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Advice on conservatory guttering
I need to repair my guttering on my conservatory. It's white, square type guttering and the brackets I can see are made by 'Hunter'. These brackets slide into other brackets which are fitted to the fascia by a 'twist to fit' system. These are the parts that are broken and they no longer secure to the fascias. There is no…
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Shower Tray or wet room?
Having a new bathroom fitted, ignoring the possible difference in costs (unless one wil be substantially more) Does anyone have a wet room? I was all set for a large shower tray and enclosure, when i was asked if i would prefer a wet rom instead. Will also have a toilet and handbasin in there, and i was worried that anyone…
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DFS - going to buy a sofa from them :(
OK, after a few weeks/months of searching. we have found a sofa we like. The sofa is intended for the conservatory, so we don't need/want a hugely expensive one. We have seen this from DFS: http://www.dfs.co.uk/sofas/half-price/shannon/ The one we are after is the Small 2 Seater Pillow Back Sofa at £469 with £39 delivery.…
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Celotex
I am going to insulate my sandstone cottage using celotex. I would like some advice, should I put it on the wall then batons then the plasterboard or celotex batons then plasterboard or batons celotex then plasterboard. I am leaning to batons first to allow the wall to breath. Help Lucy
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Little Plumber Water Softner
I've just seen this advertised in the newspaper. Has anyone got it and does it work? http://www.littleplumber.com/index.html Thanks
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I need a shed help!
Hiya, I've just moved house and I need to buy a shed, I cant afford loads but have seen these online: http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-4251.aspx and this one I need to store some furniture in the winter, a bike, some childrens toys and some general junk. My garden is enclosed and there is very little crime so sercurity of…
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Refinishing an oak table
We have a solid oak dining table that we bought from Habitat in 2003. It's really lovely but it seems to be sort of unsealed wood. I think it's a very lightly waxed finish on it. The problem is that it gets marked very easily - any overlooked drop of water leaves a black mark, greasy fingermarks can't be wiped off. It's in…
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External paint
I have just bought B&Q External gloss which states on the tin that it is for metal and wood. However i am going to use it on masonry below the bricks in the front of the house. I would have gone for a masonry paint but unfortunately it was not available in the colour we wanted which is very deep brown called conker. It is…
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Carpets and Underlay
We need to carpet the whole house and need feedback from forum members please. After visiting many shops we have slected from an independent which we believe is reasonable but are not familiar with the names of the manufacturers. CARPETS Make. Mr Tomkinson range is 100% man made with a deep pile. . Amethyst @ £29 sq mtr…
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Finishing a partial loft conversion
We bought a house with a loft that could be described as "part converted": there is a fixed staircase leading up to it, they've installed a velux skylight and put some flooring down so that walking around is no problem. They have also plastered some parts of the sloping walls. However, it is still not what i would see as…
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extractor fan size
need a new extractor fan for bathroom, seen one on ebay but unsure of what size i should buy, its a vent axia 100mm, thing is is that the pipe diameter or the size of front grille??
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Advice please re buying a kitchen from Benchmarx
Hi all, So after trawling through this brilliant forum I have decided to buy my new kitchen from Benchmarx. Got the brochure and now have my heart set on the Borrowdale (green). First question: Does wickes actually sell the equivalent kitchen as I couldn't find it on their website - I just want to have an idea of what it…
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Granny annex cost
Hi, I appreciate that this is a bit of a "how long is a piece of string" question but hopefully someone can help! I'm looking at building a granny annex for my father-in-law in Herefordshire. This would involve knocking down a current garage and shed (bit of a lean-to) and building in its place a two-storey building with…
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Cost for someone to paint the outside of my house?
Does anyone have an idea of how much it would cost to paint the outside of my house? I have a mid terrace victorian house (1910). It was painted when we moved in 8 years ago but now looks like it could do with a refresh. It would just be a labour (and ladders!) cost as i would supply all paint etc.
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Kitchen quoted at £8000!!! can I get one cheaper?
I've been quoted £8000 for a new kitchen by "kutchen haus" - it's only 12 base units. Don't get me wrong the kitchen looked great but I cannot afford that kind of figure - is there anywhere I can purchase the same quality units/carcases for less?? I was hoping to get something of similar standard for half that figure, is…
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Do you have Black Gloss Kitchen? - pls help
Hi. Ive ordered high gloss black kitchen units but Im unsure what worktops, wall colour or flooring will look good with them. If anyone out there also has a high gloss black kitchen would you care to share your kitchen design we me? Many thanks
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Oven Cleaning Companies
Has anyone used them? Are they worth it? What did you pay? Life's too short to clean an oven and all that. Many thanks.
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pipe freezing to move stop-!!!!
Hello, our stop-!!!! is in an inconvenient place (long story) and also is a bit leaky so our builder wants to move it. Our Toby unfortunately was tarmac'd over by our Council and Scottish water say it will take 28 days to uncover it as it is non urgent. The man they sent out said that it was possible to move stop-cocks…
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Laminate flooring - how long to acclimatise?
I've decided at the last minute to lay laminate in my son's bedroom. The carpet quote was more expensive than I would have liked and wipe clean is probably better anyway. He's away this weekend so was hoping to forge ahead and get it done however I notice most places stating that you have to leave the laminate in the room…
