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Loft Bed's / High Sleeper's - Help Needed
Hope you can help. Looking at a really small room and ideally I am after a double high sleeper for a 4ft 6in mattress. I bought a second hand one from ebay however they got their measurements wrong and it did not fit. So I am now back at the drawing board. IKEA have loads, especially second hand on ebay and are good…
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external security lighting
I have a small detached cottage(no neighbours), and have in the past used a 500w halogen secuirty light with PIR. Cheap ones, but never seem to last more than a couple years, and its difficult to replace bulb on telegraph pole. Tried the new 23W LED ones- but poor light- anyone recommend an alternative. Must have PIR,…
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Repaint bathroom
I want to repaint my bathroom but the original paintwork has numerous paint spots all over the walls where the paint was no evenly applied. Should i try. to sand it down before attempting a repaint or should i plaster over it?
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perfect fit venetian blinds
Hi everyone,just wanting too know if anyone has tried using any of the online suppliers of these perfect fit blinds ?? I have my measurements but bit scared I got them wrong .How accurate do you have to be ??? Anyone tried them ??
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Root damage
I'm completely new to this and not sure if I have even posted in the correct place so if I need putting right then please feel free :) . Any advice would be really appreciated.
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Wayfair any good?
I was looking for european size beds and found a couple of nice ones on Wayfair, but they don't have showrooms so it's not possible to see them. Has anyone bought from them, is their furniture good quality? I'm a bit reluctant to spend the money without seeing the product at all..
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Persistent damp in bathroom with no windows. Solution?
Shower room/WC has no windows. Walls are partition and not exterior so extraction cannot go direct through a wall. Instead fan extracts through an adjoining room in boxing and out the wall the long way around. Fan already has over-run function. Would a dehumidifier help to solve this damp issue? For some reason, all the…
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who should pay for the clearing of the car park space
I wonder if any one can help me to answer a legal question. I have bought a leasehold flat with a car park space from auction. The flat came with a car park space in front of the building. By the way the flat block is a conversion as it used to be an old huge Victorian house which got converted to six individual flats. On…
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Howdens Worktop Backboards
Hi, Has anyone fitted a Howdens kitchen recently with those new coloured worktop backboards that they sell. My cousin is interested in getting one of their kitchens, and wanted to have the Heritage Blue colour backboard as a splashback. The kitchen will be U-shaped, and was wondering what to use to cover the gap where two…
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low water pressure
I live in a semi-detached house. When two water - using devices are on in my house, the water pressure drops so that only a dribble is coming out (both hot and cold water devices). Sometimes the pressure drops for no reason. My adjoining neighbour has the same problem. There is only one stopcock outside my neighbour's…
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Asbestos Removal Advice
Evening all, First time on these forums and I'm hoping for some advice with an asbestos problem. I'm a first time buyer and unfortunately did not notice the asbestos contained in the cupboard in the living room. This cupboard would have originally housed the warm air unit for the house (which is long gone). There are three…
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day/night light - security deterrent?
Hey What's your opinions on day/night lights. This is out the front. So it would show anyone by our front door. Would this deter a potential burgler? I can see that if the light was at the back garden it could aid a possible break in. Love your views.
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Boiler vokera excell 80sp-no hot water
My boiler is a Boiler vokera excell 80sp. When I turn on a hot tap I get hot water for 10/20 seconds before the boiler cuts out. Turning the tap off and on again does not mean the boiler fires up for another 20 seconds- I can just get cold water. I have just tried the heating and it does exactly the same. Any ideas? Jim.
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anyone know of a marpatt kitchen door supplier? preferably internet based
We're currently having a (marpatt doored) kitchen installed by a local kitchen fitter and have run into difficulties. Long story short, marpatt have stuffed up the painted finish on the doors of another customer with my installer. As a result of the difficulties and frankly acrimonious relationship that now exists between…
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drive edging
Hi guys i'm having a dropped kerb put in, but before they can do it I need to put something in between the pavement and my property to keep my chippings off the pavement whats best to use as im going to be driving over it and is it easy to do.. thx
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Fitted wardrobe options
Hi all I would like to get some fitted wardrobes going across one side of our bedroom. The wall width is 279cm. I looked at the Ikea Pax range as I don't want to spend loads but the problem is we have a box coming in from the left hand side from the staircase (hope that makes sense). I arranged for Hammonds to come round…
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Large window - Curtains - poles
Our lounge window/patio doors measurement is 4.3m x 210 m, at present have vertical blinds and a dress pelmet and curtains that probably go half way accross window. Due to size of window room gets extremely cold in winter. All needs a bit of a refresh and update so wondering what options are available and best place to get…
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Get rid of body sweat on walls next to bed without damaging paint?
I sweat a lot during the night, was no problem till I got my last property and the side of the bed was huge sticky marks brown marks, I did not want to wipe them off incase I took the paint with it. Been living in new place just over a month and its started to begin here too so do not want the walls covered in sweat
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I need this board!!!
Hi Folks, I have been hunting high and low for some skirting board to match the existing boards in my house (1960's semi/refurbed 2005). Got about 4M to do and needs to match with this: s30.postimg.org/t7yyalfhd/Skirting.jpg 15mm wide / 115mm height Any ideas would be appreciated as beginning to stress out lol Lee
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Tree removal cost
Hi all, I need to have 7 overgrown large (circa 80ft) poplars and 2 thuja (circa 40ft) trees removed from the back garden. We aren't going to keep any of the wood and I have already enquired about the possibility of having them removed for free for the sake of wood. Nobody around our area seems to be interested, so we will…
