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Kitchen supplier reccomendations
Hi, does anyone have any recommendation for kitchen suppliers. We have just bought a house and need to completely refit the kitchen. We are thinking of high gloss at the moment but open to looking at others. We have about a 30k (to Inc appliances). My brother is a carpenter/joiner so will not need fitting. We have looked…
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Paint darker than orinally thought
We have painted our hall,stairs and landing a brown sugar colour, if we decide in a few months that it is too dark and we buy a lighter shade of brown how will it look if we just paint over it?
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Plumbing Help - tap washer
Hello I can't seem to turn my bathroom tap off:eek: and for the love of god cannot find how you take the top of tap off to replace the washer (maybe you can't). I can't post photos but this is a link to a pic of the tap. Anyone got any ideas how you can the washer? photo now deleted
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Tiles purchased - reassurance needed
Ok, so bought these tiles yesterday from Topps Tiles, they are a ceramic tile that look like Travertine. We like the style but budget didn't allow the real thing. However I was surprised at the rough texture to them, is this just because they weren't polished? Anyone have this type of tile installed? We're having them on…
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Estimate for electrical / plumbing work in extension ?
Hi all, I wonder if anyone can give me ballpark figures for electrical and plumbing work? We are planning an 8m * 3m extension to run across the back of the house and to knock through into our kitchen turning it into the lounge. The new kitchen will therefore be in a different location. A local builder has come back with a…
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Tapsuk.com
Anyone used these - seemed to be used a lot on Ebay - their prices are way cheaper than anyone else's, wondered if there was a catch?
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Extend Kitchen or Knock Through to Dining Room
Hi all, We're in the process of buying a 3 bed 1930s house (detached, but identical layout to most semis of a similar age). The current layout has living room at front with kitchen behind hall and dining room behind living room. The kitchen is the original size (galley, 2.5m x 4m) and we want to make it bigger. Question…
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Homebase kitchen handles...cheaper options?
I have a cream gloss kitchen and need some door and drawer handles. I'm after matt aluminium finish which is hard to find. I have seen some I like at Homebase but they are only small and yet they cost £3.99 each and I need 24 of them bec I have lots of drawers, so £95.76…
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B&Q Kitchen our experiance from start to finish!
The design The guy in the design centre was a typical sales man he just wanted to get the deal done and the finance signed. Some of his kitchen knowledge was poor. For example he sold us a ducting kit and installation of this kit for the washer dryer we had chosen. The washer dryer was a condensing type! The kitchen…
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Time for a new boiler?
I would really appreciate some advice on out boiler; Vaillant VCW GB 242 EH/ 282 EH Our CO2 detector went off Tues night. Emergency engineer came & suspected a faulty detector but as they don't carry CO2 monitoring equipment, he suggested I call out an independent engineer to give the boiler a service. He said the boiler…
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New kitchen and lean to/conservatory, how much to build?
Hi all, Does anybody know roughly what i could expect to pay to have a smallish but long (6m long 1m wide approx) lean to/conservatory type building built? And where is the best place to buy such thing?(we only want it for storage washing machine, tumble dryer, fridge freezer etc) It will be built down the back/side of our…
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Cost to move wall
We are looking at moving house. One of the properties we are looking at has a living room/diner, but we would prefer a kitchen diner. What sort of budget price would be reasonable for moving a non structural 9'2" wall and installing a new kitchen. Approximatley 7 floor units and 5 wall units + plumbing DW/WM and cooker.
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Relative costs of different damp treatments
Hello all, does anyone know what the most expensive treatment is for treating rising damp? I'm thinking of tanking vs. cavity drainage membrane system vs. combo of both vs. any other treatments...it's for a 450 sq ft basement if that helps. Thanks in advance! :D
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Choosing wireless security system
Been searching for a while now for a good wireless security system, i've come accross many (like Yale, Infinity etc) but thinking to go for "Friedland SL6 Response". It's bit pricy (around £300) but i like the following features: - solar powered Siren - 833 Mhz operating frequency - main siren with flashing light - ease of…
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Location of Stopcock
We are moving into a new home where the seller says the stopcock is broken and is located in the meter cupboard where the electricity meter & fuseboard are located. This is opposite the sink on the other side of the kitchen. The bungalow was built in 1963. Could this be a problem? The main stopcock is located outside the…
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non standard size doors?
Hi we need two new doors however our kitchen doors and boiler room doors are not of a standard size, what do you do if you need to get a certain size door, do you have to buy solid wood doors and then chop them down? i am not looking at spending allot of money, however i do need to get 2 new doors the dimensions of the…
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Pelmet lighting recommendations
Hi, We are having a kitchen fitted at the moment and have wires at the bottom of each of the top cabinate runs ready to attach pelemet lighting. The wires run from the kitchen lighting circut and are switched from the light switch. Anyone got any recommendations for good lights that would suit this configuration. Would…
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blanking plater for old door latch
Hi Iv just finished putting new doors and latches on my internal doors, im now left with the holes where the old roller catches were, is there such a thing as a blanking plate i could get to cover them up?? looked online but cant seem to find anything.
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electric hob fix
hey peeps, I have a 4 hob electric cooker/oven ( stoves brand) 3 of the 4 hobs have died,:( is this an easy replacement/fix? what kind of costs am i looking at? i have seen via the comet site they are offering a charge of £125 for a fix (including up to £150 for parts) any help would be appreciated thanks!!
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What type of showers do I have?
Hello Everyone, Recently moved into a house: there is no gas and central heating. All electric where heating is supplied by storage heaters and hot water is supplied by a boiler in the attic. I use Eco7 to heat up the water in the boiler overnight. The showers in my bathroom are crap - the pressure of the water coming out…
