsure on how to actually cut it. Also I was thinking of…
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Problem with the floor
Hello We're having work done at the moment (outhouse conversion and new kitchen) and my builder has uncovered a problem with the floor in the dining room and kitchen. Whilst I thought it was a solid concrete floor under the lino and carpet, we've now found out it's tiles laid on top of about an inch of concrete and then…
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Damp proof guarantee question
Please can anyone give me advice. The situation briefly is this: We had a survey done on our 4oo year old cottage when we bought it 4yrs ago. No sign of damp was reported at the time and we were given copies of a guarantee from when a damp proof course was done in 1996. The walls were also dry lined at this time and the…
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Central Heating on 24/7 or not?
Is there anyone out there who can tell me if it's cheaper to have the central heating on 24/7 on a low setting, or have set times for it to come on? I thought that if the house was set at a low temp all the time we would actually use less gas than the boiler firing away to heat up a cold house if it only comes on at…
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BT 1571 sounds like a dalek (underwater)
We moved here in June and set up 1571 as usual. It was ok initially but now the voice on the messages and the actual messages themselves sound like a dalek who is underwater, its very difficult to understand a lot of what the messages say. Its v frustrating. Has anyone else had this, I think this is our 'internet line',…
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Advice about door purchase needed
I need advise. I have placed an order with a company that manufactures doors and concervatories. To fix the price, I paid 10% deposit. When the final size was confirmed by my builder I needed to make slight changes before it went to their production. I have emailed them all they asked for, and I was promised that the…
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Downlighter problem.
Hi. Just installed some new downlighters in our lounge and hallway. They are Flameguard 12v LV units (50w light) fitted with Knightsbridge 20-60va transformers (one per light). They are wired in parallel with 1mm cable and the lights and transformers are each tapped off seperate 20 amp junction boxes. Both circuits are…
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Painting a strip across a wall..how to get level and straight?
I have just redecorated our bedroom and would like to do 1 strip of paint on our wall above the bed..what is the best way to do this so it is straight and level? Thanks
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New Front Door
On the 7th September a rep from Wholesale Plastics showed me a new composit front door in his brochure. As the company was already updating our conservatory, it seemed appropriate to order the new front door and we paid a deposit. What we did not know at the time, was all the problems we were going to have with this…
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Blocked external rainwater drain - how to clear
We have a lean to style conservatory built on the side of our house which uses the party wall with next door as its outer wall. There is a rainwater drain running along the top of the wall which discharges into a storm drain in our garden on the outer end of the conservatory. New next door neighbours decided to grow plants…
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shower fittings
i am looking to change my existing shower head and hose, can anyone tell me if all fittings are universal or do i need to stick to the fittings for the original shower? eg where the shower hose screws in to existing shower box? :o
