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Wooden Style Shutters, recommendations please
Hi everyone This is my first day posting on MSE…second post for today :T We are looking to fit wooden style plantation shutters in our front room bay window. We had a quote from Hilary’s which was about £1500 for 3 windows in total. We thought that was a bit steep. Does anyone have any recommendations on companies they…
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Bogus company or shoddy workmanship?
In a nutshell called a glass fitting company to have a small 6inch x 8inch glass panel put into my front door. The job was done in less than 10 mins, he removed the beading from the door (the bit that goes around each glass panel), put the glass in and nailed the beading back in. Nailing it in caused the beading to split…
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Miele HEPA Air filter
Can the Miele HEPA Air filter (SF-AH50) be "washed" and reused? Has anyone done this before? Thanks. ~ tt2cno
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Chimney Leaking
Hello, just got off the phone to a relative who was due to have a new gas fire installed today. When the people came to install it they said it could not be done as there is a leak and the smoke is coming out of two chimney pots instead of just one. The house is over 100 years and originally was one whole house but has…
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hedge trimmer question
If you have been a complete plank and you have cut through the hedge trimmer cable is there a safe way to mend it or is it bin time and buy another?:(
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Advice after job carried out on drainage (by someone else)
Hi Hope I'm on the right board here and someone would please give me their opinion. I live on a row of 4 houses that are on a slight hill, mine being at the highest point. So lets call mine house 1, the others 2,3,4. Last night those at the bottom of the row in house 4 said their drains had backed up and they couldn't…
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Can a company charge me to inspect their own work?
Hi, Three years ago I paid just short of £1000 to have some damp proofing work done on my house and paid extra for a 20 year warranty for the work. One area in particular the damp seems to keep reappearing so I contacted the company last week to make a claim under my warranty. They now tell me I have to pay them, in…
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Going rate for a cleaner in London?
Thinking of getting a cleaner for 2 x 90 mins a week for a while. What's the going rate these days? We're in a cheap down at heel part of London.
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Liebherr or Miele Fridge Freezer
Can anyone help me figure out which one to go for? Liebherr CNP3913 or Miele KFN12924SD. They're both the same price at the moment (£720 ish). The Liebherr has the advantage that it's very efficient and would take up a tiny bit less room in the kitchen. The Miele is cool.... I have been poised with credit card in hand for…
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Electric blinds - any recommended companies?
We've just moved into a modern style central London apartment. We've got very large floor to ceiling windows on two sides of the property and want to install electric vertical blinds. I'm trying to avoid blindly calling companies that turn up on internet searches for this type of service. Does anyone have any…
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emoving linseed oil from pati
how do i remove linseed oil off my patio bricks please ?
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Paint for weatherboarding
Can anyone recommend paint for white weatherboarding on a 3 yr old house. The weatherboard was painted by the builder in a stain called superdec, which looked tired and dirty after only one year. I want something that is going to stay looking nice for a little bit longer. My neighbour used weathershield satin, but I do…
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Scaffolding
Scaffolding one side of three storey house on the east coast what is a fair price ?
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Conservatory to Sunroom\Kitchen alteration - advice needed!
Hello, I'm looking to carry out an alteration on my conservatory and kitchen and as I've never done anything like this before I need some advice. For info we are in Scotland. The plan is the following - we have a lean to conservatory that spans across the back of our house. I want to remove the old backdoor and window in…
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Should the flat downstairs share the cost?
Hi, We recently managed to buy our own flat and while we were having some work done (with a tight budget) the builders discovered that after heavy rain the roof was leaking and the walls adjacent to the leak were quite damp and mouldy, actually BLACK after the wallpaper that was covering them was removed. We had a quote…
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Floorboard advice needed please
Hi All, hope someone can advide please. I am looking to redo my lounge and was thinking of natural wood for the floors. The existing floorboards are tatty and not really salvagable due to large gaps and split boards etc courtesy of british gas when they fitted our central heating. There is also the chance that they haven't…
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Fitting a new bath tap assembly problem.
Good morning. Our bath is quite old and is made of metal and coated in enamel. The tap that we are wanting to replace has the name Visions engraved on the collar of the handwheel. Now for the problem. The hole in the metal bath is a single hole measuring 46mm across. Our new tap measures 35mm across. Suggestions please. PS…
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oven element
The element on the bottom oven has blown and been removed leaving the 2 connecting terminals loose in the oven.Is it safe to use the top oven without an element connected.
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New telephone plug
DIY newb here. I need to wire a new telephone socket and can't seem to find any decent guides online, anyone know of any or able give me some pointers? thanks
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Spindle suppliers in Birmingham area
I'm in need of some staircase spindles. I'vre been to B&Q, Wickes etc., and they are very exspensive. Online suppliers are much cheaper but the delivery charges are off putting. Does anyone know any wood yards in the Birmingham are that sell spindles and stair parts at reasonable prices?
