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uPVC door problems
Hi We moved into our house around 11 months back. One of the doors to outside - I think its a french door (it actually occupies most of a wall - has lock on one side only). The door was difficult to lock and we never used it, there was a bid of draft coming. Got the door checked by a person who deals with these - managed…
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Kitchen redo
Hello all We bought our flat about 14 months ago and it came with a decent functional kitchen. It is one of those fully integrated kitchens that are a part of almost every new block nowadays. I estimate it is about 13 years old. 2 things that are priority and I will do is replace the dishwasher which has never worked for…
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how much to partition off stairs in living room
hi Can anyone provide a rough cost of putting up a stud wall in living room to block off the stairs? The draught coming from upstairs (possibly the window there) is huge.The wall would need to have a door,and at the moment has a cupboard under the stairs which I need to keep.It would need plastering and skirting and…
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Getting work done on damaged roughcast - advice please
Hi, we had some issues with penetrating damp which has been traced to some cracked render (roughcast or pebbledash - from the 1930s, with semi-smooth stones I think, painted over) on the rear wall of the house and the chimney stack. We are in the process of getting quotes to have this repaired. Both quotes so far have…
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Grout cracking - underfloor heating?
Hi Any advice? We bought a house last March. The house was extended 5 years ago (previous owners). The extension includes our bedroom and en-suite. The en-suite has underfloor heating (installed when the extension was done). I noticed, at the time we moved in, that there was some minor chipping in the grout (little…
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Best settings for easicom 28 boiler
Hello there. Making my first post here so Hi. Have question about my boiler. Got Easicom 28 and would like to ask what would be the best settings for it. Currently its burning out gas so fast. My gas is on top up cards so spending around 80-90 quid a month just for gas which is quite a lot. Currently I have set up…
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lights gone again
We had the house completely re-wired 18 months ago, when we moved in. We have a 5-bulb chandelier in the living room, and also a 3-spot ceiling light in the same room. They both run off dimmer switches (2 separate dimmer switches on the same back plate, if that makes sense). I switched the main chandelier on this morning,…
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Help Keeping My House Warm
Dear All, I am hoping you may be able to help. Me and my wife brought our first house in May 2014. During the summer months it was amazing but the house seems to have turned into a freezer for the winter months :( A Few facts: the house is a end terrace house built in 1903. I have draft excluded both the front and back…
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Howdens Burford Grey Quote
HI So Ive had this quote for the burford grey range ( Been told all colours same price), but think its rather high, The builder says he has not added anything on , but im not so sure or thinking maybe he gets a rubbish discount. wondering if you lovely people can help me out 1 BFY5141 Bfy Wh Nh 600 3 Dwr Base 104.25 1…
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Which front door?
Front outside door is currently upvc (fitted around 15 years ago). Opens into a small porch which is always really cold. The inner internal wooden door to front room seems to keep the warmth in front room but soon as it's opened can really feel the cold rush in. So question is what would be the besy option for the front…
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Damage to neighbours garage
During the high winds last week my 12 trampoline blew out of my garden the trampoline it self did not cause any damage but the ladder used by my kids landed on my neighbours on-block garage roof and has left a hole. I have spoken to my neighbour he said that the roof was damaged by someone else before. I get the impression…
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Unable to get to screws on double glazing handles
Hi there I hope you can assist me here. The handles on the opening part of some of my double glazing windows are loose. The windows have a small opening at the top. These are not the swivel kind. I've seen videos where they just get a Stanley knife and easily pop off the cap covering the screws. I've been at it a while,…
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Hot Air Vents/Radiator Covers
Our house has hot air heating and in the lounge is a rather unsightly steel grill about 2ft square for the hot air heating. Would it be ok to put a radiator cover in front of this? Vents are non adjustable in grill and direct left/right.
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Kitchen lighting
I live in an old cottage with lowish ceilings and am desperate to have a decent kitchen ceiling light. Everything we look at is either hundreds of pounds or really low wattage (our present one is a Wickes low powered light) a fluorescent 32 watt circular type - really depressing and does not light corners etc. Has anyone…
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DIY porch kits
Has anyone had one of these? I wouldn't be able to fit it so would have to get someone in, any ideas of costs? Just need simple structure to basically put my dirty wellies in after cleaning my bunnies out!
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Washing machine soap poweder tray blocked
the drain pipe in the soap powder compartment is blocked, we dont have any kids so unlikely to be toys stuck in there, so just built up soap powder methinks. I have pourded hot water in and the syphoned it out, managed to get a lot of the soapy water out but now I think I have managed to take out the bulk of the soapy…
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Approximate cost for having gas supply switched back on?
Hi everyone We're hoping to exchange on a house this week and it looks like the gas supply is switched off (house empty for >6 months..standard practice blah). Estate agents are looking at getting it switched back on, but in case this doesn't happen, anyone know rough cost of having it reconnected? Ball park figure, no…
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Big damp patch on carpet
Hi all - I hope this is the right board! Our Plumber can't get to us until after the weekend thanks to other commitments and the snow, so I'm hoping to get some ideas of what this might be. OH is very DIY-minded and extremely handy so maybe we won't even need the Plumber, but I don't know! Basically suddenly last night, we…
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Combi Boiler Pressures
I have a worcester greenstar HE combi Boiler just over 9 years old. It has not been service for a nearly 2 years I know!! Will get that sorted in the next few days. Anyway I occasionally look at the boiler just to check water pressure. I know how to re-fill if low. And it is normally in the green between 1-2 bar normally…
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Stubborn switch on anglepoise lamp
The switch on my anglepoise is getting increasingly stiff. (FYI it's not an actual Anglpoise brand light). The light is turned on/off by rotating a narrow rod on the back of the light clockwise. It's got to the stage where I have to use pliers to turn it off! (on is a bit easier). Does this mean the switch is giving out or…
