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building a larderin an alcove?
I've got a massive alcove in my kitchen its about 5.5ft tall and about 4ft wide, I was thinking of sticking some shelves in and some doors but was wondering if I can attach those straight to the brick work or whether I need to get something made to measure for the space?! Obviously just doing it myself would be cheaper but…
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Knocking through rooms
I am wanting to knock through from the kitchen to an outhouse (which is the same width as the kitchen) to make an eating area. Because it is a small area (7ft 6 x 6 ft), I have been advised it would be quite costly for the added space I would get. The concrete floor would have to be dug up to comply with building regs on…
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Creating a New Life in the Country - MSE Style!
Hi all, Anyone who has followed my threads on the House buying forums will know that two weeks ago the Ging family moved to our new house in the country. Mrs Ging and I have dreamed in the past about our three lovely kids getting to grow up in a tranquil setting not too far from the hubbub of city life and now they are…
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Could someone with a howdens a/c give me a price??
Hi, I'm hoping to replace my french doors and trying to compare online different prices. I quite like some from Howdens, but as I don't have an account, I've no idea how much they are. I would be really grateful if someone with an account could let me know the cost! they are The hemlock 310 E20 french doors -…
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Toilet that doesn't flush properly.
Hi folks, Maybe a bit of an embarassing problem to ask about but has anyone else a toilet that your need to flush 3 or 4 times to get rid of waste? Its one of the older handle type close coupled toilet, fills up with pletny of water and flushes ok, but still takes 3 or 4 flushes to get rid of waste frequently, was…
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Oil Fired Boiler needs replaced :(
I have a Worcester/Danesmoor 20/25 oil fired boiler which was installed when the house was built (Nov 96). When the engineer came out to do the annual service last month he announced the water jacket was burst (puddle on garage floor below boiler) and the boiler would need to be replaced as this part can no longer be…
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Tungsten light bulbs
Can someone please tell me if I bulk buy the tungsten light bulbs (60 watts), is there a sort of use by date? Or can I keep it forever and it will still work in years time? I suffer from migrain and I cannot use flourescent/life saving lights (containing mercury). Thanks to EU, old fashined light bulbs are BANNED and they…
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Ideal Icos Boiler - Lights have gone out!
I had my boiler fitted like so many others on the warmfront grant. Yesterday the lights on my boiler went out, the timer device situated below the boiler seems fine. When I tried to heat the water the boiler sounded like it was working but no such joy and no hot water. My OH is going to try and change the fuse this evening…
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OH fixed kitchen tap washer - now low pressure!
Hope someone can help, my husband fitted a new tap washer to our kitchen mixer tap a couple of weeks ago because it dripped, now the water pressure in the tap (cold direct fed) is about half the pressure it is in the rest of the house, the bathroom sink and the shower work perfectly and so does the washing machine that is…
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How to protect cracked brick?
Hello, I wonder if anyone has any suggestions to protect a cracked brick? The bottom few rows of our house has smooth-faced red bricks whilst the rest is rough-faced red bricks. We must have clonked one of the corner bricks as the smooth facing has sheared off and some of the inner brick has come away. It would not be easy…
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Running electric cables under radiator pipes
Hi all, My builder moved radiator pipes underneath the concrete floor in the living room, and then also moved electric cables in that room under the floor. As you can see from the photos, in two places, the cables (which are in trunking) and pipes cross each other. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/phototqu.jpg/…
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Cheapest Most Reliable Courier?
Hi there, Not sure if this is the right forum but looked the most appropriate out of the lot, can anyone give me an idea of the best courier to use? At the moment I'm looking at DHL for a quote, I need to get an 18x14 3kg parcel from a cousins house in Cornwall to my house, with insurance. Any ideas? Never used a courier…
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Glass for Belling Cooker Door
I hope someone can assist with a recommendation. We have just broken the inner glass on the lower oven door on a Belling BI70F built in oven. I've looked on various spares sites via Google and Jeeves and the replacement cost seems to be about £50 - ouch!!!! This is 10% of the cost of the cooker in the first place - even…
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Burglar Alarm Activation
Hello! When I moved into my house (4 years ago) there was a burglar alarm installed. It used to go "Bonk Bonk" whenever you opened the front door but my ex unplugged it as it annoyed him. The people who lived there before didn't tell us the code for it or leave any instructions etc. Does anyone know who I could ask to show…
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Dodgy Shower Installation
I've just had a shower installed and my 9 year old boy was in it when the water pressure dropped and water came spurting out from within the shower unit (Triton) None of the fuses tripped it out & it kept flowing, was this potentially a very dangerous situation? I'm very worried that he was lucky no harm happened to…
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Curtain fixing advice needed.
I have an old cottage with a window recess of about 16 inches. I want to put up a cafe style net curtain as close to the glass as possible but the windows are wood effect UPVC and I don't know whether you can screw in traditional curtain wire fittings (it doesn't work if I try to screw them into the recess walls as they…
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Big spend in currys on appliances, do i haggle?
Hi there, I am interested in whether there really are success stories on haggling, I am in the next couple of days going into currys to buy, Range cooker £799 £200 off £1000 for trade in ) American style fridge freezer £799 Washing machine £500 (I also have a rental house which I am buying new appliances for at the same…
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Silverfish help!
We have got them in the kitchen. We noticed a couple last week but didnt know what they were and just killed them. Then last night i put the light on in the kitchen and see a few scuttle away. I sprayed fly spray in the corners and under the skirting board that they crawled away under and now this morning theres about 11…
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Oil heating radiators but not water
Hi, I have a Sunvic 107XL and it only seems to heat the radiators using the oil but not the hot water at kitchen sink etc Ive only recently moved in and wondered is there something obvious im mising?
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My fridgefreezer is dying!! Please help!
My fridgemaster MTRF222 is slowly dying! Noticed the fridge wasnt cold enough about a week ago, but freezer was ok. Tried defrosting freezer to improve air circulation but it seems the excess ice had been keeping my food frozen! It then wouldn't freeze but was cold so have been using freezer as a fridge but now thats not…
