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Changing basin waste - how to remove old one?
Is there a particular method or trick to remove the type of basin wastes which don't have back-nuts securing them in place? I've got a basin waste with one of the pop-up plugs controlled by a lever on the tap, the mechanism was broken when I moved in and I want to replace the waste with another but can't see how to remove…
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Free Cavity Wall / Loft Insulation
I'm looking at going for one of these "Free Cavity Wall & Loft Insulation" offers on at the moment....anything to beware of? I'm pretty sure the loft insulation is thin (original 1975 fibreglass stuff). I think there's an air vent in the loft. There won't be any cavity wall insulation but the front and back of the house…
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Looking to fit a shower! Advice Needed
So I am looking to fit a shower but I am not sure as to which to buy based on my water system, I have a combi Boiler and I also have good water pressure. I have had a quote so far for just the plumbing (£50 not including materials) and on Monday I will get a price for the electrics (need another RCD as there is no room…
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Urgent: Gas sort of smell when I bleed my radiator???
Hello, I was having a problem that when I turn on my central heating water pressure was falling to 0 bar and in other forum I was suggested i need to repressuries my EV? This morning I repressuries EV to 0.75 bar and when I did that water pressure was at 0 bar (it was suggested in that forum.) When I was taking the foot…
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Re-upholstery cost help please.
My daughter's cat decided he didn't like an old chair I have. Whilst the cat is still alive the chair is looking decidedly old and I now need to have it re-covered. I have obtained one price from a local firm but the guy concerned has so much work he cannot even consider the work until spring next year! He estimated it…
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Tap washer leaking...
Hello folks I would appreciate and comments that you may have.. In one of our bedrooms we have a en-suite bathroom albeitquite small it is useful for ourdaughter when she visits us. Recently I noticed the basin mixer tap wasdripping, thinking that this would be the usual tap washer replacement. Ipurchased a washer pack…
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Bathroom Tiles
Hi all, We're looking at removing the carpet from the ensuite and the vinyl from the main bathroom. We want to look at tiling the floor so that it has a more solid feel to it. Looking here: http://www.wickes.co.uk/tiles+floors/floor-tiles/icat/tiles/ it seems the 2 types of tiles to choose from are Porcelin and Granite…
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Does my light use power when off?
I've just fitted a remote control ceiling light/fan and I'm wondering if it uses power when the wall switch is on the on position but I've turned it off with the remote? If there isn't an obvious answer, how do I find out - what should I look for? And finally, if it is using power when off, how much is it likely to be…
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Normal Coin cleaning DIY?
I have a couple of coins I want to make into fridge magnets. They're not fancy, expensive, worth loads, just regular in use coins. They're not the most wonderful of looking, mucky etc, so I want to clean them. I don't know what to use. You know these adverts where they dip a 2p into some cleaning liquid and pull out this…
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Candles in gas fire - Is this safe?
Hello, We have a coal effect gas fire that isn't currently working, we had an engineer out to service the fire but he couldn't do it as the previous owner seems to have superglued the gas valve shut. The engineer said its perfectly safe to leave it as it is, but he couldn't carry out the service and get it working again as…
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Types of Sandtex exterior paint?
Dear all , I am trying to get some Sandtex paint for the exterior of my house. My question is whether there are different types of paints? And which one is better and I should get. thanks, sebastian
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Conservatory Advice
Hi, apologies if I am going over old ground I couldn't find anything recentin my forum search... I need some advice on conservatories. We are seriously considering a 14sqmon the side of our house. The site is south west facing and gets the sun allthe time. Unfortunately a permanent extension is out of the question. We…
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Flooring Issues; to sand or lay new boards? Laminate?
We just bought a little flat in London as a renovation project to let, it needed completely gutting and we have been extremely lucky with tradesmen giving us excellent advice & wisdom so far, but one thing we seem to get a different answer for each time is the flooring. If it was my own place I would get the current floor…
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Chimney Problem
Hi there wondered if any of you could help i live in a 4 in a block flat (2 up 2 down) ive just had the chimney stack reharled with everything that involves (to be honest im not sure the full list of work that went on) anyway i can hear the wind pretty loudly from inside the stack and when it rains i can hear it dripping…
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Garage Floor
My garage floor is bare concrete and I believe it has been poured direct onto the ground. During heavy rain, when the garden floods, water seems to be rising through the joins in the concrete. Is there anyway to seal the concrete? Things sitting on the floor in these areas get damp. When it is dry, there's a lot of…
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Soggy Grass
Hi everyone, We moved to a new house end of last year, the grass out the back along the left hand side was really soggy.. plus its the side that my dog likes to pee which i thought didnt help much. Anyway, we recently had the whole area returfed.. and we are back to square one, the side is soggy again.. (been about 2…
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Currently cheapest loft insulation?
Official Insert If you've landed here because you're looking for loft insulation deals head over to our Loft Insulation guide. Back to lostinrates' original post... ---- I wonder if anyone has recent knowledge of where to get the least expensive loft insulation ATM. For various reasons (none of which are illegal or dodgy)…
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Corgi Homeplan
Hi I hope someone can advise me on an issue with Corgi Homeplan, I will try & keep it short. Whilst on holiday in Turkey last week my son who was staying at our house informed me that the heating wasn't working so having an insurance policy with the above I phoned their helpline on Monday 1/10 & was well impressed with…
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Selling a share of my property
I own a property with no mortgage on it which I moved out of about a year ago. Currently, a friend of mine is living in it and I would like to sell to them a 50% share in the property to release some equity but still retain some investment in it. My friend would need to get a mortgage to pay for his half of the property…
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Decorators/painters help please!
Morning all, I stripped our old glypta (sp?) wallpaper off week before last and completed the whole sand, fill, sand, wipe down, undercoat, top coats etc, however on one wall I have multiple of these 'drips' as below. The wall clearly used to have picture rails up before being taken down when original owner put the heavy…
