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British Gas Homecare Boiler?
I was on British Gas Homecare 400... £20 a month, £50 per fix. My boiler is in a bad place, so they don't want to cover me anymore. Are there any other recommended cover providers, or should I just get a gas man every time it needs a fix?
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Calor Gas fire
I am keen to buy a Provence Calor Gas Fire but worried about the "condensation issue". It would be sited in a large kitchen/diner and only used for top up heating when its very cold and if we suffer a power cut. The bungalow is well insulated, double glazed and ventilated. Any advice would be welcome.
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Boiler Concerns
We have a 6 year old Worcester Greenstar boiler and an ancient heating system - at least 20 years old !! The problem is that the combi boiler needs topping up frequently (at least monthly) - luckily the filling loop is connected to a valve, so this is easy to do - but I assume that the system has a leak somewhere ? Where…
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Chimney breast removal and knocking a load bearing wall
Hi, I am in a process of removing chimney breast and a load bearing wall and install 3 steel beams/bracket to support the ceiling in my living room for a terraced house. I have had structural engineer come and have a look at it and is giving me the calculations so I can get through the building regulations from my borough.…
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Reliable window replacement co in Hertfordshire.
Can anyone recommend a good window replacement company that might cover the Hatfield area of Hertfordshire? I had a couple of doors done by one company but am having probs with one of the doors, the company have been trying to fix the problem but I'm not sure I want to risk a house full of windows if they can't get this…
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radiators & fans
I'm wondering if anybody has ever done or heard of installing small fans behind a non-solid radiator to help dissipate the heat in the room? By non-solid I mean made up of individual tubes rather than having a solid pane surface... Any thoughts on the worthwhileness of this? :D
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toilet flush valve issue
hi there, i think there is a problem with our toilet flush valve. it is slowly letting in water in the toilet basin, in a very light drizzle, and then the toilet tank gradually refills itself every 40 seconds or so. I had a look at the valve and can place it back in the hole, however, i can't seem to do it in a way that…
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wood burning stove flue advice needed please.
Hi all, as I have access to plenty of free logs, I decided to buy a second hand stove for the living room. As there is no fireplace in the room it will sit against the wall with the flue coming out the back, through the cavity wall, and up the outside of the house using twin wall flue. Can I use twin wall straight from the…
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Can't open our UPVC Windows
Hi, I was wondering if you could help me, we have handles on our windows, the windows were supplied by the council before we bought the house. Now the locking buttons on 2 of the window handles have come off so I want to replace the handles. The only info I have of the manufacturer is a sticker on one of the windows which…
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Cooker hood question
We're finally nearing the end of our kitchen refurb and our builder tells us we can't have a ducted cooker hood (cooker hood will be on a party wall in a terraced house). In our initial discussions, ducting through the ceiling was mentioned so not sure what's happened to this idea. I'm annoyed because this has only come up…
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Can a composite door be repaired?
I have a composite front door, which has 3 cracks in the front facia, 1 split on both bottom corners of the window frame, and 1 at the bottom of one of the panels. Does anyone know if it is possible to get a new facia on this door, rather than pay out again for another new door? Although the door is under 10 years old,…
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i am in the right place to ask about this green deal
i caught Martin on this morning talking about (is it the green deal)? anyway he also mentioned something about grants for people on low incomes and benefits for double glazing. i am on income support and carers allowance and our home is in bad need of the windows replacing, where do i look to find out more about if i am…
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Shower poor flow new boiler possible cure
Not really suggesting buying a new boiler just because of the shower but ...:) We have a 30 year old glow worm fuel saver conventional boiler with hot water tank, header tank etc and a mira shower upstairs. We are at the point where parts for the boiler may be a problem and the pressure in the shower is dreadful. Will a…
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Cheap Alternatives to Front Garden Wall and Renovation Tips needed Please!!
As the title says, I am looking for ways to tidy up our front garden bu we're on a (really) tight budget. We bought DH Grandma's house a coulple of years and it is still firmly in the 1970's. We accrued some debt as per my signature through moving, replacing an old back boiler and doing 3 rooms already. Circumstances have…
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Washing machine help!!
I have a beko washing machine which has stopped working today. I noticed this morning that when the washing machine was spinning it wasn't spinning as fast and it was making a strange noise. It spun for a while and I had to stop it by pressing cancel. Then I put a few items in the washing machine just now and it's took the…
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Help me track down this rattle!
Hi everyone, We currently live in a semi-detached chalet bungalow with a dormer window and velux window at the front of the property, which faces south. Roof on south facing side of house is a fairly steeply pitched tiled roof (I think double roman tiles) around velux and dormer window up to ridge tiles. North side is…
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Neighbour's Bathroom Leaking (semi detached)
Hi, I've just bought a 1930's semi detached house, I was aware of rising damp in all the walls before I bought it but I've removed the skirting from one corner of the wall that joins to my neighbour's downstairs bathroom and it is literally dripping wet and rotten. I suspect this could be caused by a leak in their…
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shower niche / alcoves
I have started to build the stud frame work to sit around my bath. I'm putting in a couple of niche / alcoves. I'm doing my research on how to waterproof the niches. I have boarded the main wall with moistureboard and am going to use this for the niches too. Is it ok to paint on liquid waterproof membrane onto the moisture…
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Where to buy a window from?
The plonker who owned our house before us installed a large shower enclosure in front of the small bathroom window. So from the outside you can see the window frame and the shiny insulation side of the back of the shower, resting behind the glass. I'd obviously like to buy a window that I can put in front of this to…
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Washing machine oddness...Help!
Hello and thanks for taking the time to read this...:D I have an Indesit washing machine IWC6125. Prepare yourself this is a long windy one...LOL. * It's started tripping the RCD switch. So I checked it in another socket, with an extension lead also. So it's not a socket problem. * It works on spin, so not the brushes....…
