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British Gas Boiler repair Charged but told need new boiler
Our boiler broke down. It was leaking and there was no CH or hot water so we called BG out. I was wary of there statement that for £168 thy would fix "the first fault". When they came, the guy said the pcbs were damaged and replaced a valve to stop the leak. he advised that we needed a new boiler also. Even though the…
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Howdens Appliances (Lamona) cost - price direct from Howdens
This is our quote from Howdens for appliances. Just so you know, my Uncle has an account with them, so this is the price he, as a joiner, received. There is no markup on it, he forwarded straight to us. I have listed appliances here, and units in a different thread (thought it might help when people search the forums) We…
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Howdens Unit cost - prices before tradesman's markup
This is our quote from Howdens. Just so you know, my Uncle has an account with them, so this is the price he, as a joiner, received. There is no markup on it, he forwarded straight to us. I have listed units here, and appliances in a different thread (thought it might help when people search the forums) We have chosen the…
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Advice on pipes in concrete
We have recently moved into our house and had new carpets laid. As they were leaving the fitters said that there were pipes in the concrete floorunder the lounge which had not been lagged and were in danger of corroding. I'm not sure what to do. THe thought of having the whole floor dug up to sort the pipes out is…
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The Magnesiacore panel .........
Has someone ever felt to speak of the panels to oxide of magnesium Magnesiacore?
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Door handle help
My work colleague has just moved into a bungalow and has noticed that the handles on the interior doors need replacing. All handles are round knob type. And it would seem that rather than just drilling a hole through the door big enough for the spindle, the previous occupants have drilled a hole big enough for the handle…
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UPVC door lock problem
I'm having trouble with the lock on my front door. It's a uPVC door and when trying to insert/remove the key after locking/unlocking, it's difficult to get out. It's kind of catching in the barrel when you pull it out and you have to gently wiggle it to remove it. This only happens on the outside of the door, it's fine on…
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wickes kitchen
Hi has anybody bought a Costa Rica kitchen from wickes? I've been helping a friend ripping out her old kitchen and installing a new one. As we only had a fortnight to do this and Wickes appeared to have all of the costa rica kitchen in stock we got that one. There were a few bits missing which we ordered and were due to…
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Best order/choices for house refurbishment?
2 years ago we bought the 3 bed house we rented (Peak price I know, doh!) as the owners would have sold anyway and we did not want to move the kids. Not to sob but their mum had not long died so a bit traumatic. The house is in poor condition decoratively and has had several bodge jobs as a rental property (terribly fitted…
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can you recommended trades people in glasgow?
:confused: Hi everyone (nervous...first ever post!) I live in an old crumbling house which I am desperate to update but have had nightmares with builders etc. Initially I would love to replace the ancient central heating system and possibly fit an electric shower in my bathroom. Looked on the forums tonight and looks like…
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is it worth weighing 4 old rads in at the scrap merchants...
.... or shall I just let the scrap man take them? Three are reasonably large and one is quite small. (1 x 1200 mm, 2 x 1000 mm, 1 x 500 mm) Does anyone know roughly how much they would be worth if I weighed them in? Thanks in advance
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a few diy questions, bunched them together. underfloor heating
Hi seem to be on these baords quite a bit lately as we are in the middle of an extension and trying to get the house so so for christmas (isn't everyone) a couple of things i need to sort at the weekend, just need a bit of advice a) firstly i've cut a channel about 10mm wide and 600mm long in a dot and dab plasterboard…
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Double glazing problems
Hi, I had my my double galzing fitted over 15 years ago, its wooden frames, with seperate UPVS units screwed/glued or something onto them (not exactly sure). Anyway I have ntoiced that I hear a lot more noise through the windows than I used to, and I can see that some UPV units seem to have moved away from the wooden…
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Is timber rot contagious to other timber
Hi I am into carpentry and have made all sorts and over the years I have built up a stock of timber. I was once given a lot of 3m scaffold boards as the company had to renew the ones they had, so I had the old ones, great loads of free timber. I put most of it under cover but some obviously got hit by the weather as it has…
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build an open leanto around house
I want to build a shelter for around the side and rear of my house ( well get someone in to do it for me,) I do not know what they call it? I want it to come out about 7ft so to give us protection from the rain in winter and so to sit under during the summer months. I want to use the roof sheeting used for conservatories…
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want to buy damaged worktop
is there anyone that sales of damaged kitcen worktops eg howdens/BnQ just need some thing cheap n chearfull for the shed
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Cleaning Pebble Dashing
Hi, i would like to clean the pebble dashing at the front of our house but not sure how to go about it. anyone know any ideas thanks in advance
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Going out my mind
Can anyone help, i have been looking for hours for a 1600mm length bath with a toilet and sink thats comes with it, including taps, wastes and delivery for under 200, I have found them for 1700mm but not 1600mm IM GOIN OUT MY MIND!! please help!
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letter basket for uvpc door
Can anyone recommend a reasonably or cheap letter basket that can be fitting to a uvpc door cannot seem to find one anywhere,
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MFI Kitchen
I am looking for some kitchen cupboards from the MFI Grigio range. Any help would be really good thanks Lynn