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Masonry Paint - Undercoat
Am taking the outside of a dark painted house back to light brown. I asked in the paint shop about using an undercoat as it is such a big change of colour and it was suggested that I use emulsion as the undercoat and then a good quality masonry paint as the top coat. Is there anyone in the know that can advise me if this…
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can I get the street light removed from my front garden??
Hi im just wondering if anyone could give me any advice. I have a council street light that has been put in my front garden. This was there when the property was puchased but since then I have been registered blind and the light affects what vision I have. I am 24 and own my property but wouldnt know where to start with…
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Leak into flat below
Hi, I had a burst pipe this evening under my bathroom sink. We had the water off within two or three minutes, but it's caused damage to the flat below. They will be claiming off their insurance, but tell me I will have to pay the £250 excess. Is that correct? Do they not have to prove negligence on my part? On another…
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Fixing 1920s Decorative Floor Tiles
Hi All, I recently discovered a hidden gem in my house - a meter square mosaic of decorative floor tiles inside the front door that had been completely covered by plastic floor tiles that had been glued over it. The mosaic is amost totally complete and made out of dozens of square and triangular coloured tiles which are…
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Vacuum Cleaner rcommendation
HI All Our Dyson DC05 died uesterday, and with having 2 kids under 5 we are needing to get a new vacuum cleaner fast... I wondered whether anyone could recommend any please... Ideally we'd like a good suction, and not too heavy and not too expensive. Don't mond spending £200 but it would have to be a good one of course.…
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Skimming Lounge
Thread Stats Views: 10 W W Factor Coming Soon... Share This Thread: Hi I am getting a small stud wall built basically a double door lining and about 1ft of stud work either side and above it. The lounge has been rewired and all of the chases are bonded up the ceiling has also been overboarded old coving has been taken down…
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Difficulty finding frosted/peal halogen GLS bulbs?
Is anyone still buying these? I've been looking everywhere for these bulbs with a frosted finish and nowhere seems to sell them now. I know the old incandescent bulbs are being banned in stages, but I had thought the halogen ones would still be sold as they're more efficient (42w halogen replaces 60w incandescent). Any…
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New Paint Stripper Has Ruined Finish on Wood
Hi All, I've spent a lot of time stripping 90 years of paint off a door frame and a picture rail and have been using a heat gun followed by paint stripper and steel wool, and have been getting a nice finish on the wood. Recently I got some more paint stripper and noticed that the stripper is totally different, being white…
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Freezer Hotpoint FZA51
My freezer is playing up, it has defrosted itself, initially I thought the door had been left open, so I switched it off overnight and powered it back up the following morning. There were some ice packs in there that seemed to still be frozen so I thought it was alright. However, I decided to clean the drawers out and put…
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Tile transfers
Has anybody used these? I've got plain white splashback behind the hob and sink just a bit bored with them and thought of using some stone effect transfers that I've seen on Ebay, would they look ok?
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How to fill a gap between wall and architrave
I have a short corridor and at the end there is a door with an architrave. Between the corridor wall and the architrave (which are at right angles to each other) is a gap which goes from about 2mm at the top and about 1cm at the bottom, and it is deep. How can I fill this? The wall is bare plaster, and the architrave is…
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Cheapest way to build an extension or conservatory for Pool Table?
Always loved the idea of owning a big house and having a 12ft snooker table if I ever won the Lotto but sadly it doesn't look like it will ever happen :( I now play UK 8 ball pool instead of snooker and I now think it might be a reality that I can squeeze in a more reasonable Pool table (7ft x 4 ft) in somewhere but after…
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Wardrobes to fit in attic slanted-wall bedrooms
Having just had an offer accepted on a new house (not exchanged yet), I am trying to think of things that could be problematic, and this is one: The two bedrooms on the top floor will both need to house adults, but have two slanted walls and two vertical walls (typical attic style I guess). If I put a double bed along one…
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Induction hobs
Firstly, this forum has already been very helpful and saved us a lot of time and money. So thanks everyone! We've just bought a cottage that we're going to renovate and extend and so will probably have lots of questions, especially as we're on a very tight budget. At the moment we're designing our new kitchen and have…
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Replace an electric shower please help!!!
Hey, I have a worcester 24I combination boiler but the flue won't light up, and I need a new one, but I cannot afford it, so now I have to turn somewhere else, and I have a shower, but it blew up a year back and doesn't work, it has its own dedicated fuse box and I wanted to buy a £50 shower from tesco direct and replace…
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Rendering options????
There seems to be conflicting claims from manufacturers all claiming problems with others, and that their's is the only one on the market that can be trusted. Then there's rendering + painting, or coloured render. Can anyone shed any light on the subject from experience? T.I.A.
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How to get hair off of carpet?
Hey everyone. My hair tends to get everywhere! Our carpet is full of it and the hoover we have just doesn't suck it up. I have M.E which means that my mobility isn't great and I'm pretty much exhausted all the time. My DH and I live with his parents so all the household stuff is theirs i.e. the hoover. Does anyone have any…
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Dado rail or Not?
I'm having my whole home re-plastered right now and was wondering if I should have dado rails put up. I'm not sure if its fashionable at the moment. Any advice please? Thanks.
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Splitting a bedroom?
I am considering splitting the top floor of my house into 2 bedrooms so that my children don't have to share, one child is a poor sleeper and keeps the other one awake so she is miserable and sleepy during the day. At the moment they are in a double room on the middle floor and the top floor consists of the master bedroom…
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Sugarpaste Cutters - Where best place to buy them?
Hi everyone, Looking for a Butterfly, Star and Daisy cutters is ebay the cheapest place for these or are the other websites i should check out Thanks