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Cant tile over painted brick??
I need a splashback and I decided that I would get 2 rows of tiles put above the worktop the whole way along it for continuity, which is about 4mtrs in length. However, I have now been reading on tinternet that you cant tile over painted brick (which is what we have) and you have to remove the paint and make the brick…
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HomeServe & Powerflushing
Hello All, This is my first post here, and I'm sorry to be asking for questions and advice on my very first post. I will try to contribute to other people's threads where I can usefully. I am in a 3 bed, 3 storey house built in 2004. The boiler is an Ideal Isar HE (don't know what number). The problem is that when the…
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Efflorescence Treatment
We have the " powdery " type. The product is from the USA. Anyone know about something we could get in the UK please? http://www.aldonchem.com/popup-ab-efflorescence.htm
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Bathroom tiling
Hi everyone, I have 2 bathrooms to tile floor to ceiling, one is an on-suite which is about 3 square meter floor and about 9 square meter walls then the othe rbathroom is about 6 square meter floor and about 20 square meter walls. How much would be a good quote just to tile if I supplied the tiles, grout, adhesive etc? And…
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Aaaaargh! - manual for Matsui M299TCC
Hello, My new gas oven has just broken and is not going to be fixed until after christmas. I have a combi microwave oven - Matsui M299TCC, which I was going to use the oven as a temporary measure, but I have just realised that we have only ever sued the microwave function and have no idea how to use it as an oven.…
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Rewiring Flat
Hi there, My builder has just started rewiring my new flat. The quote was for: [FONT="][FONT="][/FONT][/FONT][FONT="]"Rewire the whole house, change the consumer unit. Earth the kitchen, bathroom ,toilet. 6 sockets in sitting room £1.750."[/FONT] In the contract he stated all work including the kitchen refurb…
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How easy is it to make a wardrobe?
or difficult? I want to put some hanging storage under the stairs. I dont want to box in all of the undestairs as there is a small window there which gives light to the utility room behind. the area that I want to put a wardrobe in is about 1.6m tall by 70cm wide by about 60cm deep but part of that depth is taken up by…
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Screeding
My kitchen is on the second floor,block and beam sreeded this area of screed is 3x3 sq metres then 40mm insulation i had to remove it as was crumbling the rest of the room is ok which is the lounge. How do i re do the screed myself to make good what failed?
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Mfi worktop colorfill
Can anyone help me ... Just purchased 3 x worktops from an mfi trading company. I am having a problem getting the matching colorfill for the phoenix granite color... Anyone know what to do? Thanks loubyloo32
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Re-fix oven door glass - cheap fix
Our rubber gasket that fits on the inner glass panel of our oven broke and I was quoted around £30.00 + p and p for a replacement. I was looking around for an alternative supplier and came across the AB Sealants website and here they do a high temperature resistant silicone in black. Code number for this product is HTRB…
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electrical wiring help please
:confused: We have just had a new boiler and radiators fitted but they wouldn't sign off the wiring as we have an old consumer unit would this invalidate our insurance under new regs? The boiler is wired into where the old on was in the kichen. Thank you for any help as I'm worred that if anything happens we'll be without…
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Which is the best Kitchen for Quaility
Hi, new to the site and looking for some advise on kitchen units. I have been looking at Magnet and Moben (or Kitchens Direct as they are supply only) the ranges seem very similar and the price was almost the same. Magnet slightly dearer. Magnet offer a 15 year guarentee and Moben a 5 year on the cabinets. They both offer…
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Time to negotiate?!!?
Have been quoting around with three different builders on a job and two have come out with broadly the same quote at £10,400. Do builders normally negotiate on price, and if so what could my opening offer be, and what should I settle on?
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Damp Proof Course
Hiya wondering if someone can offer some advice: B/F and I are in process of buying first house - will hopefully be c.1890 ground floor flat in typical London 3 story block. Survey done - no major concerns, surveyor valued at same as we offered and even remarked that she thought we had got a good deal. However the survey…
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Cream UPVC windows, looking for company around Oxfordshire that does them
I have cream wooden windows, that are lovely to look at but draughty. They are double glazed but almost 20 years old and the air gap between the panes is only a few mils apart. They don't seem to keep any noise out either, sounds like my windows are open when they are shut. I would like to replace them but with cream UPVC.…
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Carpet colours
I went into a local carpet shop today and they only had one carpet that was not a version of beige. When I commented on this the owner said that, at the moment, they cannot sell any carpet that is not beige. The only carpet that was not beige was light green. He said that it had been in stock for ages and they could not…
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granite floor tiles, whats the minimum thickness that you would have.
Hi quick question rearding granite tiles, if anyone has them or works with them i'm looking at a 600mm x 600mm tile but only 10mm thick. some shops are saying 10mm is fine whitht he tile being that big others are saying that the tile will be a poor made tile and needs to be thicker. thanks for looking.
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Painting furniture
I have aquired 4 chairs the seats of which will have to be recovered, I fancy painting the frames, they appear to have some sort of varnish top coat, any suggestions how I should remove this and what paint to use once the varnish has been removed. I prefer a matt finish I can protect with wax rather than a gloss finish. I…
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Fan oven not working
Hi there When I switched my electic fan oven off it went bang and now the fan is not working. The hob is still working. Any ideas as to what I can do? Thanks!
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Roofing help
Hi I am looking for some advice. On friday our next door neighbour came to us saying she had a damp problem on her upstairs and downstairs walls which are flush with our chimney breast, she seemed to thing that water was coming through the chimney and onto her walls. My husband told her we would get someone out to have a…
