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Wall Mounted TV Help Needed
Hi, I wall mounted our 46" LCD tv about a year ago. One issue is that when the TV is on it sometimes 'creakes' as if there is some expansion on the bracket. Dam it is loud! I haven't used any spacers between the back of the TV and the wall mounting kit - would this cause some creaking? I took the TV off and recently and…
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Power Shower installation
Hi, We currently have a Mira Sport shower, it about 10 years old and we have been told one of the elements is no longer working. We have bought a new Mira Orbis which we would like installed in place of the old MIra Sport. Any idea how much it should cost to have these switched over?
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Grouting help!!
I'm having a bit of an issue regrouting the tiles in my shower. Basically a fair bit of the grouting has fallen off. The area has been regrouted a couple of times (and by different people), but the same ares keep falling off. The last time it was grouted, it fell off after the first shower :mad: As far as I can tell, there…
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Help needed with a bed
Hiya does anybody know where i can get a bed like this please? we are based in Liverpool and i was looking at a tri bunk till saw this which would be better as in the tri bunk the middle bunk looked bit squashed as boys get older, they are now 7yrs, 5.5yrs and 3 yrs. thanks Helen xx bed i have seen is HERE…
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Entrance Doors / Porch Advice?
can anyone recommend me any companies or private workers that specialise in building porches / entrance door designs? I really dont want to use Zenith or Everest as i cant find many good reviews...plus i dont really want it to cost me a small fortune.
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Homebase emulsion paint
Has anyone used Homebase own brand paint, and if so how did you find it compared to Dulux or Crown? When we decorated DS2's room a year ago, we used Homebase's own, simply because they'd sold out of the Dulux equivalent. Anyway it did a nice job and DH thought it was better than the branded ones. I know a lot of people say…
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Where to buy similar furniture?
I'm buying new bedroom furniture soon, I quite like white furniture so I was thinking along the lines of buying something similar to what is sold in Ikea/B&Q. But can you name anywhere else that sells similar furniture, but cheaper;) http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70141855…
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stripping gloss paint
What is the best way to strip back gloss paint from a door frame?? I am trying to sort out my home and somewhere down the line the doorway to the kitchen has been glossed but there is runs, bumps of god knows what and a whole seem of dried gloss where it looks like the gloss has pooled between frame and door. I have no…
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Help - Problems With Our Pilot Light Staying Alight
Hi We have a Baxi boiler (not combi), the pilot light does light and stay alight for a short period of time, enough to get some pipes hot in the airing cupboard but then goes out. To give some background, we are decorating so my OH took a radiator off the wall and the fitting that the radiator fixes to started to leak…
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Bedroom conforming to Building Regs
I have a 2 bed house with a good sized loft conversion, (15'4"" x 11''10""). It was sold to me exactly as that but in terms of selling it one how would I conform to building regs and get this classified as a 3rd bedroom? (There is a good solid wooden staircase on the 1st floor landing straight into the loft conversion. It…
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Shower pull cord?
Just wondering...the house we're moving into has an electric shower, and being from the States, I'm not all that familiar with them (something about the combination of electricity + water seems like an inherently bad idea lol). I've seen one before in my brother-in-law's house, but his bathroom just had one little pull…
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Damp
I have a 1960s maisonette and have a big problem with damp. I have storage heaters, cavity walls and wooden floors. I have areas on the inside walls that are very mouldy and i noticed today that the damp areas are where the outside air bricks are. I thought that the air bricks were meant to stop the damp. Anybody any ideas…
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Glow worm 30Ci combi boiler problems
Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone can please help me. My Glow worm combi boiler has been having a few problems. I'm a new homeowner and have had the place for almost a year now and haven't had the boiler serviced yet although it was checked before I bought my flat. The boiler is leaking water from the bottom - initially just…
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Filling small holes on DPC
Hello We have someone who has put in a damp proof course for us, and there are loads of little holes around the outside of the house. He says he is going to fill them with Decorators Caulk. Is this going to keep the rain and wet out of the cavity? I would prefer he filled them with render, but i dont have any basis on…
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Ikea kitchen expert please
Hi we have decided on ikea kitchen units and now trying to work out if a duropal 600 wide top will fit. The reason is ikea's worktops are 620 wide. So does that mean the 600 wide worktop doesnt cover the doors? Thanks Niall
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Anti topple device ikea wardrobe
The house I bought 5 months ago have wardrobes from Ikea. Yesterday the wardrobe nearly toppled on me, it has got two heavy mirror doors. It seems that the anti topple device has become loose and the screw was just fixed straight to the wall. I am hopeless at DIY, and do not know what to do!! I have removed the two glass…
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Advice needed on using paper recycling briquette
As we read a lot of newspapers and have an open fire, I bought a briquette to recycle newspapers into paper bricks for the fire. In theory you soak the newspapers in water, scrumple into small wet balls, pack these into the briquette, use the press provided to squeeze the water out. This compresses the newspaper into a…
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Painting plaster and wood
I have had a new (fitted) wardrobe finished, when I say fitted I mean plaster and wood. What should I put on the plaster, how long should I wait for it to dry, can I put clothes in there in the meantime (until I find the time to paint) I have also had some wooden shelves put in, should I just paint these, any primer? also…
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Damp report - Should this include first floor as well as ground floor?
Hi, I had a damp report done last week, and the damp inspector did his checks on the ground floor. I then asked him whether he should also be checking the bedrooms on the first floor, and he said "no because you only get damp on the ground floor". In which case I left it at that. However, a few days age I stripped some…
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Help - daughter pulled heater off wall!
We have a wall heater at the top of our stairs which we think is connected to the central heating system. We think it was installed by the person who lived here before us, it's a weird thing that only works when you plug it into an electrical socket and switch it on, but it is also connected to what look like water pipes…
