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Help with Storge Heater Circuit Board please?
Hello Thank you for looking. I need some advice please - electrical based. I have removed all the storage heaters from my house and have just purchase some new electic radiators. I was informed that these will plug straight into the socket vacated by the storage heaters. We are on an economy 7 tariff but are in the throws…
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Vacuum Cleaner
Hello everyone, I'm after some advice!... my folks have an upright Dyson cleaner, I think it's great - sure it's heavy but it cleans very well and doesn't leave much behind. My girlfriend has a vax cleaner, a pull along one like a Henry. I hate it. The suction is just awful and the concept of bending over to do the…
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Replacing Yale Lock
Guys, I'm due to complete on a house in about a week all being well. One of the first things I think I should do is change the locks. There's french doors and stuff which I'm not overly concerned about - I'll leave the key in on the house side for starters. The main yale lock is the one I want to change. Is there only one…
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Identifying Specific Oven Trays
Hey. I know it's not quite the place to ask but maybe someone will have a suggestion. In this house we have a vegetarian, someone who doesn't eat pork, and someone who eats all meat. I have just replaced our baking trays with new ones but I'd like to find a way to mark them out for specific uses... much like restaurants…
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Permitted Development Chances
Hi, First post here so please move this if this isnt allowed/wrong forum. I am looking at having a double storey extension to the side of my house, I am wondering if this would fall into permitted development. Initial thoughts were that it would, but upon further reading there is talk of a 7m standoff between the rear…
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Installing internal wall insulation - correct method?
I’m just looking at installing internal wall insulation to an extension on a 300 year old house, where the extension is solid wall about 100 years old and will be the new lounge/dining area. Looking around, the best method appears to be using solid wall insulation panels on the internal side of the external walls. More…
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House extension...what to do next
We had a planning permission for two storey extension to one side and one storey extension to the other side. We still did not apply for the building regulations (our architect wants £800 to do the work..is that reasonable?) but would like to approach few building firms for (ball park)quotes...how many firms should I try?…
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Gas Boiler Soakaway Query
My neighbour has told me that British Gas are installing a new boiler next week and that they would be putting in a soakaway, but they could not give me any more information. When BG came to give me a quote a few years back they said I would need a soakaway and they were going to run it down my garage and into my other…
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How close can I build up to?
Obviously I'll speak to the neighbour to see what he says, but how much of a gap should I leave between his property and mine to not make us a terraced house? No where on the internet says anything, not even local council, and they want me to submit a planning application to answer the question, I am only wanting to know…
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Immersion heater problems
Hi In our BTL we recently had two new elements replaced on the immersion heater after we had a new fuse box installed and the old elements were tripping out constantly. Since then, the tenants have had no hot water (saturday). The guys who changed the elements have been back twice and said it should all be working. The…
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Problem with Smeg Washing machine
Hi, just wondering if anyone else have used build in smeg washing machine and had problems. The washing machine is new less then 3 months old when we started discovering problems with it. When we wash clothes it leave black marks on the clothes, so I am having to rewash the clothes. I have contacted Smeg and they sent…
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Planning options
Hello, we want to apply for planning for two different projects, one being making our existing loft conversion bigger and the second one extending the lower ground floor. Both need planning as we have already used most of our PD allowance. We are thinking of doing a pre-planning application first to get an idea of what our…
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My oven blew up - can it be fixed?
Hi! I've got a Siemens oven, about four years old. I was grilling mackerel one morning, when there was something like an electric fire for about 10 seconds in the top element. I quickly switched the grill off. The clock display went out. And since then, the oven has been dead. The plug looks fine. I tried replacing the…
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Picture rail replacement and plastering
Hello all, I am about to have a room skimmed and also need to replace the picture rail as a large section is missing. Is it a good idea to remove the existing picture rail and glue it back in place before or after the room is skimmed? Or just it not make much difference either way?
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Help advice, party wall, fence, etc
Hi my house is the house with the transit on the drive. the party wall there is 3.2 foot high but i want it higher as i can see right into neighbours kitchen and back garden and for security reasons etc. i also want to add gates. i looked into the party wall issues but its complex and the neighbour isnt the best bloke to…
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Replacing and old concrete and ash floor.
I'm currently halfway through fixing up my first home and under 3 layers of carpet in the living room it turns out I have an old concrete and ash floor. I'm unsure what do do with it but my dad is adamant I dig it up and put insulation and a new concrete floor down. The house is a victorian terraced built about 1903.. the…
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Moving a Storage Heater
Quick question I'm hoping someone can advise on. I'm due to complete on a flat in two days which has night storage heaters and wish to move one by a few feet. There's no need to do anything with the wiring as it's long enough and I'm planning on taking the bricks out of the heater before attempting to move it (already…
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Warm Air Heating to Gas Central Heating
Hi folks, I'm in the early days of buying a 1970s 3bed semi that currently has warm air heating. I want to get it converted to GCH quickly following completion. Has anyone made this conversion? If so, most importantly, how much did it cost? But also, did you have to replace flooring following installation of piping and…
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Can't lay flooring due to wet concrete (new build home)
So we finally have the keys to my new house :T:T:T However, now we have the problem of installing the flooring (Barratt Homes had quoted us a few months ago for flooring, but we decided to shop around). So we had a private flooring company measure and inspect the flooring. They said the concrete floor is way too wet. They…
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Price for replacing a fireplace
Hi, We would like to replace our fireplace as we don't like the style of it, but because it was on the house when we bought it and we've never bought one we don't know what's a normal price. I went to the shop that installed the current one (> 10 year ago) and they said a new one would cost around £2000. Seems a bit too…
