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Is it secure to have a front garden bike shed?
My new lodger would like his bike stored. We have a back garden shed but that involves going along a long alleyway on a side road (which has a locked gate) and entering from the back garden gate.. I am considering having a front garden shed to store his bike. It would be easier for him and also I would prefer he enters the…
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The perenial cheap bathroom suite thread
hi guys im doing a fair bit of work in my house just now and next on the agenda is the bathroom! can anyone point me in the direction of a cheap bathroom suite? i had seen one on the sainsburys website a month or so ago but its no longer there so any help would be much appreciated!
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Dulux Sugared Lilac Bedroom Walls - what colour furniture and carpets to go?
Hi Just wondered what your thoughts were. I've just bought a house and have been decorating. I have painted my main bedroom lilac using Dulux paint and am struggling to find black furniture which isn't too expensive - it was going to be black and purple. So now all the black furniture I can locate are way too expensive so…
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Wood floor varnish.
Just spent the day sanding my floorboards, looks good, could anyone help with a suggestion for a good hard finish ( I have two large dogs). Thanks in advance...
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Fixing Shower Rail Onto The Wall
Hi, I bought a Shower Rail to hold a shower head and was hoping to use the existing drilled holes I have in the wall to fit the shower rail into......unfortunately the way the holes are in the shower rail brackets (2 vertically aligned on each) that may not be possible and I don't think I've got the equipment for drilling…
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Suggestions for fitted wardrobe suppliers?
Hello Has anyone got any experience of having fitted wardrobes (bedroom) installed? I'm looking to have some done in my bedroom but aren't too sure where to look. I have had a quote from a national company but that came in at £5000 _pale_ which either I'm tight or was super expensive! Cheers Steve
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Refurbishing a Home
Hello everyone. I'm absolutely hopeless at decoration; a typical bloke, with no idea what colours work or anything like that but obviously I want to live in a nice place. How do you find ideas for rooms. I've looked on the net and never see anything I like. Can anyone recommend sites or publications? Also, have you used an…
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Plumber in East Leeds?
Can anybody recommend a plumber in the East Leeds area for a bathroom refit? I'm going to ring round a few local ones advertised in the local newsletter as well but was just wondering if anyone had any personal recommendations?
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Sash and case window repair - HELP!!!
I live on the 3rd and 4th floor in a georgian period flat. My problem is this I have beautiful old sash and case windows (victorian era) and whilst I would feel super guilty about replacing them with horrid upvc double glazing, I have several problems with them.. Firstly because of the height of my house cleaning these…
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low water pressure F28 lockout, Vaillant combi boiler
Hi guys, Hope you can help. I've viewed all the relevant and some of the irrelevant posts on similar subjects but nothing fits my exact problem. I have a five year old Vaillant Turbomax plus 828E. It has worked flawlessly for all of that time until the last 3 weeks. When the central heating turns off on the time clock the…
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cigarette burn on upvc window
hi all left 18yr old ds home alone last week on strict instructions not to have anyone round (again) ..... amongst a long list of unpleasant finds is a cigarette burn on the upvc window at the front of the house :mad: any ideas on removing/disguising/reducing it???? not feeling too optimistic but would welcome any advice…
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glow worm compact electronic boiler
we have this boiler fitted recently its got a bit moody with hot water sometimes its like the valve/sensor that detects you turning the tap on isnt working so hot water is a bit hit and miss heating is fine and when it works hot water is fine so anyone know what part is likely to be fauly? cheers
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Fixing robe hooks onto moulded doors
We've recently (thanks to advice on here :beer:) bought a house and changed all the internal doors and they're all moulded. We now want to put "robe hooks" onto the doors in the bedrooms and bathroom, but is this possible - ie can we put this sort of hook on moulded doors? DH is a little nervous about wrecking the doors so…
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Replacing bath taps??
Hi. AM just wondering how easy it is to replace my bath taps. The casing on the hot tap appears to have cracked. The bath panel is wooden, and looks/feels like it could be difficult to remove (was there when I moved in)..Should I be looking to replace the taps completely or can I buy the bits seperately (Its the bit below…
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anyone got a "basic" B&Q shower bath?
looking at getting a "P-Bath" from B&Q and there's 2 in there basically. a £135 one + £99 bath screen or a £329 "luxury curved shower bath" + £214 bath screen obviously the B&Q guy was saying how much better the luxury curved one is and "it's thicker and better quality". i want to know just how much better quality? this is…
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Gas cooker keeps cutting out - repair or replace?
We have a Stoves gas cooker which is about 10 years old. Recently we have had a problem whereby if you turn the oven down during cooking it goes off (of course you don't realise this until your guests arrive and you go to the oven to take out your nice long-slowcooked dish ....:mad:) Is there anyone out there with enough…
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Central Heating not heating properly
Hi I'm hoping somebody can give me some advice please...my central heating is on the blink. About a month ago I noticed the radiator in the hall had a cold spot at the bottom, I intended to do something about this (honest!) but just haven't had the time. However, in the past couple of days the situation has got worse...…
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rubber crumb tile?? can anyone help
i recently had to purchase a coir mat online for my matwell which is an awkward shape and depth. as the coir mat is only 17mm deep i was advised to get a rubber crumb tile to put underneath to make up the difference in the depth, but i have no idea what this is and neither does B&Q or homebase. anyone know what it is or…
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Worcester 24i Junior problem
Can anyone help me. I am not going to try and fix the problem but want to know if there is anything i can check before calling out an engineer. My ignition light on my boiler starts to keep going on and off in no particular pattern. Will be fine for 5 minutes and then start to flick on and off constantly.The error led…
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Replace lead pipes with MDPE
Hi all, I'm after a spot of advice. I'm looking to replace my lead pipe supply with MDPE piping. I've had a water sample taken and the water board have agreed to connect me up in the back street for free due to the amount of lead in the water. I need to replace the pipework on my side. I had a guy out today from water…
