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Repairing vinyl floor - ideas?
HI, I've a vinyl floor in my kitchen (roll, not tiles). However, there are scratch marks due to wear and tear over the years. I am unable to cut out a piece of new vinly and replace, due to the nature of the holes. I've tried 'painting' over the scratches, but after a while the paint comes off. Any ideas - without having…
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Misted Windows
Is a quote of £ 890.45 + vat reasonable for having 15 double glazing window panes replaced?? Sizes vary but the average is about 800x850. Cheers, Ben
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Pavement Outside has Sunk Causing Damage To My Drive
Over the last month or so the pavement (block paved) outside my house has sunken in places. Today while clearing the snow off my drive the end bit of the drive where it meets the pavement has become 'hollow' when you tap it and shortly i'm sure will crack. My drive is an old tarmac drive but still in good condition and…
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Garden fencing aesthetics!
We're planning on replacing our garden fence with concrete posts and gravel boards with slot-in fence panels as a long-lasting and durable fence. However, our neighbours' fence is overlap panels so one side of the garden will look different from the other. I'm concerned that when it comes time to sell the house this might…
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What's a reasonable price for a composite door fully fitted?
I've had a quote for £1,200 for a composite door fully fitted. I also have a very small window above the door (same width as the door and about 6 in ches high). I wasn't expecting the quote to be this much and am wondering if they are having me on! Is this a reasonable quote?
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Potential movement under tiled floor?
Our house is 2 years old and we have a tiled kitchen floor extending into the utility room. Recently we noticed that the door into the utility room was catching on the floor, likewise was another door in the utility room. Upon further investigation we have noticed that parts of the floor in the utility room appear…
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running water noise - any bright ideas
any suggestions welcome. There's a running water sound coming from somewhere:confused: . It is loudest under the kitchen sink, which is flanked by a washer / dryer and a dishwasher. It sounds like water is running constantly through a pipe rather than a leaking or dripping sound. It seems to have just started today so…
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Stax kitchens?
We about to buy a new kitchen and was wondering about Stax kitchens. Are they any good? How do they compare with Wickes/Ikea etc? Cheers.
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Is it worth replacing radiators??
Hi, During this cold weather we have had our heating on all day when at home & we are still cold, it doesn't heat the rooms at all. In our old property the radiators would be really hot to the touch, in this property they are warm/hot (if that makes sense). We would love to replace the whole system (back boiler) but we…
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potterton suprima boiler
Hi, I've read the old threads about the suprima boilers and their dodgy pcb's but I'm not sure if the fault on mine is covered... On a 'normal' day it works just dandy. Room gets cold, stat calls, boiler heats rads. Water tank gets cold, tank stat calls, boiler heats tank. Yay! These days... Room gets cold, room stat…
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Boiler Pipes.. covering them or boxing them in?
Hi all.. We fitted our boiler in the utility room on the wall. The pipes go down from the boiled into the worktop. We would like to tile the area between the wall units and worktop but want to box the pipes in or cover them in some way as they currently look ugly! What would you recommend? I'll try and take a pic later...…
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Hi, I'm bbsparkles, And I Am a 'Noisy' Neighbour
We've lived in the same first floor flat above the same neighbours for 3 years. For the first 2.5 years, everything was fine and dandy between us and our downstairs neighbours - no complaints in either direction. However, since my youngest son started to walk (and then to run and jump and dance) my neighbours have…
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Mereway/Wentworth Kitchen - Anyone had one for a while?
Hi, I'm a newbie, but I've been reading the forum for a little while. As we're about to splash out on a new kitchen, I've managed to get some great info here and see that Mereway kitchens seem to have a good reputation. I'd love to know if anyone here has a Mereway (especially those of you who've had one for a few years or…
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Fisher & Paykel Dishwasher Help Needed Please
We have the double drawer F & P dishwasher but it has started to bleep when switched on. DH says according to the book it is because the 'flood switch' has been activated. Can anyone tell me if this will 'dry out' if left long enough? Suggest how we could fix it? OR Do we have to call out the potentially expensive repair…
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Employing a non contract cleaner?
We've been using a contract cleaner for a while now, but she's just left the agency. I'm rather disapointed in the 'agency' aspect of it as from my side I pay a fair wack to them for very little (we've has 3 replacements form the agency for holidays, 2 did a terrible job and we asked them not to come back and 1 was a no…
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Ceiling Light Wiring Problem
Hi, hope someone can help me. Tried fitting a new light to my hallway, which has 2 lights and 3 separate switches. Removed the ceiling rose from the first light point. There were 2 cables coming out of the ceiling each with 1 red, 1 black and 1 earth wire. Connected up the new light fitting as follows :-* 2 reds to the…
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Replacing Skirting Board
When i had new flooring fitted, one of the skirting boards was dropped and split in 2. We have been using it pushed against wall but time has come to replace it with a new 3m of skirting. Armed with piece of old skirting we went to usual places inc local timber yards but no one seems to have our skirting boards, they are…
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Towel rail not heating up properly at top?
Hi, We hope someone might be able to help us: we have a heated towel rail, the sort that is plumbed into the central heating system like a radiator would be. Ever since it was put in it never heated up on the top "rungs" (it is ladder style). Recently fewer and fewer of the top rungs are heating at all, with the lower…
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Extractor Fan / Condensation
Need some advice on condensation in the roof space. I have a inline extractor fan fitted over my shower room (sits in the loft) with ducting from the shower room to the FAN and then out through the roof via a tile vent. Problem being that there has been a build up of water in the ducting from the tile vent to the inline…
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Automatic water/leak shut off
Can anyone recommend an automatic water shut off system, i.e. one that will shut off the main water supply if say, 50 litres of water flow is detected (in case of a burst pipe)? I can find one, called Aqualeak, but this automatically shuts off the water after 24 hours of non use which I don't want. This is because I want…
