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Complaint against house builder!!
Hi I am looking for some advice. We moved into a new house, off plan, last June. When we bought it we knew there would be houses built at the back of us and also new that they would be 3 storey town houses ( our is a 2 storey detached) My complaint is that all the other town house on the estate have the lounge/kitchens…
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Advice required - RE Combi Boiler
Hey all, We have a Combi 30 HE boiler in our rented house, and today we've noticed that when the heating/hot water starts up there is an initial smell of gas outside from the flue. The smell is NOT inside the house, and does not occur when the boiler is switched off. The smell lasts for around 10-15 seconds, then goes.…
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help needed re boundary lines please........
the plans for a new build were 3.7m from my house ........... measured yesterday and they are 3.6m ............ sorry .............. i sold the land to the builders and on the plans it was 3.7m from my house to there boundary ................but they have built it nearer do i A) are they measured from the centre of the…
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Balancing a central heating system?
İ dont know the real term-but was wondering if it matters when the act of balancing the rads so they all work is done ie can it be done this year and they will all work next winter after months of inactivity or is it best to wait til next autumn? My daughters bedroom's rad hasnt worked since we had some work done on the…
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Laminate Door Threshold
Another question for today, does anyone know if you can buy the door tracks that keep the laminate threshold in place separately, the bit that is screwed into the floor? its been bugging me as ours has broken would be good to replace with a metal one, any other suggestions would be helpful too xx
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Dark wooden floor
Hi all, This maybe a totally silly question, sorry if it is! I would like to have wooden floors put into my new house downstairs in hall, toilet, kitchen. I like the look of the dark wood as my PVC windows and doors are the dark stuff (wouldn't have chosen this but not going to be changing it!). Are all the dark colours…
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New kitchen; how to determine quality before going?
Is there a good fitters discussion forum out there? 30 mins in a showroom doesn't really let us know what a kitchen is like to live with, and I'm now totally used to relying on the Internet for advice ;) We're looking for a fairly major rebuild, opening our kitchen up into a handleless german style, and for the amount of…
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rough conservitry price
i was wondering what a rough ball park figure might be? nothing flash infact pretty basic maybe 2500mm deep, 4000mm wide. had a look around but prices seem to be hidden a bit online, thank you.
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Boiler & Central Heating
Hi All We have been in our home for a few years now, and have decided to go get a boiler and central heating. We live in a small 2 bedroom house (near Leeds), with 1 room downstairs (kitchen & lounge together), a basement and a bathroom. At the moment, we have a gas fire downstairs, but no other heating in any of the other…
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Brick BBQ
Hi, I have looked on Google but people say different things so thought I would ask on here!! I am bulding a brick BBQ, do I need special fire bricks if that is the right name for them or do I use normal bricks? Also what about the mortar is their special mortar I should use? What sort of price (just a very rough estimate)…
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First Homes bathroom design (Fife)
Does anyone have any experience of First Homes in Fife? They are offering to do a no obligation planning and design quote for a bathroom upgrade.
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fitting curtain hooks to pole rings
Hi moving on from my other silly question about curtain poles... a really embarrassing question but how do you fit this curtain hook to the curtain and pole ring...I've done upstairs curtains but they are not poles and different type of hooks :o…
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tescos
Ok, this is aimed at all you savvy shoppers out there!:p;):rotfl::T I want to know what is the best time to go to tescos today (good friday) with a view to getting any reduced stuff/offers. TIA, and happy easter!:beer::j
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Light Switch Wiring help
Hello. In a bedroom we have one light and two switches which worked fine. We've just replastered the whole room and replaced the plug sockets and switches with new ones. The light switches work, but independently, If I turn the light on and off with one switch it comes on and off, if I turn it on and off with the pull cord…
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curtain pole joining splice
Hi I am putting together the two poles that come with the Persia 28mm diameter curtain pole. It comes with a joining splice for the two poles. If you click in the link you will see it. http://www.terrysfabrics.co.uk/prod/curtain-poles/accessories/joining-splice-28mm/ Now to me the obvious way to do this would be to put the…
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how to find the best deal on a kitchen
Hi all, I've just bought a new house which has an appalling kitchen and so this needs to be my first job. However, i have had to pay a lot for the house and dont have loads to spend on a kitchen so i would appreciate any advice on finding the best deals out there aside from just trawling the net Cheers, Matt
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Cutting laminate flooring
I need to cut a laminate floor board whilst it is laid on the floor. My floor was laid all the way through from bedroom, through the hall to the lounge rather than each room being done separately and joined at the door using door strips. One of the boards in the hall had to be removed (damaging it in the process) as thhere…
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New front doors cost a bomb
Just had a quote from two separate companies for around£2,500 for a blinking new front door. I nearly dropped. The existing one was a bit old, a bit shabby looking and frame and trim at the bottom were all dinged and dented so I reckoned on a new one but not at that price. But one or two people suggested I try to revamp…
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Woodburner with backboiler
Hi I want to buy a multifuel/woodburner with a backboiler of a total of about 10-12kw. I was told the Morso Dove can have a backboiler 'clipped in' but wondered if that's any good at all. I don't mind the make as much so long as the thing works well ! Please help! Thanks a bunch Chipotle:j
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scratch in wooden floor
Hi all I have a long noticable scratch in my hallway oak flooring caused by a box being pushed along it.. any ideas how to get it out? I've tried using wood floor cleaner but it hasn't worked cheers
