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Slightly random Breeze Block question!!
Hello everyone! Stick with me on this one! To be honest, i'm not quite sure where to post it but I hope some kind people might help me out on here! We've recently moved into a new house, only to discover that the previous owners have left us 20 pallets (so about 800 blocks) of concrete breeze blocks. They're all still…
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Zanussi washing machine fault
I hope someone can help me. I have a Zanussi washing machine (1605W). I've switched it on and all lights are flashing and beeping. I remember this happened a while ago and can't remember what it is I did to resolve it - it was something like holding the Start and Reset/Skip together, or holding Start down and pressing…
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SHipping LCD TV
I need to send an lcd i sold on ebay- parcel2go and others do not insure these usually- can anyone tell me a courier company that does do insurance in case of damage Thanks
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Should hot water and central heating work at the same time
Hi A few weeks ago, we had a leak on one of the central heating pipes. An engineer came out to fix, and all appears well... however, while in the bathroom the other day, I noticed that the central heating light on the combi boiler went off when i put the hot water tap on. Is this right? Should the central not 'work' while…
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Covering brown UPVC windows
Hi Just moved into a house where the original 1930s steel Crittall windows have been replaced with horrible brown UPVC windows..As I can't afford to replace at the moment, is there any way of spraying the windows white or covering up there revolting brown finish? Thanks
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How Many Smoke Alarms?
Just for a bit of fun and discussion: How many smoke alarms do you have in your house? We have four (one on each floor including the cellar) in our UK house, plus two CO alarms. We have six in our Spanish house as it is an odd shape, plus one CO alarm. We are about to install a seventh smoke alarm in a passage. I know…
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Turning a radiator back on
I had a radiator off the wall to tile behind it. Its now reconnected but does not appear to have been turned back on. Its full of water, no air but I'm unusure what way to turn the taps and in what order to turn them so as it works again and I dont imnadvertantly wring them off or anything - they certainly seem more than…
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Ikea discount
Hi We are doing our first house up and have very scant funds available but we need some items from ikea. Not sure if anyone here has asked this before but I wondered if anyone had a staff discount we could use as we are desparate to save pennies? Or, if not, has anyone successfully managed to negotiate off any money when…
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Recommendations for a humidistatic extractor fan?
Hiya, Our bathroom is getting fairly damp, so I want to fit an extractor fan controlled by a humidistat. It's a fairly small room (approx 8 sqm) with an external wall. Any recommendations? Pete
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How to source John Lewis re-branded carpets???
It seems John Lewis might use the same technique as CarpetRight - bring in a carpet and re-brand it so that it's a nightmare trying to find the same one elsewhere for a better price. Anyone know how I can find out the "real" name of a carpet that JL stocks (and sells for a pretty steep price)? The range I'm looking at is…
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Inner Wisdom Beds????
Today after visting Bensons and Dreams, we narrowed it down to a Sealy and a Inner Wisdom (Keats Divan). After reading some reviews have definately decided the Sealy a no-go, but wondered if anyone had any opinions on the Inner Wisdom. We currently have a Hypnos with is 5 years old but needs replacing desperately. Any…
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no hot water upstairs
Hi guys and girls any specialists out there please help if possible... We had problems with our boiler before christmas, hot water upstairs but when we used the hot down it lasted a couple of minutes pilot light fired up then the boiler stopped working and went into error mode and stopped altogether. Strangly enough…
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Where are all the unbeaded 4 panel Victorian doors?
I have been looking for ages. Am I looking in the wrong places,? Regards Richard
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Ikea worktops???
Hi we are getting an ikea kitchen But i have rad something on here about an ikea worktop being different to a say Durapal one. please can someone tell me the different's and why e.g. bigger Next we have a normal dishwasher 600 wide and we want to hide it behind a unit say a 800 wide unit with two doors. would we need to…
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Laminate Floor Beading- A good deal?
I'm getting 5 x Beech Laminate Floor Beading 2.4m including delivery for £16.50- to me that seems a good deal as on ebay it's about £8.00inc p+p for just 1 and Wickes they are £5.49 each Just wondering any MSE experts know of a better deal? Thanks
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Boiler fan help please?
Hi there. It seems like there are some experts on here so I wondered if anyone can advise me about my boiler, a Baxi Solo. The cover on top of the boiler has no screws holding it in place so it just rests on top of the unit, usually without any problems. However, we noticed that the boiler had not come on this afternoon…
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Cheapest heating option
Hi On behalf of someone else can anyone advise please Young couple with baby moving into a 3 bed house The house only has 1 storage heater downstairs & 1 upstairs The house is also on a electric key meter & has no gas supply Whats is the cheapest means of additional heating bearing in mind the electric meter :eek: I…
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Opion for British Gas Quotation for Boiler scrapage scheme
Hi there, I have semi-detached 3 bedroon house. The British Gas have quoted for £3400 for everything using their own boiler called Britich/Scottish Gas 300+ High Efficiency Boiler. He suggested this boiler rather than Worcestor/Bosh 18Ri is because we may have an extension later on. He also stating that BG have 15yrs…
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Is there any difference between kitchen and bathroom tiles?
We are looking to re-tile our bathroom and have seen some tiles we like, but on one website (with the best price) they are listed as kitchen tiles. This might be a really stupid question but is there any difference between kitchen and bathroom tiles? I cannot think of any difference but would appreciate any response before…
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Patio doors
Hello We had our lounge window and wall knocked out, and a patio door installed. I paid two builders £120 to knock out the bricks down to the damp proof course, and a man came to install it and left a foam around the outside of it. It looks terrible, the builders have filled in a few wholes where the window sill with…
