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Replacement kitchen doors Help.
We are looking at replacing our kitchen doors but are having trouble finding the correct sizes! Our 10 year old kitchen came with the house and is made by Symphony. The drawer fronts are 160mm high! Replacement door companies make 140mm and 175mm high ones. I can get VERY expensive ones made or buy from Symphony at their…
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Perspex shower screen?
Looking for a lightweight shower screen, as its being fixed to a partition wall. Does such a thing exist? All i seem to be able to find is "luxury" items made with 3,4,5,6mm thick safety glass.
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annex or not annex?
We have recently converted a small outbuilding in our yard to a self contained home for my elderly mother and father in law to live in. The gas, electric, water and waste services for this building are all connected to our house. My council tax dept do not consider it an annex and will not grant an exemption of council…
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Kitchen respray
I have just moved into a house with an old 90's style wooden kitchen. The cabinets appear good quality but very dated in looks and the worktops need replacing. I have read about kitchen respray companies to refresh the kitchen at a lower cost but has anyone got any experience of this? I wondered whether they are any good?…
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First home - modernisation
Hello, Me and my boyfriend are in the process of buying our first home, which is very exciting but also quite scary. The house was built in 1995 so not a really old house, but is in need of a bit of modernisation. For instance the windows are the original wood windows that are rotting in places, the bathroom has pink units…
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Reclaiming VAT on front door
I live in a house that has been converted into two flats. I live on the ground floor and the owner of the first floor flat has rented it out via an agency. With his agreement I have replaced the front door as the old one was warping. He agreed to pay half the costs of the new door, he now wants the invoice for his records…
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Reducing Quartz Kitchen Worktop Thickness
Hello, I can't seem to find any information regarding the following matter: Are there any disadvantage to milling down a quartz worktop slab from 30mm to 20mm? The supplier has made a mistake in the availability of the slab thickness (the colour we've ordered isn't available in the required thickness) and suggests this…
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Good websites for finding tradespeople
Which websites do you find best for finding good and cheap trades persons? A colleague showed me one which looked good last year - it had traders signed-up who gave quotes - but we've both lost its name. Thank you!
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Black Soot Building up on Aga Lid.
Just lifted the hot side lid on my gas Aga to find a lot of sooty deposit on the underside of the lid. I don't want to go poking around at gas appliances unnecessarily but my experience with engines tells me black soot tends to be caused by poor fuel/air mixture, therefore I wonder if this could be a straight forward fix.…
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Gravel board- fit together
Hi, I have a small gap at the end of my fence- on one side of the gap is a concrete fence post with ridge for placing fence panel; on other side is brick wall. I just want to block up this small gap (6-9inches)- it doesn't have to look amazing or last a very long time (2-3 years is OK). I had the idea of using painted…
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Gas Leak New Boiler
Hi there So I'm renovating my first home. First main job was to replace an old boiler tank system with a combi boiler. Few quotes layer I decided on one company who supplied a worcester cdi compact and filter with a ten year guarantee. Several weeks layer I came home after a few days away to smell gas. I called the gas…
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Internal Replacement Doors: Oak Veneer
I've had a quotation from a local tradesmen for replacing 11 doors (including one sliding door + new tracking), door furniture, door oil and this totals £2347.55 I'd like to know whether this sounds fair please? Very pleasant man who I'd like to do the work but I need to know whether this is the going rate. Thank you.
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Concrete shed to office conversion
Hi, I would like to convert a sectional concrete shed to an office to make it easier for me to work from home. I have a photo of the shed here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwu_3Xv8tLx-b2diY3pHNi1qc3Vzdkp6T0JOVjRqRWtIZW8w/view The shed was here when we moved in last October so I don't know much about it. It seems well…
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Burglar alarm opinions please.
Hello. Where i live there have been over 30 break ins and/or attempted in about half mile radius. 2 have been in the same street 40/50 feet away so we are getting worried. I am after peoples opinions on burglar alarms. I have seen some Yale wireless ones for under £200 that has siren, control pad, pir's and door sensors. I…
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Difference between Dulux feature wall and ordinary paint?
I plan to pain my living room dulux urban obsession. But not just one wall the whole room. I see a lot of feature wall paint this colour and ordinary one coat emulsion, whats the difference? Also if I was to buy the trade paint whats the difference between vinyl matt, diamond matt, ultra matt, flat matt?
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Does anyone know their Vaillant boilers that can help please?
Ok, might be a long shot here but our older Vaillant combi boiler has developed a fault. An enginer has diagnosd that it will require a new PCB board and 'wiring harness'. The enginer stated that although he could source the PCB it seemed unlikely he could source this wiring harness-noted as brittle due to the age of the…
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Soil investigation/borehole for new ground floor extension - advice needed!
Good afternoon, We are in the process of getting plans together for a proposed ground floor extension to our home. We currently have a garage with a utility room behind the garage, joined into the side of our house. We are looking to rebuild the above, bringing the garage further forward and creating a downstairs bedroom.…
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Kitchen cupboard door sizes
I'm making my final decision about ordering my new kitchen, and have many questions. If I get it from Homebase, what other supplier's doors will fit if I want to change them in the future? If I get them from Howdens, same question. In fact, what is the best supplier to use for the base cabinets to give me the best choice…
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Planning and 'third parties'
We have applied for Planning Permission to build an extension. It is at the rear of our house and does not affect any neighbours (we are all large detached, with large gardens and high fences/trees, so cannot even see each other's houses anyway). We are all on friendly terms and the nearest neighbour has said that at the…
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Window Quote, recording stating will do for free
I have had (a right ball ache) verbal quote from Safestyle for all my windows and a door replacing, they give the same old tosh of being £21k 'quote' but if today can do for £14k...then got them down to under £13k, but I said from the start I wasn't going to purchase on the day. Anyway, as I have had arguements over quotes…
