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Help with hard stiff carpet
Hi, Really after some help, I have a fairly new carpet about 1 year old. I have a vax rapide and clearly ignored the instructions the first time I cleaned the carpet and used loads of the shampoo and no matter what I do parts of the carpet are really flat, stiff and hard. I've tried using a mixture of vinegar and water and…
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Cheap source for bathroom wall panels
Just wondering whether anyone can recommend a cheap source for bathroom wall panels. There are some amazing ones out there like https://www.splashacrylic.com but these are not in the price range I'm considering, basically I'm look for the cheapest you can get provided they don't end up visually disgusting. Using the…
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Architect/Builder recommendations East Northants please.
We move on Monday to our bungalow near Oundle in Northants. We need the services of an architect/designer whatever to plan a garage extension on the gable end and a dining room/kitchen/bathroom extension at the rear and then a builder. It is not our local area so if anyone on the forum has any recommendations..or ones to…
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Carpet vs hard flooring
I'm halfway through renovating the flat I've just bought in London (my first home :beer: ) and almost finished with the bedroom and living room. As part of that I ripped up horrible, poorly laid, uneven laminate flooring and replaced it with lovely thick quality carpet and a thick underlay. However going 90% of Rightmove…
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Removing Shrubs
Hey guys, My front garden is looking a little messy as certain shrubs and flowers are looking quite depressing. I want to remove a few small bushes and flowers and one particularly large shrub (around 5ft high and wide). The earth beneath is rock hard. How do I got about getting this stuff removed? Many thanks!
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Converting part of garden to parking space.
I live in an ancient rural cottage with no parking. I could park on the road but there are a lot of farm vehicles turning so I tend to park a few minutes walk away where there is plenty of off road space. There is a pretty cottage garden plus an old cobbled courtyard. I could create a car pull in by taking down the dry…
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How to clean a deep fat fryer basket -Easily
I have been struggling to clean a deep fat fryer basket. The fat was congealed and stuck to the fryer basket like glue.I have searched the internet but the solutions offered simply did not work. Here is the one that did, and remarkably so easy and simple. What worked for me was Caustic soda, I recommend wearing rubber…
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Making loft conversion quiet and cool: soundcheck plasterboard, triple-glazed velux?
Work is due to start on my loft conversion in a few weeks' time and I am thinking of what I can do to make it as comfortable a space as possible. I'd like to keep it cool in summer and I'd like to try block out plane noise as much as is practical / affordable. So I was going to go for triple-glazed velux on the basis that…
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Toilet in utility room
Hi All, New project, not underway, as yet, but I'm starting the (silly) Q's early! I'm intending to put a utility room in the back end of the garage, which would be accessed from a door from kitchen, into the garage, then a door into the utility itself. There will be an external door from garden, into garage as well. The…
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Home security
Hi all im after some advice on home security im after recommendations of a house alarm, and ip cameras with cloud storage for saved images. As there are so many around i would like to be recommended Thanks in advance
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Recommend Storage Heaters please
Hi there I need to replace some very old storage heaters and would like to hear if you can recommend any particular brand. I need 2 for my lounge area which measures about 5.5 metres x 4.5 metres and is 2 metres high and one for a bedroom which is 5.5 metres x 2.5 and 2 metres high. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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Old Home - External Render/Painting Advice
Hi, I was looking to get some advice. Basically I purchased an old cottage about a year ago, it was in poor condition in the 70's they rendered inside and outside with a hard render and then painting over it with a sandex unbreathable type paint. They did this inside and out so we have been having moisture/damp problems. I…
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Home improvement effect on equity
Sorry if this is a re-post, but I couldn't find a a related article. I am thinking of building a conservatory and from what I read on the web, a conservatory increases the value of the house roughly by 7%. I bought the house with 10% deposit and over the 2 years, I think the repayments will be worth up 3% (I believe the…
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Fascias and Soffits - replace or cover?
Hi, Our house has wooden fascias and soffits and we'd like to get them either covered up or replaced. The problem is, different companies are recommending different things - some are saying that just covering them would be more than sufficient (and reading things like this article agree with that line of thought) however…
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Too hot shower
Hi all,seeking some advice for my daughter.They had an electric shower in their home and a few weeks ago it would produce very hot water no matter how cold you set the adjusting switch for.My opinion was the thermostat had failed and as the shower was 10 years old they bought a new one,same make just modern version. Now…
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Hammock posts not staying put
The idea was to sink three, 10 feet tall, 4” X 4” fence posts, in a triangle shape 12 feet apart. The plan was to hang 2 hammocks off the posts. So for each post, we use a post borer and dug a 6” diameter, 2 foot deep hole, in the base of which we dropped 2 cms high pea gravel followed by the post. Following the postcrete…
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Anyone painted fitted wardrobes and got a good finish?
We have fitted wardrobes in three bedrooms that are probably original from when the house was built (25 years ago) - it was the showhome for the estate. They were cream but are now a dingy cream and the handles are discoloured. We won't be ripping them out and redoing the bedrooms fully for some years, so I'm wondering if…
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Are there regulations on where an extractor fan vent can be located on block of flats
We moved into a rented top floor apartment earlier this year. Lovely apartment. Next door flat was vacant and was rented a few months later. The guy deep fries food every night between 9pm – 11pm (just around bedtime for me). His kitchen extractor fan vent is next to my bedroom window. Meaning now in the summer when its…
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Plantation Shutters
Hope someone can help I want to find a decent company in the London region to supply made to measure Wooden window shutters. Have had quotes from Hillarys but their package has MDF frames am looking for wood shutters and wood frames. Dont mind fitting them my self unless someone can recommend a good company that supplies…
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Medium/high quality wooden flooring cost
I'm trying to work out all the costs associated with purchasing and fitting a new build house and I'm unsure about flooring. I'd like to have wooden flooring and whilst the developer might try to include the flooring in the asking price, I was wondering how much would a medium-high quality wooden flooring cost to purchase…
