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Clearing the Garden
Are there any community groups that offer free clearance of a garden, like we need a shed knocked down etc. garcon6
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Hot water - ran brown and then loss of pressure!
Ok, I might not be able to do anything about this myself, but before we call our landlord with yet another problem in the house, I though I'll ask clever people here if there is anything we can do ourselves. Basically, this morning I came downstairs to the kitchen and waned to wash a bowl. I opened hot water and it was…
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Cracks in plaster & walls
Suggestions please. We had our kitchen replasted in November last year and this morning ive noticed 5 hair line long cracks in one of the walls. Four of them are just above the radiator on that wall and one near the ceiling. Now this is the main dividing wall of the house. Its a two room wide house i.e living room at front…
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narrow stairs and stair runner
our stairs are 30 inches wide do you think a stair runner would look odd on them? i dont really like the idea of fitted carpet on them, i love the stair runner look, but dont want it to look ridiculous
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New tumble dryer, condenser or vented?
Our 3 year old Zanussi condenser tumble dryer has just broken. The appliance repair man says it will cost £279 to fix so we might as well buy a new one. As it happens, we are about to have a new kitchen fitted and thought that now would be a good time to knock a hole in the wall if we wanted to get a vented dryer. So what…
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Skimming advise, overboard OR NOT??
hi, i am just getting my whole house skimmed, after having it rewired. virtually all the plasterers have said, they would overboard the cielings, with 9.5mm plasterboards and then skim on top. Rather than knocking out the excisiting ceiling. I really didnt wana do that as i would lose about 12mm or height (i know stupid)…
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Sky-high electricity Bill - Please advise!
Hi everyone, I really hope someone here can give me some advice as I'm so worried at the moment... My girlfriend and I moved into our first place together exactly 4 weeks ago - it's a rented 1 bedroom 'cottage' (imagine a very small 1 bed bungalow) - combined living room/kitchen and a separate bedroom and bathroom. It is…
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Can you use a bathfiller with a thermostatic mixer valve
Hi there I am having a new bathroom installed and i wanted to use a bath filler which means the water comes out from where you would normally put the bath overflow. what I wanted to know was if it was possible to use one of these together with a 2 way thermostatic mixer which would also serve the shower above the bath this…
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Interior paint???
Does anyone know if there is anywhere with any offers on interior wall paint at the moment? I am needing a good quality one, can anyone reccommend anywhere that doesnt cost the earth? thank you :)
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can't find extended warranty info!
Hi, I have a samsung american fridge-freezer which has ice build up in it. (we recently had an engineer doing a "safety modification" on samsungs behalf, and he said our model doesn't usually have an issue with ice, but that the problem we have is a problem) We had an issue last year, just before the standard 2 year…
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Tracking House Accounts?
Hi I'm trying to find the best way of tracking payments in our shared house. We all contribute towards rent, water, gas, electricity, council tax etc... and i want to be able to track our payments on a spreadsheet to be able to keep an eye on how much we have all paid for each bill. Does anyone have a template for…
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Velux Window
Hi I had a Velux window which would not open and 4 others that were stiff and in a bad way. Tried Velux themselves but would not help me as windows were out of their guanantee. However they put me on to another company AR Windows. Two blokes (ex Velux engineers) who were great, came out the same week that i phoned and…
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Stench pipe deterioration
In the last three houses I have lived in, the stench pipe has always been on the outside, so was of the opinion that that was the norm and thought nothing of it. However on our recent move, we have noticed that this is not so, as in groups of four, some stench pipes are outside and some inside, with the outlet appearing…
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Necht cooker hood
Am missing a right angle piece for a NECHT cooker hood to allow discharge through the wall not the roof, hood part No 3503F S/S any advise to locate or is there a universal part that will fit? Any help as usual much appreciated.
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Wiring Question
Hi, I need to relocate my room thermostat (it's a wireless one so the new location won't upset the heating at all). I need to extend the existing wiring by about 2m. The current cable contains a red, blue, yellow and earth cable, although the earth is not used. My question is, what cable type do I need to buy to do this…
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Refilling moisture traps
I know that I have seen something about this on an MSE forum before but when I put this into the search facility loads of posts come up and I can't find the relevant one. Anyhow, I have a number of these traps in my bathroom and bedroom where there is a lot of condensation. Now they are getting full and need the crystals…
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New toilet for around £150 - recommendations?
Sorry if this should be in the 'wanna buy it' forum. I'm after a new toilet and wondered if anyone could recommend a product, probably need to pick it up at the weekend, is there anywhere better than b&q and homebase? Is there anything I should look out for in a new toilet or are they all pretty much bog standard (arf arf)…
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Washing machine handle
I have Indesit WD10 washing machine, i broke the handle off it and i have ordered a new handle kit which i have now got but i have no instructions as to how to fit the new handle together and i took it apart without taking any photos. I have got the door off but i just cant figure out which way it has to be fitted…
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leaking guttering and legal action.
I bought my terrace 4 years ago & the guttering of the adjoining property has been leaking in various degrees of severity for the most part. The properties are 'staggered' in height and their gutter hangs over the end of mine. When the gutter leaks badly it overpowers mine & I end up with a waterfall in the garden. I have…
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True cost of boiler repairs
Hello My 2 year boiler warranty has just expired. The company rang me today to say that i can extend it for £90. he gave examples such as a main heat exchange repair being £600 and a pump repair being £250. Are these relistic cost? how much would the part be and how many hours labour will it be? I dont know if they using…
