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Any bathroom designers or fitters?
I'm looking to update my downstairs loo, hoping to achieve a champagne level finish on a lager budget ... but am stumbling at the first hurdle in finding a slim enough unit for sitting a bowl type basin on and for hiding the plumbing. The perfect size would be: * 85cm wide (but could go narrower) * 30cm deep (could go to…
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Clothes have horrible cheesy smell after washing them :(
This only happens on certain items of clothes, namely T-shirts. Unfortunately it's T shirts that I wear when I go out socializing to bars/clubs so these are the ones I want to be most fresh when Im wearing them! I thought it was the detergent (Daz); I thought it was maybe cos of it being biological, but I washed with a new…
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Apartment got robbed! Need DIY alarm or whatever system to protect me
My apartment got robbed a week ago. The door was double locked and the windows are slightly opened for ventilation. I was awake until 1 am. I was so tired from work so I put my bag 2 meters away from the windows. The bag has huge money on it. The culprit didn't make it inside my apartment but he/she used a long stick to…
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paint suddenly bubbling on a chimney breast
I have a Victorian Terrace with a large upstairs bathroom. The window / and or doors are always open when i shower. I noticed today the pint at the bottom of the chimney breast has air bubbles. A quick google search says its it moisture but I have no idea how to go about finding the source of this. An ideas?
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A good deal on a multifuel stove - Cheapest found on the web with Free Delivery
Thought I would post this deal I found as its starting to get abit chillier:( I have just recently purchased this Gallery Firefox 8 multifuel stove and found it to be the cheapest on the web and I got free delivery too. You can get cheaper multifuel stove models but I was recommended Firefox 8 as a great well made stove…
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Dishwasher error code claims it's not reaching right temperature - advice needed....
Hello - I've got a Baumatic slimline dishwasher that's been bleeping three quarters of the way through a wash cycle since the weekend and coming up with error code 'E3'. According to the book this means it's not reaching the right temperature and warns it's an offical 'engineer' job to fix....... As it only bleeps towards…
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Today, in true MSE style, i have become a plumber ! (Well sort of )
I'm so happy ! My shower has been playing up for some time. Local plumber came round today ( i know him so i won't knock him :) ) and looked at it for me. It's been installed for 12 years so when he said it would be best to replace it, i agreed and set about looking for a replacement online. Whilst searching for a new one,…
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Do I need a fireproof/waterproof safe?
I've a baby who's suddenly no longer a baby, up and walking, knocking things over, pressing buttons. Bit of a wake-up call so we're taking stock of everything 'important' (not that anything else seems that important any more!) Life cover, cloud backup for photos, etc. etc. The one thing that still bothers me is that I have…
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Leaky Pipe Insurance Query
Hi Guys, I am not sure I have posted this in the correct section (Apologies if not)?? Have had what looked to be a disaster on Sunday, but now appears to be working out fine, but I have a few questions if anyone could help. I will tell the story as it was discovered and happened: Late on Sunday we discovered a puddle under…
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Permitted development
Not sure if this is the best place to ask for views but here goes. My mother owns and lives on some property made up of a bungalow with gardens, defunct lorry yard (2 former tin and stick barns and 2 stone built stables / sheds converted to tool sheds, garages etc) and a field. The property was used for agriculture before…
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How to change air vent for an extractor fan in bathroom?
Hi, hope someone can advise me please and recommend a product. My bathroom has an air vent from the ceiling to the outdoors wall. It looks like a fan but no, it's just an airvent (new build). It's getting super steamy now after shower time so how do I change it for an extractor fan? It will need to be connected to…
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Bathroom: wood/mdf panelling
We're in the middle of renovating our bathroom but we're very short of cash. The previous tiles (which for the most part fell off the wall without any effort on our part) covered, - the area around our bath/shower(side wall) - the area behind the toilet (back wall, up to the height of the window sill - the area behind the…
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Glass repair.
i've got a glass cabinet where the back pieces of glass has cracked and could do with being repaired. It's one of these and as you can see, there's a plastic rim around the top which would make it difficult to get another piece cut and attach over the cracked pane - as the top is slightly narrower than the inside. The…
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Damaged bathroom cabinet
Hi Im hoping for a bit of advice. Back at the beginning of the year, we would some bathroom furniture from an online retailer for a small en-suite we created in a garage conversion. The small sink and cabinet underneath it were sold as a combo and designed to go together. The top of the cabinet (which the sink sits on) is…
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Good budget sander for skirtings
Anyone used or have experience with a good sander for stripping paint from skirting boards ready to re paint? Being lazy the quicker the better etc.
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Large Furniture sliders- Where Can I buy
Some years ago I brought a set of 4 Large furniture sliders from the 99p shop and they are absolutely brilliant for moving/sliders large pices of furniture accross the room. The size of the actual sliders are 9 iches long and 6 inches wide. All I can find anywhere on the internet /web are very small furniture sliders. I…
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roof work
Any roofers know how long it would take to resit ridge tiles re point chimney stack replace a few loose tiles replace lead flashings. Is this going to take a day or a few weeks. Its a two bed semi so not a huge roof or chimney.
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BritishEco
Has anyone else had problems with green energy company BritishEco (Maidenhead/Wokingham)? We have been struggling for the past 2.5 years to have the works completed on our Air Source Heat Pump installation and are still waiting! Currently we have no heating and no response from BritishEco as to when they will get this…
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old b and q kitchen door
I have a white gloss kitchen ( cathedral style ) and really really need to replace one door - has anyone got any idea how I can find a new door or do you think after 13 years b and q would be able to help - highly unlikely I think :(
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Thoughts on Getacore?
Hi all, We are about to install a new kitchen, and struggling to land on the appropriate worktop for us. Essentially want something that is seamless (i.e. not laminate) with the potential for undermounted sink & grooves. But the cost of Corian, Silestone etc has been scaring me. Someone recommnded Getacore as a cheaper…
