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Eggshell or matt for hallway
Hi, for hallway and landing walls, any advice on what finish to choose from Eggshell or matt. Am looking at dulux diamond range . Ta.
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Damage to neighbours property
Hi, Legal question to be honest. Daughter has a large garden, exposed, that backs onto a neighbour. Their back garden overlaps or wraps around the neighbours smaller property. We had a mini tornado up in Derbyshire on Thursday. The kids 12ft trampoline was listed and carried 40yds through the neighbours fence and into…
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Vinyl strip for chipboard shelf edge
I have managed to build an Ikea bookcase with half of the shelves back to front, chipboard edge showing :o I've already attached the backing so can't start again and have the wall drilled for safety fastenings etc. Is there a white adhesive edging that I could buy to hide the chipboard? Like the stuff you get on the sides…
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Cleaning out a drain or soakaway
We have a drain/soakaway in the driveway. No idea which it is but it was full to the brim with mud and crud. I cleaned out what I could using my hands and a garden tool. I can't quite clear out the bottom half inch of crud. There's also a channel leading off somewhere and this feels blocked too. How do I clean it all? When…
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Upvc windows and best way to deal with tv cables?
Hi folks, Going to replace the existing windows with Upvc ones. Just thought about it this morning, as we have tv aerial cable and sky magic eye cable coming in through the existing window in two rooms at present, (can't really see any other way of doing it) do you think it will be easy enough for the installers to cut a…
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Breaking in to our shed..
Hi all, We recently bought a house with a shed/outbuilding in the garden. We can't find the key to it anywhere (it may have been chucked in the move/clear up! Any suggestions on how to pick the lock or break it off to put a new one on? Could really do with putting stuff in there! Can't get to the screws to unscrew it and…
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vaillant ecoplus 415 boiler
This boiler has been installed in my mum's now empty house. There doesn't appear to be any sort of manual and I don't have a clue how to set it to a reasonable temperature during the winter. What do the degrees centigrade on the panel equate to? What sort of setting should there be now to avoid bursts etc? At the moment…
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New electric shower - enough water pressure?
Hi all, Our current electric shower stopped working and I need to fit a new one. We have 10mm cable installed and pressure seems to be fairly high. Can fill up a one litre bottle from the cold tap in the bath in just over 3seconds. So what we have now is a Redring Expressions 550 and I'm looking at some Triton ones. I…
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Block driveway sealer
Hi Got our block driveway cleaned and re-sanded. Wondering if anybody could recommend a solvent based sealer which would give a wet look. Resiblock would be too expensive as it is almost 200 sq.metres of driveway.
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Draughty double glazing
Hi there I'm looking for advice as to how I can sort out draughty double glazing. We have went round the windows and majority of them are draughty and we are freezing. We cannot afford to replace the windows and doors and we have a feeling they ave not been fitted propertly (they are 13 years old and were put in the house…
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Memory Foam Mattress Topper (for a super king size bed) under #150
Hey all. Can anyone guide on any really good mattress toppers out there? After one for a super king size bed, budget of up to £150. Seen a couple today, there's one at Dunelm which really looked the part (nice and thick) for £140.00 Fell into the trap of looking online too and seeing lots of different alternatives on Ebay…
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Adding Inhibitor
Forgive if wrong forum. Our plumber, a friend, has just finished replacing and bringing back into use our central heating system. That is, all of the radiators. I chose some Stelrad Radical radiators for downstairs, and even I can see that they are a bit of a pig to fit. PlumbNation rather slowish to sort out faulty bits,…
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Paying tradesman
We need a length of sewer pipe replacing and I found a builder a few months ago who gave a reasonable quote. He's supposed to be starting work in a week or so and emailed me yesterday to say: "A week before I start I usually ask for a 40% deposit to be paid to pay for materials and hire charges and the rest on completion."…
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Building Control - owner or builder?
Dear MSE Forum Friends, Let me just recap to those who don't know my situation. We hired a "premium" builders of SE of London. Last 4 weeks before finish they ransomed a some of £35,000 which we refuse to pay. They took their tools away and also took most of the installed items such as Boiler, underfloor heating etc. We…
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Painting over vinyl wallpaper
Hi, I am wondering if anyone can help, Is it possible to paint over vinyl wallpaper, I have read that you can use Zinssers bulls eye primer paint first, can anyone confirm this ? thanks in advance
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Estimate Increase for Work I Thought Was Included
Hi all, Long time since I posted last, but I'm hoping you can help me please. Long story short, got a new kitchen from IKEA and had stone worktops so had to use their fitters, which was fine. When they came to do the survey I asked them to price for all the other stuff (plastering, electrics etc) They sent me an estimate…
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Legal expenses cover for upcoming house extension work
I have a major house extension work that is commencing next week (contract value around £140K). The builder seems competent and his company has all the required insurances 1) Public Liability 2) Employers Liability 3) Contracts insurance. So I think these should cover any scenario of the building work damaging my existing…
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Changing Radiator - Clean and Flush
So I came home to find my boiler had lost all pressure and cut out. I have a smallish leak under one of my radiators. In the last hour I've had about 20ml come out. It's coming from near the valve, but looks like its coming from the rusty patch... So I've ordered a new radiator of the same size and a drain off valve to fit…
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Anyone know what this is???
I have just moved to house that needs a lot of modernsation and found this... Do you know what the hell is this?! The dial turn allows you to choose the time, and the slider at bottom of box says OnOff/Clear, when I switch that the light went off. And the red blinks all the time. What is it called and how can I use it?…
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Curtains, shutters, blinds recommendations
Can anyone recommend a good curtains/shutters/blinds company in the west Kent/southeast London area? I've just moved to the area and don't know where to begin in my search. I received an advert through the door for Inspired Shutters & Blinds but they didn't inspire me at all, as they didn't return my partner's call, and…
