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Neighbour's infuriating burglar alarm
About two years ago a young dot.com "millionaire" bought a ordinary 30s house near us and proceeded to enlarge it and rebuild it, inside and out the back. The front outside has been left fairly run down, presumably to detract from the internal luxury and consumer goods. Since it was finished, the owner has not been around…
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ADT Alarm 'dial'emma
Hi All We moved into a house a couple of years ago where there is an ADT alarm. It was previously monitored and on a contract with ADT which the previous owners cancelled when they left. It has since come to light that what they did not do was have ADT come out to disconnect the alarm from the telephone line. The upshot…
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Problems with hot water since fitting shower mixer valve.
Hi, have a Worcester 35CDi II combi, and everything was fine until plumbed up shower mixer valve. Now, whilst the heating works fine, the hot water only cycles between lukewarm and cold (with the boiler switching the heating off soon after it goes on). Now there was some vague blurb in the mixer tap fitting instructions…
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knocking through to back part of garage
Hi, I am shortly moving into a new house, it is a town house with a large oddly shaped kitchen on ground floor to back of house and also large utility area to front. The garage is integral to house and there is a single door into an undercroft on the back from kitchen which leads into a conservatory at present (I have no…
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New boiler website
Im going to buy a new Worcester boiler and flue can anyone direct me to a good boiler purchase website Many thanks Gene
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Furniture spray paint?
About 10 years ago i remember my auntie buying this can of spray paint type stuff that she used on her fire surround, it was like a textured b;ack crackle effect and it really livened (sp?) it up, I remember her then telling me you can get all sorts of colours and textures, does anyone know if they still exist? Id love to…
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Wallpapering over painted lining paper
Hi there, sorry if this has been answered before. I searched the forums but couldn't find anything. I painted over lining paper but I don't like the colour and have decided to wallpaper the wall instead. Is it ok to paste wallpaper onto painted lining paper or should I strip off the lining paper and start again? I am…
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Kitchens Uber or Interior Homes of Rossendale - AVOID!!
Hi All, We have had a terrible experience with these people. Wrong units, bad design, magic corner missing, other units just missing.... All just terrible. Every time we ring they put us on hold for hours and then cut us off. We have rung numerous times and it is impossible to speak to anyone other than the switchboard…
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Double Glazing Rochdale Area
Hi, first post on this site :j I'm after some feedback on finding good companies to deal with to get some quotes. I,m waiting on the double glazing ombudsman site to get back with some recommendations and any help from the people on this site would be most welcome.
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Locksmith (or Locks) Question
My friend has just completed on a property that was bought at auction. She has the front door key only. She has not got the keys for the french doors (UVPC) at the rear of the property, or keys for any of the double glazed windows (7 in total). So not only is it a pain in the backside access wise, but also a potential…
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Is satin paint volatile?
I was sat in the front room late last night when we heard a loud popping sound come from the kitchen. Our first thought was that one of the cats had maybe got in and knocked something off the side, but when I went in to look I saw nothing. Then I saw what had happened. The lid off the satin paint tin, that was sitting on…
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Boundary issue - hedge
Hello, I have recently bought a terraced house (a few months ago), that previously belonged to a little old lady (she was 98). It is an end terrace. The little old lady left the front and back gardens to grow a bit wild (mostly grasses and weeds) as she was housebound. Now, every other terraced house has a hedge, fence or…
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Understairs storage
Just got new to us house, house is a child of the 70,s. You walk in to hallway, on the left is plank sided stairs that lead to heaven , hallway straight thru to kitchen and a door to the front room, or palour if your posh. We plan on some storage under the stairs, and we think if we get a thick curtain and just hang it…
