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A wee damp issue...
.....well, soaking wet to be more precise:D!! To cut a very long story short, bought an 1870's semi-detatched cottage 3 months ago which appeared to have been renovated. Have since found it was done stunningly badly.:eek:...have stripped back most of the ground floor to brick walls/earth floor. Ground floor of original…
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matt finish
Can someone offer me some advice please. I am planning to paint all my wooden upstairs floors for a traditional look. So far I have undercoated and top coated an area of about three square metres with Macpherson's floor paint in a very dark blue. It says semi gloss on the tin, however it is far too glossy for my liking and…
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Engineered Wooden Floor in Bathroom
I've been looking at engineered wooden flooring for my bathroom. My builder says it is fine, the flooring company blurb says it isn't. My builder says solid wooden floors aren't good for a bathroom but engineered wood works well and that the flooring company are just 'covering their butt'. Help - who is correct?
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Patio door frame
Quick question - we have new pvc patio doors and have had a few problems with them that have now been rectified. However, if we push on the lower edge of the doors/frame there's some 'give' (movement). Is this normal??? Would it present any problems in the long term?
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tiling oven floorboards and quarry tile
Hi , my kitchen floor is made up of floorboards on 4" x 2" joists and quarry tile on the sink end and at the chimney hearth (we had the chminey stack removed). So If I was to lay porcelain tiles on this floor, are the joists strong enough to take on the weight and how do I deal with different surfaces ? Thx
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Plasterboard
Plasterboard, where is the cheapest place, to buy it, I remember seeing some where that had free delivery, but cant find that recomendation now, I dont have a large enough car to go to the sheds and bring it home.
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B&Q rip off and false advertising.... can you help me prove it?
I've got an exisiting patio laid using Bradstone Buff Paving. I am in the process of extending it. About 4 months ago, I bought some extra slabs and ever since, I've been keeping tabs on their price with a view to buying some more when they are on a special offer. Anyway, I went onto the B&Q website and saw that ALL paving…
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Improving an ugly driveway.
I'm a very visual person and during the recent spate of good weather I have noticed how ugly my driveway is. It's basically an ugly grey tarmaced driveway with some blackish streaks in it. Contrast this to my rather pleasant red-brick house and the fact that all of my neighbours have some form of front garden with trees…
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New poster: Howdens question [sorry!]
Halo My partner has previously posted on this site and suggested I post this question. Apologies upfront as I know there are tons of posts about this. I have read as many as possible but can't seem to find the answer to my question. We [my partner and I] have just bought our 1st home after saving for 15 years. It is a…
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Tesco Direct- viewing before purchasing?!
I've seen 2 sofas on the Tesco Direct website which I would like to check out to know if the sizes / look & feel are all okay before purchasing... after contacting numerous tesco stores and speaking to a tesco call ctr I am being messed about! One store point blank saying "no we can't do that" the call ctr saying to visit…
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Asbestos clearance
Hiya I'm not a regular on the forums but did find previous threads on asbestos removal very interesting. We'd been looking into taking our large asbestos garage down, either ourselves or professionally. We were just about happy enough to do it ourselves until we got a couple of quotes for specialist asbestos skips and got…
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IKEA Head Office Address
Hi all Well it took one calendar month precisely to complete my kitchen installation and I have now recovered sufficiently to complain. I need an address for IKEA Head Office in the UK, and have serached for ages to no avail. I did find a thread that gives the North Circular Road address in London, but the thread dates…
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Window film okay for conservatory doors?
I'm currently considering getting some sticky back window film to put on the french doors in my conservatory (for privacy and shade protection). Obviously it gets VERY warm in there and wondered if this would a) peel off with the heat b) cause the glass to crack (read it somewhere?) c) be difficult to remove over time…
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Freesat?
We want to give up Sky and after advice from various friends and neighbours, start using Freesat. As we already have a satalite dish we only need a box and I don't think we will be able to use the Sky box. Could any one please advice what is the best, but not to expensive one to buy, we have a very tight budget so costs…
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Everest Rooflining solution- need advise
Dear all I'm looking for some advise before I commite to a solution. In summery, I have a 1st floor Maisonette, 1930s build and still has the original roof (from what i can see), while the roof structure is sound and is properly insulated from the inside, the edges of the roof are not and the water has been seeping to the…
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Land Of Leather & Creation Finance - Furniture Help Please?
Hello folks... I was wondering if anyone here can help me out, or point me in the right direction... I bought a suite of furniture from Land Of Leather 2 years ago and from the delivery date we've had problems with it, I'll not go into detail but basically I also took out 5 Year insurance on the suite with HomeServe and…
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Furniture Shopping
Does anyone know the name of the place in Milton Keynes where you can find lots of furniture places? A retail park perhaps?
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water leak
Good morning all I had a electrician in to fit a 45 amp cooker cable (just bought a new cooker) and i left him alone while i went out to the dentist, while i was out he cut through a central heating pipe, he got a friend round to repair it with a pipe coupler. its 15mm hep2o pipework. my concerns now are how good are these…
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Budget paint or brand paint
I know it sounds daft but I want peoples opinions on a property moving into. The paint is for the main bedroom. Currently its painted bright pink inside the wardrobes and a subtle pink on the walls. I however can't stand the colour pink at all. So would like to change it to blue. A pale blue to be exact. Now had a quick…
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Home invaded by a slug
I'm not quite sure if this is the right forum for my question, this is my problem! I live in an upstairs flat the entrance to my flat is at street level, my hallway is carpeted, I have noticed in the last few days a silver trail on the carpet and yet I cannot see a slug anywhere. So I assume the slug is wandering around…
