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House is cracking up!
Hey guys really need some help.. Bought house last December, it's 13 years old semi detached 3 floors.. Last month we noticed the ceiling of the ground floor kitchen, interior stud wall of kitchen, first floor interior wall of bedroom and tiles behind first floor shower start to develop perfectly horizontal and vertical…
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draught excluders required - advice needed
We are renting and the front and back doors are not very good and draughts come in, can anyone advise on good draught excluders we could fit to the bottom of the doors? We need to do 3 doors; the front door, the front vestibule to living room door and the kitchen/back door.
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Edison screw ceiling light fittings
Where on earth can I buy a plain edison screw (E27) ceiling light fitting from? I don't mean a fancy decorative one, I mean the bog standard white cable and fitting that you attach your own lightshade to. One of mine has broken and I can't find them in any shops like Homebase or B&Q, they only seem to do bayonet. I found a…
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Fascias & Soffits - How much?
Ordinary 3 bedroom semi detached house, needs Fascias, soffits and gutters replacing, probably with uPVC. Very roughly how much should this cost based on the thin stuff fitted over the existing and also the thick stuff with the existing removed. I want to get some idea of what to expect before going for quotes..
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real fireplace where to start
I am really sorry if someone already has asked about it but I could not find the answer. I bought a house (yey!!) and there is an awful plastic electric fireplace in the living room. I am thinking about replacying it with a real wood fireplace. Could anyone please advice where to start as I have no idea :o Thanks for any…
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The best place to buy coffee beans?
I'm sure the supermarkets supply them, but is there a better way to buy them, in terms of quality or price? If you want to add your preferences of makers, filters, etc, that would also be welcome.
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What type of paints do I need? 2 different projects
Project 1: I want to paint my son's cotbed which is a varnished (orangey) pine. It is very smooth to the touch. I want to paint it a matt pale blue. What kind of paint would I need for this project? Project 2: I have a wooden kitchen table which opens up for more seating. However the underneath (which becomes the top when…
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2 gang 2 way switch
Hi, With the down stairs switchs both set to the same position To turn the lights on upstairs and downstairs the upstairs the switches go to oposite positions . Could this be rectified by getting an electricain to switch round the L1 and L2 wires? on one of the switches Thanks
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tumble dryer dilemma
I have a little dilemma, we need a tumble dryer as the new edition to the family caught us with loads of laundry to dry but not much space to dry it all plus drying outdoor is a bit of a joke this season. A colleague of mine is moving and offered me her five years old 5kg condenser dryer (timer based). The dryer is fine…
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18kg washing machine
Hope someone here can help! We need an 18kg washing machine to wash horse rugs, also a dryer. Anyone who can advise where to look? Much appreciated! Suzi
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Just moved in...and now having funny turns. Is it the mould?
Hello, I moved into my new house last Friday, its been vacant for about 6 months and we know of two areas of the house that need Damp Proofing, this is being fixed in a week. In the mean time we have been decorating with paint, cleaning with Bleach, Ajax etc I've tried to have the windows open at all times and even tried…
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Buying and installing Fireplace
We have just taken a big cement fireplace out and wanting to install a new one. 1) can anyone suggest any shops to buy from? 2) is it hard to DIY install?
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How do TRV's determine the temperature of a room?
I've always thought that the TRV plastic control knobs placed over the top of the pin are used to set the desired room temperature only, although do they actually help TRV's to sense the room temperature as well? The Wikipedia article on TRV's is a bit hard to follow, it seems to suggest this. Thanks
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Boiler dripping water
Hi everyone Have noticed that there is water dripping from a pipe underneath my gas boiler. There has been an occasional drip for some months and I've thought nothing of it but it has increased somewhat over the last few days and I've had to stick a bucket under it to catch the drips. I'm not sure if water is supposed to…
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lead effect pvc windows
I have a problem when my neibours bang their front door shut the plastic fake pvc lead effect in my windows rattles like hell and is loud enough to wake me up on a morning.how can i get into it to take it out,had a look and the bits look like they will just pull out of their slots.
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Wall acting strange.
Hiya guys, just a quick question here. I've just bought a house, and we've moved in. Now we had two surveyors out to inspect the property before we made the purchase. One highlighted, a small amount of damp in the kitchen beside the radiator, and the other did not. We questioned the first surveyor about his findings, and…
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Dishwashers too tall...
Hi, I have a query regarding installing a dishwasher into a kitchen that doesn't currently have one. I'm not looking at integrated (cupboard door) style dishwashers, just the standard ones as I want to pick something up for around £200 or less. The space I have is height 84cm and all the dishwashers I've seen are quoted as…
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Decorator using quick drying polyfilla to fill wood. Is this ok?
Hi, We are having our freshly renovated house decorated and the decorator is using quick drying polly filler to fill the screw holes in the skirting board and holes in the door frame where the handles used to be at a different height. This has made me very worried shouldn't this be done with 2 Pack filler? Cheers
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Decorator using quick drying polyfilla. Is this ok?
Hi, We are having our freshly renovated house decorated. The decorator is using quick drying polyfilla to fill the screw holes and the holes in the doorframes where the handles used to be at a different height. This has made me really worried shouldn't this sort of thing be filled with 2 Pack wood filler??? Cheers
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Is it worth renting a cooker?
We are buying a new house and the house needs complete updating. There is no cooker and the house we are selling is a intergrated cooker. Is it worth us renting a cooker? Has anyone done this?
