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Can i Use Cupboard Pint on kitchen tiles? ( Yes i know it sounds stupid)
I have picked up the wrong paint, we should have picked up tile paint and only now realised we got cupboard paint -_- but just out of curiosity could i use cupboard paint on tiles? or would this be a disaster?
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Mysterious leak into neighbours downstairs living room
Hi all, Hoping someone can give some guidance on a daily tricky issue... My downstairs neighbours reported to me about 6 months ago that there was an intermittent leak (presumably from my bathroom above their living room). I inspected the downstairs flat to see a small patch of damp and called a plumber. Plumber No.1 came…
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Buzzing dimmer swtches
Do ALL dimmer switches buzz ? Just changed one - the OH was complaining about the noisy buzzing (I couldn't hear it !!) and the replacement is exactly the same !!
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Side extension layout ideas.
At present the ground floor of our house looks like this: It's a 1920s semi, attached on the right-hand side. On the left side of the house there's a driveway about 2.9m wide between the house and the boundary wall, then the neighbouring house is the same distance away on the other side of the wall. There's currently a…
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Do I need an architect? Or should I use one?
My post from yesterday..... https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5540385 We are looking for a kitchen/diner. Currently have a kitchen with dining room next door (see above post!) This will involve -knocking 2 loadbearing walls -possibly relocating a staircase -a new roof on the kitchen diner -sliding doors…
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Electrician cost my friend money
Hi there Posting on behalf of a friend. She called out a local electrician to fix an issue with her property alarm. The electrician spent approx. 4 hours trying to fix it and then said she could not fix it so my friend would need to call BT. BT engineer came out, walked in, unplugged something and said "fixed". He was…
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Repetetively failing silicon around shower base
Hi, I am not sure anyone actually has any solution or ideas how to deal with the problem we are having.. But here is a try. Basically, we had rather large bathroom failure, where the silicon around our shower corner base (our only shower, no other shower or bath) failed and it had leaked probably for some time. We took the…
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Car Smell
I know, I know, not a nice title and probably wrong place to post - but am desperate. A while a go I was sent to collect a order from Costa that included a hazlenut late with whipped cream. The top was not placed on the coffee correctly and now the car stinks. I have tried vanish and yesterday carpet cleaner but the car…
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Paid £1150 for one hour's work
My 70 year old father called a local drain cleaner for a kitchen sink blockage. He suspected tree roots were causing the blockage and they were. They spent one hour at the house. They used a camera and cut out the roots with their equipment. No pipes were treated or replaced. £1100+ Any comments or advice would be greatly…
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Pls help as my shed lock is jammed ?
Hi all, Anyone please help. I have tried WD40 without any luck. I have not opened lock for a few months and there may be some rust on it. Thanks
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DFS Eazi Glides - Cheaper Alternatives?
Hi I recently ordered a leather sofa from DFS and the salesman tried hard to convince me to buy their Eazi Glides to protect the floor but I didnt give in as I knew they were a rip off. They wanted £70 for what looked like stick on pads ! Can anyone recommend any cheaper alternative as the leather sofas will have metal…
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Bathroom paint colour?
I realise this is really an impossible question to answer, but I'm just looking for opinions. My bathroom is being refurbished. The bath, basin and toilet are white, as are the tiles around the bath and basin. Ceiling is white artexing (but that could, of course, easily be repainted to match the walls), and the flooring is…
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DFS Cat Marks
Hi Purchased a small 2 seater leather sofa from DFS. Within days the sofa is covered in marks from our cat. The cat isn't scratching the furniture its just walking across it. There are also indents in the arm and head area, the sofa is less than a month old. It costs £700+. DFS are saying that the issue with the cat marks…
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Mirostone Worktops
Hi Has anyone had any experience of this product? I can find very little about it opinion wise. We are considering it for our kitchen and the company we are using have warned us off the likes Encore etc, but I wasn't sure if this product stands up much better? We used to have a Maia worktop which didn't fare too badly…
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Wickes - incentives?
About to spend a lot of money with Wickes. I just wanted to check whether I should be making the most of any incentives / loyalty / points that I ought to be getting? Many thanks! :o
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Compact laminate worktops - any good?
Hi all We're looking to replace our kitchen, but we can't afford anything like corian or granite for the worktops so we are looking at laminate. Quite a few kitchen providers are now offering compact laminate. I quite like the look of it, and I hear is its hardwearing and entirely waterproof which means we could have a…
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Room rearranging, any ideas welcome. Full floorplans included in thread!
Below is a link to my house plan I have quickly made up (ground floor only, we have 3 bedrooms up the stairs) We want a kitchen/diner with doors onto back garden (basically doors will be along back of kitchen where hob is in the pic) Makes sense we knock through wall between dining room and kitchen and open up into the…
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Ideal Logic+ combi and thermostat problem...
This is money saving in as much as: can I fix it myself?! Heads up: I know nothing about boilers, other than how to set the dials on my one, and how it responds to a thermostat! I'm also very logical, so have come to the following conclusions... Have a Logic+ combi boiler, and a mechanical thermostat. The boiler definitely…
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Bathroom lighting problem/recommendation
Any advice/help appreciated.... Our new buy to let flat has a bathroom ceiling flush light but i seem to be unlucky as two have been broken in the last 4 years. Not just the led bulbs, but either its exploded, or clips on the base are broken( clips broken in the hands when changing the bulbs as per my tenants). So I have…
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Fence ,gates and bad neighbour
Hi, I hope this is the right place to ask. We have replaced our old rotting fence and for some reason decided to make a small gates. I was against, but it looks nice. Now, on the other side is a large industrial estate. The gates are opening into our garden, but we always keep it locked and never planned to go out,…
