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Neighbour's roots damaging our path
Our neighbours have a silver birch tree near the fence and the roots are lifting our paving slabs. They have only lived there for over a year so the tree was obviously there before them. I have looked for hours to find some info but I am still unclear about the situation. I think my main questions are these: 1. Who is…
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Advise on painting pre-primed MDF skirting
I've had all the architrave and skirting replaced in my new home. It's all MDF I think it's all pre-primed. It's white and has a slightly rough surface. I want to paint it with Duluxe Diamond White Satinwood, which according to this forum will stay white, and not yellow. Will i need to do anything to this MDF prior to…
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Which are the best quality/most durable/Toughest 'Bits' for my new cordless drill?
Hi all Before I start, when I refer to 'Bits' I mean the small screwdriver bit that fits in the end of the Drill (Phillips/Posi/Straight) etc. I am not referring to actual drill bits for Wood/Metal etc. OK, After months of screaming at my Black & Decker cordless drill for being too ineffective, slow, not good enough etc,…
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Warden Assisted Housing and H&S regs
Hi I am trying to find out which regulations refer to H&S in Warden Assisted Housing? The reason I ask is that my 96 year old gran recently fell whilst leaving the communal front door to her flat. In my opinion, the ramp leading from the front door is far too steep and the hand rail is positioned wrongly. I have looked…
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Tiles opinion
Hi, Our bathroom is being tiled and we have floor and will tiles that are from the same range and are supposed to go together. Our tiler recommended grey grout on the floor for ease of maintinence. We are not sure about the result. Love the wall tiles just not sure if the contrast caused by the grey grout is too much.…
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Paint problem Help please
Bought some good quality fascia board, two coats of white primer, dried it, tried to top coat with exterior gloss tonight (said it was self under coating).... B+Q Exterior paint.load of craters/hollows in paint finish (good quality brush), tried excessive feathering -craters kept re appearing. Ended up taking off coat with…
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Draining central heating and installing new motorised valve??
I am possibly going to attempt to fit a new Honeywell 3 port valve. Just wondered if it goes a little something like this; Turn off boiler Tie up ballcock from header tank Ensure all rad valves are open Attach hose with jubilee clip to down stairs rad Open the outlet of downstairs rad Open bleed valves on upstairs rads…
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Withholding rent
Hi all just looking for some advice please. Basically we've been renting the same flat for a year now. When we first looked at it we were told we would need a dehumidifier as the condensation in the flat turns the windows black. My parents came with me to look at it and we noticed some mould and blistering, the lady from…
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Gonna get plastered....
Hi i am having some walls replastered this week, how long should i leave them to dry out and is should i used primer before i put on the colour? Thankyou guys.:rotfl::rotfl:
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Injecting DPC DIY
I am buying an old 1900 house and amongst other things the survey said there was no DPC as it was built prior to this being the norm. The walls are up to 500 mm thick solid walls and there is no sign of damp internally but it has been recommended to us that we do the injection of DPC. Having asked around it is apparent…
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Dolphin Bathrooms in Administration
Hi there. My wife & I ordered a bathroom from Dolphin a couple of weeks before they went into administation. My wife payed the deposit by credit card (Marks & Spencer), & I put the balance on hitachi credit. (6 months intrest fee & pay balance off). Now, our problem is that M&S just aren't interested in helping us. We have…
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Cracked water pipe, public walk through
Hi, Looking for some guidance here. Although it is now fixed I would like to ask who is responsible. The water board cut off the water to my fathers house because there was a leak. To cut a long story short, the issue was with the pipework outside my fathers house where there is a public walk though. To be able to dig this…
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any bricklayers here?
We have a pier/pillar about 12 bricks in height and 2 bricks deep. Its about 18 months old. I have noticed that it will wobble if leaned against, but from around half height which the mortar has cracked. Is it possible to hack out the cracked mortar and apply new mortar to give some solidity or does the weak layer and…
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ive measured my hall, stairs and landing so how do i work out how much carpet i need?
Hi guys ive measured my hall stairs and landing in inches, in cm's and it metres do any of you know how i convert this to find out how much carpet i actually need ?? landing = 1.78m x 2.36m hall = 1.8m x 4.75m their are 12 stairs eac 10'' x 9'' and 2' 9'' wide any ideas???? im hopeless at this stuff :-(
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Moving a boiler?
Hi all, We have been trying to sell our house but with no luck and we have decided we are probably better off remortgaging and getting our house done up. We still have the original bathroom and kitchen from the 70's and everything else is old and run down. So we are looking at getting a conservatory build but the boiler…
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shelf weight limit stud wall?
We want to put some shelves up in our dining room, its a stud wall. I want to get something like this but their Q&A states Q:- Can your shelves be used on stud walls? A:- Sorry the wall must be a solid wall, that is brick or block construction and plastered. Are they just being cautious? Is there any reason I couldn't use…
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Fitted wardrobes
Hello we have just moved into our new house. Our huge, old wardrobe won't fit upstairs so we are stuck without anywhere to put our clothes, which are in black bags all over the place. our bedroom has a big alcove which i think would be perfect for fitted wardrobes, but this is a totally new idea to me. where does one get…
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Removing old glue from upholstery?
Wonder if anyone knows how to remove old glue from upholstery? We've just bought an old settee - don't need to re-upholster it as its come up really nicely with some cleaning. Only slight problem is that there was some fringing around the bottom, which we had to take off as it wasn't in great condition. This had been glued…
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Help! Water coming through floor!
Hello We bought a house around 2 weeks ago and are in the process of moving in. Yesterday we noticed that the carpet in the dining room is soaked through starting apparently in the middle and the wet is now covering pretty much the whole room. It is so wet it squelches! The house is 1920s and we are arranging quotes to…
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Where to find a cheap small hand basin?
Hi! We are doing out our downstairs loo, it's never had a hand basin in it but we'd like one, but it has to be tiny! I can't find any less than £50, plus they don't come with taps and waste.. Anyone know where sells them cheap? Bex
