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Removing soot stains from a Marble Hearth
My mother has a Gas Fire with a marble hearth and occationally soot comes down the chimney and stains the marble, mainly where the cracks are in it. Any ideas how to get the stains out without spoiling the marble. Thanks
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Electricians - cost of installing 3 light fittings?
hi, i have 3 existing light fittings that I would like to have taken out and replaced; can anyone tell me (just roughly) how much I'd be looking at in the north east for an electrician to do that? Just so that when i ring round for quotes i have a ballpark figure.
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Paining - on wallpaper or not??
I am about to do some paining. Currently we have a smooth wallpaper, which is still in gd condition (no rips etc) so wondering whether to take it off and waste 2 days doing it or just put 2 coats of paint on it? Any suggestions? many thanks
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FTB-Rot and damp on survey-opinions please!
Hi, I originally posted about this in a different thread but am hoping for some DIYer advice here.... Homebuyer survey came up with the following... Evidence of some wood rot to some areas, eg skirting boards within bathroom External ground levels are too high along front elevation (guess thats a case of lowering the level…
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Low voltage dimming spot lights for bathroom?
Hi everyone, I'm trying to buy a set of 4 downlights for my bathroom. They need to be IP65 rated as at least one will be directly above the shower. Now I've narrowed it down to either these: http://www.thelightingsuperstore.co.uk/product.asp?productid=35453 or their low voltage equivalent:…
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Finding A roofer
Hi we are in need of a new tiled roof on our london semi but don't know of anyone we know who could recommend a roofer that would be reputable. I posted a request on ratedpeople website to seek recommendations but all we got was a raft of calls from one man jobs who have little feedback on the rated people site. It's a bit…
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oven door has exploded in my hand...
hi there dont know if i'm in the right place here but was wanting to know what I should do about this. Yesterday I set about cleaning my house, I was cleaning the oven/hob I had cleaned the interior of the hob and as I lifted the handle to close the door in order to clean the glass exterior the door exploded in my hand &…
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Knocking down structural wall
Hi All, Was wondering how much it would cost (ballpark figure) to knock down a structural wall in a victorian property in surrey? Also does anyone know of any good builders in the Redhill/Reigate area? Thanks.
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Zanussi cooker problem
My son has just phoned to say that his Zanussi oven ( around 5 years old) is switching off as soon as he turns on the oven or grill. It's ok when you just switch on the light part of the oven. He has said that he switched it off at the socket, took apart the plug to look at it and check the fuse, put it back together…
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Hiding TV Aerial Lead
At the moment my tv aerial lead comes through a hole beneath my window. Now thinking about placing my tv at other side of the room. Is there any way I can avoid a long trailing lead over my living room? (got rug/floorboards) Thanks in advance !
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B&Q half price sale 2010
I ordered a bathroom suite in B&Q sale on Jan 26th 2010. Initally told delivery would be within 2 weeks, 3 weeks at most. To date I have received nothing. One phone call told me that the toilet wouldn't be available for 2 weeks. 3 weeks later when I rang again I was told it would be 6 further weeks before they could give…
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Building regs approval recieved.
About 5 weeks ago we applied for building regs approval to convert a extension into a habitable room. We did the application ourselves, drawings/plans, U value calculations and all the details. Last week we received the planning regulation approval, i'm really pleased that we did it all ourselves which means the only costs…
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1st Home
obviously want to save as much money as possible when decorating the house with items such as paint etc. Are there any websites where you can buy paint cheaper than the main DIY stores etc, any 2for 1 deals. anything useful for the house
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Water gushing from expansion tank when heating off
Wondering if anybody can help me on this one....water gushing (gallons) from my attic expansion tank through the overflow pipe a few hours after the oil burner has switched off. Large single storey house, oil burner on a timeclock with the circulating pump switching on and off on same circuit at same time. Ballcock seems…
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Spot Lights
So my kitchen has a number of really nice and bright 63mm GU10 halogen downlights (yes 63mm). When we first moved in, these gave to a nice bright kitchen. Of course they were also really hot to the top of the head and at 75 watts each (there are 10 bulbs in all) are not cheap to run. So for every other light fitting in the…
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Automatic Room Lights
Would like to explore the possibility of installing automatic room lights any good makes in mind or ideas
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Your experience with bad builders could help
I'd be grateful if forum readers could look at my thread "Please advise - it's all gone SO wrong" in the Debt Free Wannabee forum. Your experience would be helpful, specially about getting money back from debtors, particularly builders. Thanks
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Karndean/Amtico/Polyflor type tiles?
We are knocking down the wall between kitchen/diner to make one large room & after a lot of deliberation have changed our mind from ceramic floor tiles (too cold!) and decided we are going to plump for vinyl tiles. I am after a creamy/natural colour tile effect. Does anyone know where I can get discounted Karndean or…
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toilet flushes and go's on and on....
Hope someone can help, basically when i flush the toilet it used to just be the standard minute or so beofe it cut out, well now it go's on for ages and ages - at least 3 minutes in time before it cuts out. Any idea's what the cause of this might be? Many thanks.
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what thickness plywood for sub floor for ceramic floor tiles
My husband is going to lay ceramic floor tiles to the kitchen floor. He needs to put plywood down first, but what depth of plywood should he use? Would be grateful for advice on this. Thanks.
