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insulation grants northern ireland joke
Hi everyone, with all this talk of grant availability for home insulation I set about seeking financial help with installing more loft insulation & cavity wall insulation Of course because I live in Northern Ireland, we were excluded from the general government schemes and I was pointed in the direction of -'warmer homes'…
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New Patio: paving vrs pattern concerete vrs artieva
Hello, I was looking for some advice. I will be Latin a new patio and path in the near future and I am researching for the best product to use. The area to be covered is 126m2. The 3 optios of interest to me are : Rippon paving slabs, patterned printed concerete and exposed artevia. As I know a limited amount of…
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under floor heating?
we are having our conservatory underfloor heated. we have been told we can get electric or gas, ( hot water), is there any thoughts on the preferance of either one? cost? how effective it is?
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Cooker hood with external motor
Hi everyone We are about to do up our kitchen and need a cooker hood and I was hoping you lovely people could point me in the direction of a good model/brand. We would like a hood that is flush with the ceiling (it is over an island and in front of a window) and it preferably has an external motor. We need quite a high…
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New Oven -Temperature not right
We brought a new gas cooker and yesterday it was fitted. I made a cake first to check how it cooks and my cake took 15 mins longer than normal. I went out and brought an oven thermometer and after giving it 20 minutes to preheat (I know this is more than it should need but wanted to be sure) I took readings: Gas 4 on my…
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Price and hassle of removing ornamental fireplace
I have just moved into a new place with nice square walls apart from an ornamental fireplace /surround in the lounge. As far as I can tell it is just ornamental and pretty much stuck on the wall, so if it is removed the wall should be flat again. It is a wood surround with a tiled inside (nothing going further back than…
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Deadlock on Double Glazed door doesnt click (mechanism)
Hi Guys, I would like to know if there is anyone who has a similar experience. I havea 2 year old double glazed door and for some reason I cannot dead lock the doorso that it is secure i.e. lift up the handle to lock it (I can put the multi-locksin place but not turn the key to click it into place and it feels like there…
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Paint not sticking to plaster?
Hi can anyone help with this please. Decorating the lounge only previously been wallpapered. Striped it all back and the plaster is bare, never been painted. So we painted all the plaster with 50% emulsion / 50% water after sugar soaping. But there is a line of red / brown plaster where a internal wall had been taken down…
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Painting a metal board with blackboard paint
I actually have no idea if this is smooth or textured until I see it in person, but ignoring that issue, if I paint http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10159443/ with blackboard paint, it'll still work as a magnetic board, right? I know this is a stupid question but knowing me I'd buy all the stuff, paint it, and…
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Fire escape in a massionette
We have been lucky enough to be offered a council massionette after many many years on the waiting list, its a 3 bed 'house' above another 3 bed house in a block of 20 homes if that makes sense... We are at the far end of the block at the top... 6 homes down from the main stairwell, at the moment the property has a fire…
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Need help getting rid of a stain!
Hello! Not sure if this is the right place to post so apologies in advance if not. I bought two little pine tables today for an absolute bargain of £30 for the pair with two massive tubs of quality beeswax thrown in, never used. But because of this great buy I need to sell my current coffee table! I've been offered around…
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Bedroom rehash - 4 beds from 3?
Looking at a new house, has 3 beds but we need 4 ... and an en-suite would be nice. Any bright ideas? https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2112010/floorplan.pdf Thanks! FB
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New Wood Floor Keeps Expanding, Help! Please!
We laid a wooden floor in our new house 2 months ago. The problem is that the wood is still expanding and we've had to remove some of the boards on two separate occasions, the most recent being this week. We are concerned that this will keep re-occuring. What would be the likely cause of this? I understand that wood…
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Physically cut a book in two cheaply and make it last
Hi all, I'm planning to learn a new programming language while commuting on the train but my textbook is 1500 pages!! Does anyone have a good technique (without using any expensive tools) to split a book in two and prevent it from falling apart? An ebook isn't really viable as you really want the screen free while you…
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Dripping hot water tank - engineer coming tomorrow
Our central heating system is roughly 15 years old and up until last year had been covered by a local company for breakdown and annual services. Unfortunately this company went bust and we could not get anyone else to cover the system due to its age even though it was reliable. At the weekend I noticed a musty smell coming…
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Please help ... need soundproofing advice / experience
Hi everyone ... I am hoping someone can help me on here regarding soundproofing. I live in a ground floor flat, and my bedroom is directly below the living room upstairs. They are pretty noisy and after years and years of going upstairs and begging them to keep it down, it looks like I have no choice but to sort out some…
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New build flat damp/mould
Hi All, I got a new build flat...its about a year old. I moved in 6 months ago. I am starting to see mould appear on things like the slats under my bed, and on some shoes. There is also a wierd smell from the back of the flat rooms. Is this normal ? How do I fix the problem? I read that I should ventilate the flat which I…
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Small Bathroom upgrade
Would appreciate thoughts on budget for this. Not looking to cost cut but would like a view as to ballpark budget based on average quality fittings. Don’t want to get quotes wasting tradesmen’s time if we do not have enough readies. We have a small two bedroom semi built 83 (not a quality construction). We will be living…
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Kitchen Wall - Plaster
Hi - I had a section of Kitchen Wall plastered (Back to the brick, rendered and slurry coat applied) - It just does not seem to be drying in a certain place (outside wall) - it has water droplets on the new plaster still and the section that was left where the skirting board goes (the brickwork also has water droplets on…
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Vertical blind problems
My boyfriend installed some in my living room but we can't seem to get rid of the gaps. Anyone got any ideas? [IMG][/img] Uploaded with ImageShack.us]
