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Any Plumbers Used One Of These ???
Have any of you plumbers used one of these kits ??? http://www.draytoncontrols.co.uk/DrainEasyKit.aspx Sounds like a good idea...... At £13.98 in the sheds its a daft price for 2 rubber bungs !! Could save a lot of time etc
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How to protect Burglar Alarm siren. Ground floor
Hi, I live in a ground floor flat. I would like to fit a burglar alarm for added security. The external siren however can only be placed on the external walls of my flat as upstairs won't help. What would be the best way to protect the external siren. Being on the ground floor it would be easy just to put a hammer through…
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Walls not level?
Both the back wall of my house and an adjacent garden wall aren't level. There are a few minor cracks in the bricks and mortar but nothing major. My biggest concern was subsidence but with only a few small cracks that haven't got bigger I'm not sure that's the case. Could it be? Or could it just be that the walls were…
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Boundary and guttering problem
Our neighbour built an extension 7years ago. The wall of this extension has replaced the garden wall. He spoke to us at the time and stated that the original wall was wide ( about1 1/2) and as such could he build right up to the edge, effectively taking a few inches off our land. We weren't too pleased but verbally agreed…
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Compensation from builder/council?
I hope this is the right place for this thread, if not I apologise but nowhere else seemed appropriate. I have a ground floor bedroom & bathroom extension because I am disabled; it has been funded by the council in our private house, and built by their approved contractors. The relationship with the first contractors (a…
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Suitable mattress for day bed
We have just got a day bed frame that needs a mattress. It is a single standard 3ft size. This will be used as a seat during the day and as a guest bed when needed so am not sure about the edges that will need to cope with being sat on. Any recommendations as to type of mattress as well as make and model. Also what to keep…
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Access to upstairs chimney breast required when installing fire?
The house I'm in the process of buying has a chimney, a plastered over chimney breast in the lounge/diner(no fire/fireplace/gap, just whatever you call the opposite of an alcove, where it sticks out into the room) and a narrower plastered protrusion into the main bedroom upstairs for the chimney. The house needs a lot of…
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Semi Detached Neighbor building Conservatory impacts?
Hi We live in a relatively new residential estate and in very good terms with our neighbors. Ours is a semi detached house and our neighbor recently mentioned he has applied for planning permission to build a conservatory across the back of his house. I haven't received any letters from council yet asking my permission but…
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Washing machines- Is it normal practice to attach earth terminal to heater using tape
I called in an engineer to look at our washing machine after noticing a burning smell coming from machine. Taking the lid if the machine it was noted that the earth terminal had come undone from the heater box. It had been fixed on using blue sticky tape. It was difficult to get the visiting engineer to comment beyond…
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High Efficency Ventilators
Hi All, I have recently received a damp and timber report on a property that I bought and it states that i need to install new high efficiency ventilators as the existing air brick vents are no sufficient. Can someone please advise what is a high efficiency ventilators? Regards
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Outdoor Plastic Storage
I'm looking for a plastic outdoor storage unit, but most of the ones i see don't have the best online reviews. Has anyone bought a good one? I can't exceed a width of 170cm and been looking at the one below;…
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Neighbour building new higher wall next to boundary
The side of my house is the boundary between my house and next door. At the back of the our houses there's a low wall built on my neighbour's land up to the boundary which seems to be cemented to my house. There's a fence on top of this wall with the fence post on my side level with my house. My neighbour came around to…
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Loft Conversion in ex Local Authority house
Good morning everyone, First post in the forum after being a member for a while. Ive searched for threads on loft conversions but the threads didnt throw up any answers. I have the 'upper cottage' of an ex local authority 4 in a block house. My house and 1 other are owned the other 2 are council owned still. Id like to…
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Ottoman Beds & Gas Struts
I'm hoping someone out there can help me with this. I'm trying to assemble a Hygena Montague ottoman bed (single). Was doing great until I reached the bit where I have to attach "metal clips" to each end of the gas struts to keep them in place. I think they're called retaining clips. According to the (vague) instructions…
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Inspection chamber that our drains don't use - how to get it moved
Hi, we moved in to a new build December 2013 and there is an inspection chamber on our property at the back of the house that our drains do not run in to, its for four houses at the back of us. The drain smells on hot days even though it's not blocked. How can we go about getting Taylor Wimpey to move this off our land?…
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How can I keep light coming into bedroom?
Its fine during night but around 2.30am it gets lighter to the point by about 5am its waking me up every few minutes, I currently have blinds, with curtains on top and then some quilt covers and it still has a lot of light coming in. I know you can get black out curtains but they seem very expensive, seem people online…
