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Mereway/Sheraton/Hacker kitchens?
Any thoughts on these 2 kitchen manufacturers? Prefer the doors of the Mereway (Cucina Colore) but local kitchen place is modelling a Sheraton kitchen for us. It's a lot of kitchen (36-40 units) so need to make sure we're buying something decent!
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Blistering Paint - Help!
So we moved into our dream home a couple of months ago. It's roughly 10 years old and at a glance seems to be in great condition. It had been newly decorated when we viewed it, but since we've moved in we found the paint was peeling off the walls in a few areas. We started trying to sort out the first area last weekend.…
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Painting room. Only one newly plastered wall
Hi, We had our chimney breast replastered and I have read up about how I need mist coats etc. I will be using Dulux Trade Matt Vinyl to do this. So I know what I am doing with that area. The question is I will be repainting the whole room. The current colour is a wheat colour so not dark at all. Will it be okay to paint…
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Replacing patio doors with French doors
Can anyone tell me whether replacing patio doors with French doors requires building regs, ie do I need a Fensa certified fitter/building control to do the work/sign it off, or can I undertake the work myself? If I do need someone to do it/sign it off, can anyone give an idea of cost? I'm located in the south-east.…
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Fitting Vertical Blinds to UPVC Windows
We have had our hardwood window replaced with a UPVC D/G one and we want to use our vertical blinds again with it but what do we fix it to, we don't have any wood and I don't believe you can drill the UPVC frame? Anyone know how they are fixed. We only have a metal lintel above the window that has been plastered.
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Water Leaking Through Brickwork
Hi everyone, Hope somebody hear has some advice for me. I recently brought my first house in October this year had a homebuyerssurvey carried out and damp was not issue but they mentioned about having therendering of the house looked at. It seems that the bad rain we have had recently has leaked through one ofour exterior…
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Can you put a timer on an extenstion lead?
I want to put a timer on my dishwasher and unfortunately the dishwasher plug is hard to get at and I was going to put an extension lead on the plug and then put a timer into that,.... but I have just read on my timer instructions that you should not plug the timer into an extension lead?....does anyone know why this is?
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Fitting radiator vales to the radiators, help please
Hi I have fitted the odd radiator in the past but I cannot remember this part from before so I can't think what I did about it. Basically I have bought a small towel radiator for our downstairs toilet and a couple of valves, one of which is a TRV4 thermostatic valve. They both have little stubs, don't know what their…
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Furniture for a conservatory
We're moving to a new house which has a conservatory, and we've not had one before. We're moving in Feb so won't be using the conservatory until it gets warmer, but will be looking for furniture for it in the next few months. Current owners have a wicker sofa suite in it. When you search "conservatory furniture", it all…
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Wall Stickers - anyone every tried them?
I have been toying with the idea of purchasing a wall sticker for my bedroom to try to jazz the walls up a little. I painted it last year when OH and I first moved in, and although the colour is a cornflower white (light blue – I was told I couldn’t’ make it to girly!!) it makes the room look a little drab in all honesty.…
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Faulty oven - Baumatic
I have a faulty electric fan oven, which is a Baumatic which I purchased from B&Q. Outside of 12 warranty by a few months, so I can't get any help from them. The problem is, when the cooker is used on full power, for say 20 minutes, the power completely cuts out to the oven. I have searched on google and it looks like a…
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bleedin' radiators!
Stupid question time.....when I bleed my radiators should I do it with the heating turned on or off? :o
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Need A Security Key Cutting.
Hi all, My Mum needs a spare key cutting, when I went to a key cutter he said he couldnt cut it because it was a security key. (It looks like a yale key but with a larger top to it) She made enquiries with her housing company who want to charge her £70 for a blank! Does anyone cut these keys?
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Budget Kitchen Worktops
I am planning to spruce up our kitchen and change the kitchen worktops and tiles (to keep the other half happy). She has been after a new kitchen for a while but I am trying to convince her that by changing the worktop and tiles it will make a big difference (plus we cant afford to replace the whole kitchen at the minute).…
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stud wall to separate living room/dining room
about to get a builder in to put up a stud wall between our open plan living room and dining room. To bring light through both rooms we've decided to go for double glass doors in this wall. My question is what options are there for stud walls in terms of insulation against noise? and what would be recommended for such a…
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age old question i know - best bathroom sanitaryware ?
Hi Confused about wethere to take advantage of all the offers on bathystore.com , plumbnation etc etc with baths @ £109 , suites @ £299 etc I dont want to carry out a false economy , our whole bathroom needs replacing , its tiny but it still has a standard bath in it , showerscreen , toilet and basin Should i be…
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Kitchen appliances?
Yesterday we ordered an ikea kitchen...still a big financial step for us but we need to buy all the appliances now as most were out if stock due to change of range in ikea. Any advice on where best to buy integrated appliances? Online? And any advice on brands for middle of range prices? We need an built in gas oven and…
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Engineering background/ hinge bush plugs.
I have a Hotpoint FF40X Fridge Freezer, the upper hinge on the fridge door has gone. The hinge, pin and bush all appear to be intact. It appears to he the housing within the door that has broken causing the top of the door to drop and the bush moves within the door. Rather than replace the whole door a longer bush plug may…
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Biorb life 60 fish tank. Where to buy?
Hi Forum Anyone know where the best place to buy a biorb life 60 is. Any codes out there to use or best aquarium supplies. I've done the google searches but nothing really discounted. Thanks Paul
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Is damp in the home REALLY as bad for the health as they say?
Some of you may be aware we have damp issues with our new house. With any big decision i end up making i like to read up & understand as much as i can about a topic first, so damp was no different & from this i read plenty on the health issues & airborne particles & the like... It made me wonder, is damp in the house…
