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Mice proofing cable
I'm having a chest freezer delivered next week which is to be kept in the small barn attached to the house. Until I can get an electrician to put in a new socket at the back of the barn I'm going to have to use an extension lead to the sockets at the front of it. Temporary measure, hopefully only until after the New Year.…
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Tiling labour cost
Hi, Are there any professional tilers out there? I was just wondering what rates you charge for labour? Thanks! :beer:
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Gas Bonding
I'll try and keep this short My house (old coal board house) had no gas supply. When I moved in I paid national grid to lay the pipework, and British gas installed the gas meter. Fast forward, had boiler serviced and have been told it needs / should be bonded. National grid say not their responsibility, it's British gas…
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Wet floor in cellar comes and goes
The cellar in my house keeps getting damp and then dries out again. The damp creeps along the floor and the bricks become damp. Then after a while, it retreats again and the cellar dries out again, with only a small damp patch remaining in a corner. I am at a loss as to understand what is causing this. Sometimes the damp…
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Cracks in internal wall
Help me sleep at night (or scare me to death).... There are cracks in the my bedroom wall. The wall is an internal wall between the 1st and 2nd bedroom. The cracks are on both sides and are staircase-like. They seem to originate from the corner of the doorpost. I am worried that this is a serious issue as I always thought…
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Fan extract ducting goes into a condensate box
When investigating my shower extraction fan run of white flexi 4" ducting I found it finished in the storage space above the shower (the room has high ceilings) in something that looks like a condensation box-trap, about the size of a biscuit tin, the ducting entering it via a flange on the top. The ducting and box-trap is…
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Texecom Veritas Alarm
Hi Guys My last tennant has installed a veritas alarm, the one with the DCA 0001 led remote keypad, im having problems setting it up for the new tennants, basically they want zone 1,2,5 & 6 working as part set for when they go to bed at night. The issue is they can omit the zones 3 & 4 but for some reason zone 5 & 6 wont…
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Old floorboards into decking?!
Hi, I am currently ripping out the floorboards from the downstairs of my London Victorian Terrace. They are cheap modern pine floorboards about 5 inches wide and 22mm thick. I will replace with reclaimed "original" Victorian floorboards. However instead of skipping them I have thought about recycling them as my outdoor…
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Pre-application - Is 6m full width extension of leasehold flat possible?
Hi all, I'm interested in offering on a ground floor, one bedroom flat within a converted Victorian Terraced house. It’s not very big, and needs a lot of work, including resolving what looks like a major damp problem, before I can move in. That’s why I was thinking of extending the back of the property at the same time as…
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Extension at the front of house (Moving Soil Pipe)
Hi! We have bought our first house, and settling in quite well. There are a few things we plan to do in the coming years, including a possible extension to the front of the house. I am wondering if anyone has any knowledge of this subject. We have not made any planning permission applications, as we will first need to save…
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Water leak! Urgent help needed
We have a leak from the pipe that feeds out toilet - but we can't turn the water off. This pipe is fed from the attic and the stop valves are located in the airing cupboard - this has been turned off but there is obviously something wrong with that valve and it will only turn it off to about 95%. The other 5% is now making…
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Can I paint a damp wall?
I've just bought a house. When I bought it the dining room wallpaper was peeling off as the wall is damp due to water getting in due to coping stones being removed from outside wall and possibly water getting in through poor exterior brickwork. I have a builder coming out to sort it out in January. After stripping the…
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Smart Wifi Thermostat, do you have one?
I have a good old fashion one, it's semi-smart and semi-stupid :rotfl: Do you have one of those hive or nest thermostats and would your recommend one for central heating (using a combi boiler)? The one I have works fine, though it'd be handy to be able to program remotely and/or using geolocation...
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central heating controller swap no CH but have HW
Hi I am trying to swap over my old central heating control for a new controller and thermostat. The old one is a Grasslin Towerchron QE2 and the new one is a Drayton MiTime T720R The old system worked just fine. The system is an open header hot water tank type system. Problem : - No central heating only hot water . Unless…
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Immersion heater cupboard... law?
Odd heading I know! I want to know, is there any law or guideline that I need to know about how big my cupboard needs to be that houses my electric immersion heater please. (Cold fill on top, hot below type). I am aware that the insulation mustn't cover the gubbins where the wires go in etc and my pipes are insulated with…
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Terrible bathroom refurbishment
Hi, we are currently suffering due to a very bad bath refurbishment 80% completed by the builder and we stopped. Basically, shower installed wrong, leaking behind toilet, and tiles... tiles i do not want to talk about them as they are extremely terrible. We had paid 500 for labor fortunately but tiles was around 1.5 K…
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Woodworm....Advice Sought Please
Good morning, I have recently discovered active woodworm in some shelves in my kitchen (beech I believe). I can see the beetles, frass and flight holes etc and they appear to be the common furniture beetle. I have read many internet sites and I am none the wiser as to whether I should get rid of the shelves, treat the…
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Damp concrete floor in extension, tiles breaking
Hi guys, I was wondering if you could provide some guidance dealing with a very difficult situation I'm in. It's probably going to be a long post to explain the situation so bear with me please. I have a ground floor 2 bed Victorian garden flat (period conversion) in West London. I bought this flat about a 14 months ago…
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Water softener?
There is a blue plastic cylinder plumbed in next to the stopcock. It is about 28 cm tall and maybe 10cm in diameter. I can't see any kind of manufacturer's name. I have been told it is a water softener. I have no instructions for it. I'm thinking of removing it, partly because it's obstructing the space that could be used…
