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Is my decorator doing too quick a slapdash job?
Hi I suspect I know the answer but I just wondered what others thought. Decorator is redecorating my house as part of an insurance claim. A lot of the door facings had been soaked and a lot of the paint had flaked and on some of them much of the paint could just be peeled off. Decorator quoted for "woodwork to be prepared,…
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Washing machine
Does anyone have a LG F1256 - 1200 SPEED WASHING MACHINE 7kg if so what do you think of it. Thinking about buying one have read a review on Amaerzon. Garcon6
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Planning Question
Hi, I own a semi-detached property and not long ago I submitted an application under Permitted Development Rights for a "Certificate of Lawfulness". It was for the construction of a ground floor rear extension together with a roof alteration (to be more specific a dormer). Everything was granted, with just one exception…
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New central heating pump needed - what type?
We have a combi boiler (ICI Caldaie Solar 2000) which is installed on a system with 11 radiators. 3 of the radiators were added (in an extension) after the combi was originally fitted. Also, two of the recentlly fitted radiators are microbore (10mm) - the rest of the system is 15mm. It seems the circulation pump has gone,…
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Plastic panels instead of tiles in bathroom?
Has anyone had any plastic panels/cladding fitted to bathrooms/showers, in place of ceramic tiles? I'm just after some feedback about any short term and longer term issues - such as fading, cleaning, mould, damage etc
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New Central Heating system - installer recommendations, please. Herts / N London.
Hi all, I have a very tempremental Warm Air system in my 3 bedroom maisonette. It's about time, particularly with the boiler scrappage scheme, that I invested in a new central heating system. The existing system generally breaks down once or twice a year, and it seems always when the weather is at it's coldest. Having…
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how much to block pave drive?
what would you exspect to pay to block pave a driveway approx 8mx6m also same to tarmac it
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removing chimney's?
been quoted between £800-£1400 to remove 2 chimney's from a slated roof(terrace house) this includes reslating etc good qoutes or not? ps sorry i should have put this thread in 'qoute fair'?
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Replacing fittings for my daughters cot bed
I purchased a cot bed from Toys r Us 3yrs ago, when my daughter outgrew it I put it into storage, keeping the fittings somewhere different and safe, somewhere so safe I now can't find them and need to use it again for my new daughter. Have tried toys r us to see if they could send a replacement pack (now discontinued but…
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Bewildered! Electrical advice please.
I have just spent a couple of days routeing some Hi Fi speaker cables through walls & under carpets etc. My goal is to have a pair of speakers in the lounge and another pair in the dining room. Problem is my amplifier only has output for 1 pair of speakers. I decided what I needed were some changeover switches. After a…
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Storage heaters
Hello We have 3 Creda storage heaters fitted in 1992/93. A few weeks ago one of them stopped working, a bit of investigation by my husband showed a melted piece of solder which we were told was a thermal fuselink. A replacement was ordered and fitted and heater has worked fine up until last night when the heater failed to…
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Removing a self adhesive border
I decorated my sons bedroom a couple of years ago. We lined the walls with lining paper, than applied a self adhesive border all the way around the room. Does anyone have any ideas on how to remove the border so I can just repaint the walls and add a new border, rather than reline the walls again!!
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Pressure gague on Worcester Boiler 28Si II
Hi, I have a Worcester 28Si II boiler that I am trying to repressurize. Trouble is before I discovered this site I was fumbling about inside the boiler and instead of increasing the pressure I actually decreased the pressure (to 0 actually) by mistake. Since finding this site I have learned how to repressurize the system…
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Baxi boiler hot water problem
Hi there 1st time user so please bear with me We've had our Baxi boiler for 5 years now and had it serviced 1 year ago and all well until a few weeks ago. When we want hot water we now have to run run the tap on full blast and wait for about 10 seconds before the water starts to heat up, it lasts for a couple of minutes…
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Double glazing firm suggestions??
Hi all, Anyone based around Berkshire, Hampshire, Bucks, Surrey or Middlesex who can recommend a good local double glazing company?? There's soo many around and would prefer to at least go for one who someone has used and would recommend. We are based in east berkshire...hence the list. Many thnaks for your help.
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Solar Reflective Roof Paint?
We have a conservatory with a perspex roof that is incredibly hot in the summer (off the scale on the thermometer). We are fitting black out blinds to keep the sun out during the day and have discovered that there are Solar Reflective/glass shading Paints available on the market which they claim are suitable for our roof…
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Wall tiles for my kitchen
Hi I have just purchased a cream glossy kitchen with a few cabinets being red glossy colour. I have purchased a black matt floor tile but I am stuck which wall tiles to get. Should I get cream gloss tiles with a few red gloss tiles? Should I have matt? Should i have boarders or is that old fashion? Please help.
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Carpet cleaning please
A few months ago, when she was unwell, my dog weed on the living room carpet - there were 2 patches. I cleaned it up fairly well immediately and then within a couple of weeks gave it what I thought was a pretty thorough Vax-ing. In fact I took the opportunity to do the whole carpet, as well as the stairs! However, the…
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Water under floorboards- Help Please!
Hi all having noticed a bit of damp ingress along a couple of floorboards at the bottom of my stairs last night I decided to lift up the hatch to take a look under the floor. To my horror I saw approximately 1 1/2 inches of water covering the whole of the groundfloor, my initial thought was that I have a leak from new…
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Any advice on integrated appliances
Hi - we're having a new kitchen fitted shortly (Howdens). Our current 14 year old appliances are all Neff and have been no trouble. If we replace them all with Neff it'll cost a small fortune (Double fan oven, gas hob, dishwasher). Does anybody have any recommendations for a cheaper make which is still reliable or am I…
