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Home Security
Hello all, is anyone able to offer any advice or recommendation on a good alarm system? Nothing fancy, just something good enough for an average family in an average-sized detached house. We have two young kids, in case that has any bearing on motion sensors, etc. I'd be particularly interested to hear about brands and…
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just bought sink with free delivery
Just purchased a sink and tap pack and got free delivery , some special offer they are having on everything so if anyone's looking it may be worthwhile having a look at them. sinks-taps.com. Im just waiting to see when delivery will be now, :T
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What technique should I use to paint outside of house - Heavy thick render
Hi guys, Fancy tackling a challenge this long weekend if the weather holds off. The rear of house is a rough render.......... I was thinking a wire brush to clean in the render followed by a couple of coats of masonry paint applied by...........?!?!? Pic below, sorry so bad, only one I could find before we moved in which…
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Builder Advice - Repoint or Render wall?
Good morning all! Hope someonce might be able to advise... I have recently bought a new house (for the first time) and having had a comprehensive building survey, the following advice was given: 'The boundary wall at the rear is a retaining wall that supports the ground occupied by the rear patio garden. It is stable at…
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Wiring in new ceiling light - help..
I am replacing the single pendant light in the kitchen with a fitted ceiling light. The light can be switched on from 2 sockets and the old pendant fitting has many more cables than will seem to fit the new fitting. Out of the ceiling are two cables. In the first cable are 3 individual wires (Black, Red and Yellow/Green)…
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kitchen appliances
Hi, Any suggestions re kitchen appliances. Need to change electric double oven, gas hob and cooker hood. I've been quoted £450 (by the plumber/ fitter) for electrolux single oven,gas hob and hood. Is this ok or any other brands which coudl be cheap and better. Any reviews on electrolux will be welcome. Thanks
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Removing masonry paint from outside of house
Does anyone know how to remove masonry paint from the outside of a house and have it back to the natural brick state? Thanks
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Cleaning UPVC Window Frames/Cladding
Hi Hoping someone can advise me. I have been cleaning my window frames/UPVC cladding (I know I'm a bit of a clean freak, I clean my frames, cladding and guttering) and it's not that they are really dirty, it's more how I can keep them looking relatively clean! I normally wash them down with a multi-surface cleaner and then…
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6yrs on from Conservatory Build - still not finished!
Hi everyone, I was wondering if I could ask for opinions on a situation my parents are having right now. Apologies for my non technical descriptions. In 2004, they paid £18k for a conservatory, and £1.5k for upvc trim/new guttering round house from a major uk double glazing and conservatory company.Fast forward 6 years and…
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Does anyone know about sofa's ?
Hi, I have a really good sofa, it cost a lot of money but the rubber slats have gone. I can't afford to replace it right now. I feel as if i'm sitting in a hole :rotfl: I've googled it and some DIY sites say you could fix it yourself. I'm scared I might make a mess of it. Has anyone else tried to fix it themselves or…
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Joining new skirting boards
Task tomorrow is to replace the skirting board. Any chippy's reading this? Its a long run and I need to join two pieces together .What is the angle. Can dimly remember someone showing me a way of making the join ( less) obvious by cutting a diagonal cut rather just butting the two pieces together. A diagram would help the…
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Finding a good Boiler installer
Hi I'm in the process of having a full house renovation done and thought it would be best to start with the boiler and central heating system. Thinking of the big companies first like British Gas I contacted them, sure enough they can out (unlike gas and elec) but no quote is generated still after a week and a few phone…
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Coloured uPVC or Hardwood Orangery?
Apologies for the rambling post, but I am hoping someone has been here before me and can pass on their experience and knowledge :) We are looking to have an orangery built onto our house and have been discussing designs with several suppliers. The two main construction types seem to be either all uPVC, or hardwood vertical…
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Urgent Health & Saftey Advice Needed
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS ABOUT HEALTH & SAFETY AND NOT ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE A BONUS.......... I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT A NEW ROOF WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE WHICH OF COURSE WOULD BE AS A MATTER OF COURSE! Right need some advice again regarding Merlin & Health & Safety Laws please.... To the rear of our house we need 12m2 of…
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Staircase handrails
Hey all! Need some help! I'm looking for a handrail for a staircase. The problem is that we don't have one in our house just now and the mrs is due our first child in the next week so we could really do with one for her holding on with baby on stairs. We are looking for one that goes directly onto the wall so that rules…
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Pidgeon Problem
Does anybody know a good way to get rid of pidgeons who are roosting above the blacony on my 2nd floor flat?
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Photo Sharing Website
I am looking for a web based photo sharing website that's free. I have relations who live quite far away and want the latest photos of our newborn son on a weekly basis. I've looked a Flickr and Zooomr but both seem to compress the images to much smaller sizes and less quality. I use a 10MP camera which has image sizes…
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Bentley cooper loans scammers
please dont use this company if you are looking for a loan they take your money and then pass you onto to someone who trebles interest rate:j
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Any spare Jamocha upstand?
Just had a kitchen installed using Jamocha gloss worktop from B&Q. I have run out of upstand - only need about 6 inches. Does anyone happen to have some left over lying around in their garage? I could pay by cheque or paypal or whatever. I'm in the North West. Otherwise I'll stump up another £25 for another 3050mm length.
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Blinds
Hi, would like to change the blinds in four rooms. Size is 180cm width and drop about 160 cm. Have looked up various sites ,there is such a huge price difference. I would like wooden though currently have aluminium ones. Any suggestions please!!
