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Has Anyone Used Radiator Reflectors Before and What do They Think?
Hi Has anyone used reflectors on radiators (NOT foil)? I would like to conserve some heat and read up on this. My radiators are already on so I'd like a simple DIY job to cut around and put the reflectors behind, sitting on the brackets??? Suggestions/recommendations would be most appreciated please?…
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Hairline Cracks have Appeared in Newly Skimmed Wall - How to Fill These
Hi I have several hairline cracks on my newly skimmed (3 months old) walls and ceilings. What's the BEST way to seal them filler or caulk? Should I make the crack wider with a knife so the substance moulds in well???? Please advise and ASAP! Thanks in advance. Regards, Raul
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Painting Moulded Doors with Paint or Varnish
Hi I like the colour of the original moulded doors I've bought. However we need to paint it to protect it from wearing.. What should we paint the door with e,g, can you paint clear varnish on moulded doors?
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help cooker switch tripping
Hiya, normally I would ask my dad questions like this but he passed away so I don't know what to do. I plugged in something electrical which caused the power to trip. Electrical fiendish device is now being recycled BUT now our cooker switch won't stay on (the big one with the red light on the wall). I changed the 30amp…
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Potential Mains water issue
Dudes....bear with me please.... Where my mains water supply comes up from the ground and into the kitchen through the stop !!!! and onwards there is a strange noise. It sounds almost like an electrical buzzing but clearly isn't. There is no visible leak, it is all dry. The noise stops if the stop c0ck is switched off. I…
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Which type of exterior door?
We need to replace our outdoor toilet door (now being used for storage in our garden). Most of the quotes have been for a framed, ledged and braced door but the last person suggested a flush plywood exterior fire door with a weather drip fitted at the bottom to stop it rotting (which was a problem with the last one). It's…
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Ercol Coffee Table needs TLC
Any furniture renovators out there.I have an ercol coffee table that needs some tlc. The top has some marks -( maybe water or coffee cup marks?), so think I might need to sand it down but don't know what to do with it next, and it also has a very slight split where the wood has been joined together. After sanding what do I…
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Window dressing for angled window reveal
I am doing up a cottage with dinky little cottage windows (albeit wood effect UPVC :( ). The window reveals are angled into the rooms (in the way they used to be to maximise light) wih attractive bench seating built in. There is a beam at (low) ceiling height and the previous occupiers had a curtain pole fixed onto the…
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New Washing Machine Needed
Experiences, good and bad from those who have recently bought a new washing machine please. Done plenty of research but huge selection out there and thought I would ask for recent experience before taking the plunge. Family of 2 as kids have flown the nest so don't need huge capacity. Would like economical in terms of…
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Bedrooms plastered - to change door frames or not?
renovating the 1930's semi we bought last year and having the bedroom walls skimmed, and will be replacing the skirting boards so we can lay wood flooring properly before the skirting boards. Would you change the door frames too? They're old and by looks of it have a hundred layers off off-white gloss on them, is it a big…
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Where do you get small worktops ?
I have a piece of natural wood worktop as a breakfast bar. It is about three foot long. I want to replca it with melamine worktop as i dont like the wood look anymore. But looking online, most worktops are 2m long. is there anywhere that sells smaller bits?
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Sales rep damaged my wallpaper.
So basically I got a Blinds company out to measure my windows for a quote for new blinds. On arrival he walked into my living room cream carpet without taking his shoes off and cause 4 or 5 muddy footprints. He looked embarrassed and did take his shoes off straight away. While I was getting the carpet cleaner out he went…
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Worth Replacing Kitchen Prior to Selling?
Hi We live in a large four bed detached in North West England, built in 2000. It still has the original Limed Oak/Laminate Worktop kitchen that the builder installed, although oven and hob have recently been replaced with new Neff ones. Conundrum I have is, in my opinion, the kitchen and tiles look dated (there is some…
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Glazing brickwork
Story is I have an interior brick wall I would like as a feature wall, I've been advised to glaze the bricks with something to help reduce dust (possibly the same stuff I would use to glaze a concrete garage floor), I really don't want to paint the bricks - they are multi-coloured and textured and I want to keep both the…
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Pest infestation in the loft.
Hi. On Tuesday I had to go into my loft as I was putting some Xmas drinks up there out of the way. Well when I got in there on a cardboard box I saw about 20 insects moving and when I looked at other things there were loads more crawling about. The semi-house has a hipped roof so 3/4 is floored ant the parts by the eaves…
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LED Bulkhead Lights
We're having the bungalow rewired as we renovate, and the time has come to add a couple of outdoor lights, enabling us to walk from the back door to the boiler room/bin area at night. One light will be on the rear elevation and the other on the end of the property, somewhere well clear of the boiler flue. We just need…
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How to set central heating to work off thermostat
We have quite a new house and the central heating is good, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to set the central heating to work off the thermostat in the hallway. Set temperature on thermostat and heating will knock on and off to suit the setting The controller is a Siemens rwb29 and the settings it has in…
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Tiles - B&Q or something a bit more pricey?
I am torn between a tile at B&Q which is cheap at £12 a sq metre, or a tile that I can get through work for £24 a sq metre (which usually sells to the trade at £40 a sq metre). I like both equally, and obviously price plays a part…but I realise that even at £24 a sq metre I am getting a deal on a quality tile. So my…
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Beckermann kitchens
Can anyone tell me if Beckermann is a good quality kitchen? Have had quote and based on the price it is! Wondering if anyone can suggest other kitchen brands of similar quality to do price comparison? Cheers
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painting a mist coat
How much would it cost per meter 2 to have a mist coat painted on bare plaster if I supply the paint, I have 250 meters 2 to paint
