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Front door questions
The wooden front door I currently have lets in rainwater both at the bottom, puddling on the floor and actually through the wood itself. There is mould on the inside of the door as a result of this. Also when we get extreme wind it doesn't just make the curtain move slightly, it makes it billow! So it's time to get a new…
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New Couch
Hey all, Just moved apartment in London and looking to buy a 2nd more comfortable couch. Been looking online and instore and haven't really found a price I like as yet. Anyone any advice or good sites to use? Many thanks for looking Mike
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old boiler/cover
I have an old worscester bosch boiler and ought to think about boiler cover and a service with winter coming up - I don't want to wake up with isicles on my beard. It seems to need restarting and pressure adjustment recently. And sometimes dark fluid drips from underneath. This has all calmed down now. I wonder if it's on…
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Do I need a Heating Engineer ?
We have a problem with our mixer shower and have had a plumber in 4 times to sort it. He has replaced two parts in the Combi boiler which is a Vailliant Ecomax and sited next door to the bathroom in a bungalow. He said the temperature variations, going hot and cold no matter where we set the shower thermostatic control,…
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what fence?
we have a corner house with grass down the side, the problem we have is whatever picket fence we put up it always gets broken by cars either driving over it or parking too close. Can anyone recommend a good fence to put down thats not too expensive. If we dont have a fence there our grass gets parked on and damaged. Needs…
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Solar Panels.
Getting quotes for Solar Panels installation before Jan 2016. What quotes should I expect for a 4kw system?
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Neighbours have placed thin sheets of metal on to our fence.. Help plz
Hi, Our neighbours have today attached or leant thin metal sheets against our 6ft fence. We didn't think that they could do this without our permission. It look so unsightly. Does anyone know what we can do please.
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How Much for a new Bathroom
Hi everyone Need to refresh our bathroom, roughly 3m square on a tight budget Everything 20 years old, so needs new flooring, new bathroom suite with a bath + better than average shower (but which could be part of the bath). Tiling (covering most of the wall) is OK if a little old so not essential to replace Will also need…
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signed a 12 month tenancy agreement, feeling mislead
Hi all, I went to look at a flat in a relatively modern building while people were still living in it. Everything seemed fine, no dodgy smells which would suggest a damp issue (I have asthma so I have to look out for this type of thing), most of the flat smelled "nice" (assumed it was perfume from the tenant, not your…
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Non-Corrosive Cement type substance?
Morning All I'll cut a long story short, I have a channel in my bathroom floor (concrete) that's got plastic pipes running through it, for reasons I wont go into, I need to fill the channel level with the existing floor, I don't want to use cement as I'm worried this will corrode the pipes, is there any kind of…
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Bosch Washing Machine
I have a 16 year old Bosch washing machine. Works fine. However I have noticed that if I dont use it for a couple of weeks the drum seems to fill with about 2 inches of water. The longer the machine is left the more water is in the drum. I have had a look on Dr Google & it seems that the fill valves may be at fault. There…
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New house fixer upper
Hi all, Have just moved into my new home with the wife (plan on this being our forever home) To get the house we want for the right price we have had to get a fixer upper. House currently needs... A new boiler current system is a early 90s back boiler. New bathroom and kitchen. New windows and doors (bedroom bay window has…
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Wood Burner Best Value Size
Hi all - I'm wanting to get a wood burner installed and recently had an installer around - he was quite expensive but said how we was registered with HETAS and would provide a certificate etc and without all of this my home insurance would be invalid. I have no problem with this but was wondering if this was exactly true…
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bathroom tiling
My question is 2 pronged 1) my bathroom floor is vinyl and I have all in one shower and bath which is surrounded my slightly old (but not offensive and in clean immaculate condition tiles). I am thinking of tiling floor and re - tiling the bath area. A plumber said it's a bigger job than I think as whole bath would need…
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Boiler Flue question
Hello everyone, I have a netaheat profile boiler which is an old model. I am currently planning to build an extension and I was wondering how I can check whether that existing boiler can have a cranked flue one that will exit vertically through the extension flat roof. Is this something that only a qualified boiler…
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Ground movement issues with lease hold property
Hi Guys Wonder if you can help with some advise on something. To set the scene we purchased our 1st floor marionette leasehold property back in October 2014 the freeholder is the local council. We had a full survey which took place which did not indicate any issues\possible issues with ground movement Over the last month…
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Dishwasher installation with ao.com
I've just had a new kitchen fitted in my flat. They have left me space for a dishwasher but it's a fair way from the plumbing under the sink. The plumbing has a spare cold fill outlet and a Y-shaped waste. The washing machine is on one side of the waste and the dishwasher will go on the other. I reckon the distance the…
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4 Core SWA cable
We are in the process of completing changing our garden and as a result we need to think about sockets etc. Previously there were a number of outdoor sockets and seperate lights but all run off a 4 core 2.5mm swa cable which has seperate circuits on mains box to turn off either the outdoor sockets or lights. In our new…
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Benefit of Miracoil mattress over memory foam
Dear all, I am used to traditional types of mattresses, spring, miracoil etc. I don't know the difference between Memory foam and traditional types of mattresses. Any help to , help me decide one over the other most appreciated. sebastian
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Second-hand market for power showers?
Just stripped a bathroom, removed a Mira Sport power shower which works fine - been in there for 3 years at least. So question is: is there a second-hand market for power showers, on Gumtree, or elsewhere? Any experience? Would anybody be interested in buying a second-hand power shower, like some people buy second-hand…
