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Brushed silver and silver spindles cleaning
Hi Guys, Your help would be appreciated please. We had a new staircase put in and it has steel and brushed steel spindles. Some of the spindles have a glue like substance on them and we can't get it off, any ideas? So far we've tried cilit bang and Johnsons wipes to no available. Cheers Debs
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New Bathroom Refit ~ W. Yorks
Hi there, I've been reading about bathroom and kitchen advice on here and need some help if possible. I was thinking about organising Cooke & Lewis (B&Q by another name, right?) to do both but after reading so many threads here about them I have decided I need to find an Independent fitter. The only problem is that even…
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Best repair for MDF screw holes
Hi The kitchen drawer front has pulled away from the tray and I can't re-screw into the screw holes in the drawer front, should I get a good filler that can take being screwed into?
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looking for internal door 720mm wide
Need to replace bathroom door, and I have looked high and low (wickes, homebase, B&Q, jewsons, travis perkins) for an internal 6 panel moulded door with dimensions 1981X720X35 and cannot for the life of me find this. Most doors seem to be either 686 or 726 wide. I found one that was 726 wide but it was 2040 tall and 40…
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Diversion of Public Footpath
We have a public footpath which runs down the side of our house which leads to a field and then carries on through the field to the village at the other side. We have been sent a letter fromj the Council stating "the Council has initiated a scheme for the diversion of the above public rights of way on the grounds that it…
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Dulux Trade vs 'normal' paint
Bit of a stupid question this but Brewers sell Dulux Trade paint, silk emulsion, for around £12.50/Litre, whereas the likes of Homebase’s Dulux silk emulsion is £8 for 2.5L. Presumably the trade version is better, but in what way? and would it make any difference to a layman like me in terms of ease of application, final…
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is it worth getting central heating??
Hi All, I have just brought a 1 bedroom maisonette with economy 7 heaters installed and I was wondering if it is worth getting central heating installed. People have told me i will save money on energy bills if i get a comb boiler/central heating, but some has just told me that economy 7 heaters are actually cheaper I'm…
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chasing out a wall....advice please
i'm wanting to put my tv on a bracket on the wall and obviously hide the wires etc.. i dont want to put in the wall any wires for the tv because i'm thinking within the year i'll be changing it. so i'm looking at putting a plug socket at the height of the bracket then chasing 2 scarts and a HDMi cable in the wall. whats…
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my freezer does not freeze too good
hi, the freezer part of my fridge freezer does not freeze too well,things like icecream stay 3/4 frozen and i think it might be now getting worse. does anyone have a clue what might be wrong as the fridge part is working fine. it is a daewoo make and about 6 years old .thanks
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Fitting a shower - eek! UPDATE
Hi all, I am useless at D.I.Y., have no idea about plumbing etc. I am separating from my husband and have been looking at houses to rent. Went to see one this morning, needs a lick of paint but seems OK. The only thing is the bathroom - I prefer showers to baths and there is no shower. I wondered about asking the landlord…
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Oven decals/Sickers
Hi, I've stupidly cleaned off the stickers from the facia on my oven from the timer buttons etc, Does anyone know if these can be brough as spares so I can replace them ? Its an indesit FIE76GPKAIX. Thanks
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Mr Central Heating
Last year we bought our first house, in west london. Unfortunately there is no central heating and had to survive a cold winter with portable electric oil heaters. We've now saved up enough money to get CH fitted. I have a quote of 2 grand for labour only from gas safe plumber, but he's asked me to buy the…
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Sliderobes wardrobes
Can anyone recommend the company Sliderobes for fitted wardrobes? I have a flyer showing showrooms in Basildon and Cambridge. I can find no reviews elsewhere. Cheers
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Getting an electrician
Hello, I've read a bit about hiring tradespeople and it seems clear that good old word of mouth and recommendation seem to favour. Throw in a bit of general 'sussing a character out' and that would usually suffice. However, I'm a bit stuck as it's not just finding an electrician it's also finding out they have the correct…
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Regulations for drainage?
hi everyone i've had a pain since moving in my house (4 yrs ago) the previous owners suposidly had the garden landscaped! Well on the patio i have a drain which isnt level with the patio & so has a slab covering it sitting on bricks. Now it is only the lid that sits above the patio my mate is coming to do some gardening…
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Painting cheap furniture?
Will my argos furniture survive a lick of paint? And the question is, what paint? My children have a selection from the malibu range (beechy finish with blue/pink doors). Due to a room switcharound ds now needs the pink wardrobe and dd the blue one. A friend covered their dd's door with stickyback plastic but well it…
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Recycling Bin Storage, can we get these in the UK?
Hi, we were looking for storage for our bins and we found the below! http://www.muelltonnenbox-kaufen.de/de/BINTO-Sets Can we find anything like this in the UK? They don't deliver to here :( I am after the ones with the aluminum on top to plant things. Any help really appreciated! Been trawling the net for ages already.…
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How much will it cost to have wood laminate?
Hi all, would anyone be able to give me a rough idea on how much I should expect to pay to have someone come in & replace a carpet with wood laminate flooring. The room is 4m squared approx Any help would be great thanks
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Mould in bedroom and painting
Hello! We live in a 2 bed semi that is rented through a letting agency. Our bedroom is at the front of the house, and there is mould growing around the window, and onto the ceiling now. We regularly open the windows and wipe the walls down which makes it look less black, but it always comes back. Now the room needs…
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Skip hire - Nottinghamshire
Hello, Does anyone know of any decent skip hire companies in Nottinghamshire? Or if not, does anyone know what would be a fair price per day to hire one? I think we'll just need a small skip. Thanks, Rob
