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Bleached areas on brown carpet
We aren't sure quite how this has happened, but there are bleached orange areas on our brown carpet. This is under where the cat litter trays are but we have a supposedly waterproof cat litter mat under them. I think it's fair to assume that it's urine that's been the issue but I'm still a bit perplexed as to how it…
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Hairspray removal from glass ???
Hi I clean for a few of my mum's friends but I have come across this problem. I cannot get the hairspray from the glass wardrobe doors. I have asked her not to spray in front of the doora again - but who knows where it is going now. It is like superglue! I have tried all normal cleaning products, and I daresay if I spent…
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Next door blocking gutter
So we live next door to a guy who, ever since we moved into this house has tried to "rule the roost". Our place was used as a holiday cottage and then empty for a while before we bought it. he used to look after it which included letting his relatives stay for free we later found out. Anyway once we moved in he treid…
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Painting skirting boards and stair spindles
Hi, happy Easter... Am about to start painting skirting boards and stair spindles which are round . Saw a thread here with some questions but I have some more and didn't want to hijack that thread. 1. Any tips for what brush to use and how to avoid any brush marks. I want to use satinwood paint to match with doors which…
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Doorbells
Is it possible to wire 2 doorbells to one chime?
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Textured ceiling and bitumen floor (with pics)
Hi folks, Renovating my new house (built 1980) which has a couple of potential asbestos related areas. I am getting someone in to take some samples next week but I would like some opinions from anyone who has come across this. EDIT : Sorry the pics are the wrong way round, stupid things have flipped! Textured ceiling I…
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Leak after tradesperson adjusted toilet
We had a blocked en-suite toilet, and tried everything I was comfortable with to unblock it (plunger, sodium hydroxide, buckets of hot water, poking hoespipes down there etc) but couldn't get it cleared. So I got a bloke from a drain unblocking company to come and have a look and he removed the u-bend and dug out all the…
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Can I fit Howdens doors to IKEA cabinets?
So we're looking to install tall kitchen cabinets along the back wall of our kitchen. The rest of the kitchen is Howdens Burford range, so to make it all match we'd like to have the new cabinets to match the rest of the kitchen. BUT.. the tall kitchen cabinets from Howdens are quite expensive. We've spotted the METOD range…
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What are my rights with the neighbour
Hi, I need some help with a bad neighbour I have. The neighbour has an overgrown garden with weeds , stinging nettles and tree. The tree is damaging the fence and shed as the thorny branches tear into the shed roof felt. My children cant play freely in our garden because of the fear from the stinging nettles and thorny…
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How to fix pressure washer not working
Hi all, This is an answer not a question. Thought I would let you know what I did to get it working. I got a Karcher pressure washer, which had been sitting idle for about 10 years. I was worried the internals might have seized up. Plugged everthing in, switched it on and it sounded OK, so far so good, turned on the water,…
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Timeswitch with Dishwasher
Hi Folks, There were some posts about this 5 years ago but threads now closed. Have read them anyway. Have Economy 7 electricity tariff. Am a pensioner so don't want to waste cash :) Want to buy a Hotpoint FDAB10110P dishwasher. This doesn't have a built-in timer. The FDAL11010P does have but is £40 more. Can't get Currys…
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Renting out double garage conversion...
Someone who's not too good with the internet asked me to ask you guys for opinion on this one. The double garage detached from the property (its at back of the property's garden and faces to different street) has been converted to a living space, although not fully complete yet. During the conversion, they met the family…
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Light switch left hanging
Hey all, After the debacle with the kitchen from last week (the underfloor heating is still up in the air) I have an electrical question. They have been re-doing a bathroom at the same time and the electrician came a few days back in installed all the relevant wires. They have left the light switch from the bathroom…
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Blinds...which ones
Need new blinds for a flat, got some Venetian colour samples from web blinds, they are meant to be aluminium but look plastic, anyone know if the samples are plastic but the real ones are better quality? as the samples have put me off, now thinking going wood...but had wood ones before ( not from the same place) they faded…
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conservatory
hi I moved into a council property about a month ago. it has a small conservatory with a concrete floor. I am wanting to put some lino down but I have an issue. the concrete floor has a few lumps and bumps and around the edging the blue waterproof membrane sheet is sticking up, so if I lay lino it wont be flat to the edge…
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How to remove a cross threaded Allen bolt
I have purchased a bar stool which is slanted. It's joined on to the base with 3 bolts (Allen key type). I have been able to remove 1 bolt but the other 2 appear to have been mis-aligned. I'm struggling to remove them. Does anyone have any idea how to removed them?
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Aldi Deco Style white paint silk matt-any good?
Hi I bought several tins of this paint from Aldi last week because I dislike brilliant white paint and wanted a silk/matt finish. Has anyone used this paint and is it any good or I should I just go get a refund? Want to paint all my woodwork with it.Or can anyone recommend a brand that actually sells plain old white…
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Wallpaper jointing?
I'm looking for ideas/suggestions, about my living room, which I'm about to wallpaper. The room is as per the attached sketch. and I'm decorating it with this paper. My problem is, none of the doors, nor the window, reaches to the ceiling, meaning there's no natural break in the wallpaper, and, of course, the odds of the…
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Splashback tiles
I had posted this in the consumer rights forum but no-one was able to help, it was suggested I post in here instead: I paid to get my kitchen walls tiled, we chose the tiles from a sample board of kitchen tiles which were sold as suitable for kitchen splashbacks. Since getting them done we have noticed that any cooking…
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Next door's decking
Hi Just after advice/opinions please.. Next door have started building a decking area, we have split level and sloped (down towards the house) gardens and they have done it on the top level but intead of digging out a bit have done it raised at the front end. The top of the handrail/posts is higher than our fence and when…
