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Gas smell when moving cooker
I just pulled out my cooker as I am putting laminate floor down. The gas connection was quite short so I couldn't pull it out far. So I tipped it back against the wall at an angle so I could slide the floor underneath. When I did this there was a really strong smell of gas. I had to open all the doors and windows to get…
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Sainsbury's destroyed my living room! Help?!
Hi everyone, I really could use some advice on how to go about claiming for a problem caused by a TV Wall Bracket purchased from Sainsbury's. I had a friend of mine, a joiner by trade, site manager by profession, put it up for me. He really went the extra mile, reinforcing the plasterboard despite the instruction manual of…
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central heating problem
Can someone please help with this. Last aug we had central heating installed but we noticed the rad in the living room has some creamy coloured stuff running down the pipe that goes into (or out of) the rad. I assumed that the engineer had used a bit too much joint sealant and that the heat had melted the excess which had…
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New washing machine - Advice needed!
Last night our machine started spewing water all over the kitchen. To be honest its been on its last legs for a while but we've been putting it off. Does anyone know of any good deals at the minute? (In Northern Ireland so i have to factor in deliveries)
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ugly pipe box to be covered
I have two pipe boxes in my cloakroom that are just thin wood (plywood?) and look awful. There are tiles on the floor so I can get rid of the box as the floor would need retiled but I would like to cover them up so they look nicer. I don't really want to tile them unless it was on a frame or another panel that could be…
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Lightbulbs keep blowing
Hi, We just moved to the new house and bought M&S chandellier with 3 candle bulbs. For the last couple of weeks - 2 bulbs(bought in the small shop) blew straight away , we replaced them with Tesco bulbs, now one of them keeps blinking and goes off all the time - could this be the wiring problem in this room or the…
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Leaky shower - PRD already replaced??
Hi all, I'm moving into a house, and am quite partial to a bit of DIY. I said i'd help my friend out (Who owns the house), had a look at the shower and there was cold water leaking from the bottom of the unit when you turn it on. I initially thought the PRD had activated, as the shower head was full of limescale. I've…
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Help - my cooker door shattered!
I'd just slipped a yummy pizza in the oven last night when there was an almighty bang and the inside glass panel on the oven door shattered and my pizza was spinkled with a shattered glass topping! The outside glass panel on the oven door is fine, but I noticed the seal on the oven is quite broken. Oven is 5 years old and…
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Locking (childproofing) internal doors
Hi all, I just need extra brains on this one!! Problem is I have a developmentally delayed child, she is the size of a tall nine year old but must be protected as a 2-3 year old would be, (usually with a stair gate, but she can climb over these). We have key code locks on most of our doors upstairs (she 'wanders' in the…
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help.smelly fridge
can someone please help.got a smelly fridge.cleaned it out 4 times,and seems fine,yet as soon as i close the fridge,the smell starts up again.its actually the fridge itself that smells.ive bought 'fridge odor',rubbish.put coffee grounds on a plate,which you can smell when you open the fridge,but theres a lingering after…
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Microwave with lock, which one?
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post. My Mum has dementia but is living in warden accomadation. Carers ( and me) cook her meals and a microwave is essential, but Mum has taken to 'trying ' to cook and putting things in the micro and switching it on, as a result she has triggered the smoke alarms and her micro is black…
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Plumbing frozen pipe help needed
We've been overseas since last October and will return to UK in a month or so. So the house was empty and not heated during the big freeze. Before we left I turned off the water at the stop !!!!/water meter in the street. What should I do when we return? How do I check for damaged pipes without a massive leak occurring?…
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Cracks in walls widening fast
Hi everyone, I've lurked here for a while but now I could really use some help, if anyone's still up. Since I moved into my house, a few hairline cracks have appeared in some of the walls in the house. A builder told me it was just a poor plastering job settling. Lying in bed tonight I heard a noise and when I switched on…
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Neighbours window overlooking back garden
The house next door is having an extension built and there is a window to the side. We have an extension also but so the window does face the side of our extension, but there is a good 20 metres between them which means that they can look straight into our back garden. Is this legal and what are my rights. I will try and…
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Any thoughts on biofuel fires?
Hi there, I have a dining room with a removed fireplace, leaving a recess and closed up chimney. I am thinking what to do with the gap and came across biofuel 'fires'. These apparently give off some heat and look very much like a normal fire in a firebasket, but don't require any sort of flue. I don't need the fire for…
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Kitchen help
Hi everyone, I was just wondering if anyone has any advice. I moved into a new build flat last year and HATE the kitchen... It's a fake wood beech effect that goes with nothing I own and is different in colour to every piece of wood I own. Because the living room kitchen are open plan I don't want to just leave it. Also…
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Fridge Freezer freezes food in the fridge section Miele KFN8452SD
Miele KFN8452SD Fridge Freezer 4 years old freezes food in the fridge area. Miele customer service wants £111 inc VAT for engineer to come out parts not inc I've read many cases online that this common problem might be caused by evaporator sensor possible part number 7323301 Cost £41 inc VAT and postage. I've had a good…
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hanging a tea towel as a picture
Hi Might seem a strange idea, but Ive seen a tea towel that I would really like to hang on our kitchen wall as a picture, rather than use it as... well, a tea towel hanging off a hook. Does anyone have any creative ideas how I can do this, and possibly quite cheaply too. I could probably just buy a frame and hang it up…
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Integrated Dishwasher
Evening all, My free-standing Bosch Exxcel dishwasher has just crackled & smoked around the control panel area. (Ihave no idea how old it is as it was here when we bought the house last year) I reckon I could get it fixed for about £70-80 (maybe a wee bit more). But, we're getting a new kitchen done in a few months and…
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Push Button Toilet not working
apologies in advance for my lack of technical language in this post.... For a day or so the cistern of my push button toilet was taking ages to refil and there was an pretty much constant sound of the tank filling, then it stopped re-filling completely. Took the lid off and could get it to re-fill by jiggling the platic…
