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Hand held vacuum cleaner for stairs/narrow areas
Hi Can anyone recommend one of the above please? i have a Dyson for larger floor areas but it isn't as good for stairs. I want a reasonably lightweight one. I did buy a Vax one but it turned out to be pretty useless because it lost charge so quickly. I don't want to make the same mistake again.
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Planning permission question
We have just received planning permission for a two storey rear extension. However, we have noticed, rather belatedly, that the upstairs and downstairs window on the back left side don't line up in the drawings - the downstairs window is about 12cm to the left of the upstairs one (windows are the same size). This looks…
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Adding a window to a bathroom
I'm thinking about purchasing my first home and I've found a potential 2 bedroom purchase which is a new build. Some are off plan, some have started to be built. One thing that bugs me about it is that the bathroom upstairs doesn't have a window. How easy/difficult would it be for a builder to add a window to it? How much…
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Radiator piping
Hi guys, I am re piping all pipes. Starting from upstairs i have 4 pipe which are 2x 15 which i think is return and flow for shower and hot tab 2 x 22 which is straight away reduced to 15mm!! They are radiator pipes I had few plumbers around and all said radiator flow should be 22 and return 15, is that right? Would it be…
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Wall wont dry where mold was...?
Hi ALl, An exterior wall i have had some green algae/mold on. I dug a little soil out and leveled it off. Got a stiff brush and soapy water , majority of if it has gone. However the areas where the majority of the green was...is still wet....i washed the whole wall yet these bricks arent drying and a white mark is being…
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Humidity in loft rooms
I have recently moved into a dormer bungalow . There is a musty smell in the rooms in the roof and having slept in one last night , the air feels damp. Can't see any signs of mould yet though. Does anyone know where i can get an independent survey from someone who is not selling a product as i don't want to be led into…
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Floor joist mess
Hi all, I have a wall between my bathroom and bedroom in first floor. Upon removing floarboarda I can see the wall which seems to have been made from breeze block does not rest on joist or the wall downstairs. The joist is away from the room Side by around 6 cm and on another side around 20cm No problem is where do I fix…
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Problem with smelly sinks
Hello, We have an odor in our master bath that's like old gym clothes. It seems to come from the two sinks. When the bathroom is closed up, it takes a few hours for the odor to build up, and it gets worse when the weather is cool and damp. I've flushed the overflow and the drain with chlorine bleach, baking soda and…
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Combi Boiler Question
Hi, This week we replaced our ancient conventional boiler with a combi. One thing I've noticed is that occasionally throughout the day the hot water fires up even when the taps are switched off... it's this normal? I was assuming that it's just to maintain the temperature of the water in the boiler but thought I'd check as…
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UPVC windows - tilt n turn hinge covers
hi are the hinges on all tilt n turn windows a standard size? looks like these are the only 3 options... https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddiy&field-keywords=tilt+turn+hinge+cover also best way of removing gloss/emulsion from the frames have read using diluted thinners works but could make the…
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Installing soil pipe parallel to wall by removing some internal bricks
A soil pipe from a toilet in a 1930s cavity wall brick house cannot go directly out the wall as it would go out under the kitchen roof. The soil pipe has to therefore run at a slight downwards angle a distance of 1 metre from the toilet to a location on the wall where it could go out and not hit the kitchen roof. The soil…
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Replacing windows in leasehold flat
Hi everyone, I recently purchased a leasehold flat in London which I am currently refurbishing (this will be my home, not an investment). As part of the works I want to replace the windows as currently the frames are all chipped plus I also want to upgrade from double to triple glazing. I have tried to contact the…
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Buying carpet - advice please?
Don't worry, i don't want to know something like how to buy a carpet :rotfl::rotfl::T What i'm looking for is just little tips, bits of advice, pointers on things that if you don't know what to look for you'll overlook & then at a later date think - oh i wish i'd done this differently, or that didn't quite work as i…
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building work not matching plans
We are having our loft converted into a bedroom and en suite. The stairs are in, so I've finally been up to have a look. Most of it looks fine but the some of the partition walls that have been put up yesterday are in the wrong place if I look at the plan, meaning notably that if I have a cupboard put in where I planned…
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2.5mm twin and earth cable connectors
I need to extend my wall socket cable and the wires are being buried in the brickwork. What's the best connectors to use and ideally the smallest so there easy to bury? Thanks
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FCU to socket?
I am in a new build house. On one wall in the living room there is an unswitched FCU which I was told by the site agent when I moved in that it was for a fireplace. We don't want a fireplace and have no other sockets on that wall. Is it possible to simply take off the faceplate and wire a normal switched socket to it…
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Flat roof insulation
Hello, I've moved into a house with an old flat roof extension which has a bathroom in it. I've stripped out most of the room and removed the plasterboard ceiling. It has exposed the underside of the roof which did not look well insulated. There were a few rolls of old fibreglass type quilt and I removed those too so I…
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Struggling to find a groundworker/conservatory installer
Hi, I found a decent firm to do my drive got all the permissions in place and that work starts in 2 weeks, but the conservatory I can't get moving on in anyway. We just want a wickes conservatory installed. That is our final decision. But finding a firm is impossible, either no returned calls or they miss appts or come out…
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Wher to start, who to get?
Hello, I have a couple of jobs need doing on my house and I'm not sure who best to contact. 1) House is a Dorma Bungalow and I would like a toilet and wash basin fitting upstairs. 2) My roof is 50yrs old and needs replacing/overhauling 3) I have some cracking in living room and over one doorway which will need remedy/ RSJ.…
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Why Does America Have Top Loading Washing Machines?
Why does America have mainly top loading washing machines, yet ours aren't? I know the UK can get top loaders but surely they're easier to... well load?
