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How to safely store a washing machine in a shed?
Hello, We are moving into a new house and the LL is keeping their (very old) washing machine there, the agent said because they have no where to store it! We want to use our own and the agent has told us to "put it in the shed". Now I'm concerned that storing it in the shed will damage it and by the time we move (probably…
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Soundproofing
Hello, Apologies if this is not in the right place, but I was wondering if somebody could tell me how effective soundproofing ceilings are. In particular do companies such as "soundproofing r us" make a real difference. Has anybody used it and if so what is your feedback? I have read an article in the Evening Standard…
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Is £2,300 too much for replacing a hot water cylinder?
Hello everyone! I might have to replace my 22 year old hot water cylinder. Occasionally, the overflow pipe is dripping water into the bath tub. In June 2016, a British Gas engineer gave me a quote of £2,400. This included 16 hours of labour, the new cylinder and for Powerflushing the radiators. I came to this forum to ask…
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Is it sensible to have a fence running down the narrow gap between two extensions?
The house nextdoor has a rear extension with the boundary fence (belonging to them) running down the side of it. I'm about to build a very similar extension on my property. As the boundary line is (unusually) not at 90 degrees to the house (it gently splays out in my neighbour's favour), there will be about a foot or…
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New roof cost for North West?
Hello I was wondering if anyone had any ballpark figures for replacing the entire roof on a mid terraced house? At least a few of the battens are rotten and the structural beams of which there are five I think? Look like they have slipped. There's been a lot of patching up there with a lot of random timber nailed about. It…
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Painting tiles in bathroom/shower room?
I'm trying to improve my horrible little bathroom/shower room on a budget. The floor and wall tiles are mustard (vomit) colour and I was wondering whether to try a paint job on the wall tiles - ie white! Has anyone ever painted tiles and did it look any good?
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Best Garden Screening
Hi, So I'm looking for the best option for screening in our garden, the wall isnt high enough at the moment so we're slightly overlooked which isnt nice. I've tried artificial vines in a trellis, but the paint ran when it rained. We'd ideally like something green, but just need something easy to put up that will raise the…
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Samsung RL33SBNS fridge freezer switching off
Hello everyone, My first post! I have a Samsung RL33SBNS fridge freezer which is almost 8 years old. It has in the last couple of days started to switch itself off. We can turn this back on again but it keeps switching off and needs a constant eye on it to stop the food from defrosting/being ruined in this heat. I know…
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To replace or not t o replace iron pipe to uPVC
Have a dilemma re bathroom refit I have had two companies assess and give quote. One says need to remove and replace cast iron soil pipe that currently leads to back of toilet. Toilet currently raised apparently to accommodate higher entry lecel of iron pipe. The work would involve getting access via boxed in pipe that…
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Swimming pool on patio - worried about the weight
I'm considering putting a 15' diameter above ground swimming pool on our patio - but I'm now starting to worry about the drains that run underneath and whether the weight of the pool might cause damage to the drains. The pool will hold about 15 cubic metres of water distributed over about 16 square metres of patio so there…
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Retractable sun awnings
Thinking of buying a motorised one to maximise time spent in the garden in a comfortable way. Any advice on special points to be aware of, pitfalls, advantages, disadvantages etc? We would be looking for quite a deep one and am wondering if this would put any specific weight strain on the extending arms and mechanism.…
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Domestic & General for a cooker leaking CO
It's a Leisure 110cm Classic Range Cooker. I'm wondering if it's economically sensible to take out a policy with Domestic and General for this situation. Basically our range cooker nearly killed us. We've just moved house and the oven's been leaking CO through the control knob and gas through one of the oven compartments.…
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Neighbor wants to remove shared Chimney stack
Hello folks, My neighbor wants to remove our shared chimney stack and has served us a party wall agreement. We live in 1930s terraced house. She appointed a charted surveyor for the party wall. They're building a loft conversion and by removing the stack, the loft conversion will be slightly larger than normal. My question…
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Smart Meter - Electricity use and showers
Recently had a smart meter installed to keep an eye on our electric and gas usage, and noticed how much certain things cost to use which i hadn't considered before. I have it set up to show us how much in pence per hour is being used. General costs like the TV and sky box are very low use, and it does go up when using the…
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Legal advice against my solicitor?
Hi all, I hope this is a good place to put this, i'm having a little issue with something. I bought a house 3 weeks ago (First time buyer) and noticed that the back garden has shared right of way with next door. This was fine. It doesnt bother me. I spoke with my solicitor and asked (All over email so its in writing) He…
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Neighbours extension, proximity to conservatory
Our neighbours, who we get on well with, are planning an extension to their property. It will be a ground floor extension extending across the rear of their house with a second floor extension on the side furthest from our boundary. We had no issues with what they are proposing, they kept us fully informed throughout and…
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Structural building work quote - seem fair?
Hi all, Just hoping for a bit of input into whether this quote seems fair please? I've never had any structural work done before so not sure what price to expect! I will be obtaining other quotes but this is the first one I have got. Please let me know if further info is needed to make a judgement! £2500 This includes: a.…
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Planning advice
Hi, I'm not sure where to put this so please move it if necessary. I have just sent in opposition to a planning application for the house next door to me to be turned into a multi occupation house with 6 bedrooms - there is currently 3. I have been told by the planning officer that the application is going to be turned…
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How to cut concrete roof tiles?
Hi..making garden feature. I have some spare reddish concrete type roof tiles. Do I need to buy an expensive hand grinder to cut them? thanks.
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Upstairs Remodelling
Thanks for reading, I wanted some thoughts on our remodelling plans if anyone has an opinion. We live in a 4-bed semi and have spent the last year remodelling downstairs. It is now almost entirely open-plan kitchen/living/dining room and we have just converted 3/4 of a long garage to a family room and have around 60sq mt…
