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Advice please about electrical work not being completed.
Hi all, Long story cut short but I contracted a company to perform a full renovation of a small house. They installed a steel joist in the kitchen and began re-wiring the house. The re-wiring began about two months ago and is still not finished. Anyway, I basically sacked the company from doing any further (new) work.…
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Unsatisfactory EICR
Hi all, Before we bought our house, we asked a local electrician to complete an EICR and assess the state of the electrical installations in the house. They carried out an EICR pre purchase, noting some issues, and carried out works a month later post purchase, noting they had corrected the issues. They then issued an…
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Vinyl flooring
Once vinyl flooring has been glued to wooden boards (that are nailed to a wooden floor), can the vinyl be removed without ruining It?
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Advance on Objecting to Retrospective Planning Permission
I'm looking for some advice on reasons I could use to object to retrospective planning permission that my neighbour has applied for after converting a detached building (garage) into a seperate dwelling. To add a bit of back ground information to this apparently planning permission was previously denied. Any advise would…
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EICR Unsatisfactory - Full Rewire?
Hello, I am a FTB in the process of purchasing a 2 bed Victorian terrace property, whose EICR has uncovered numerous C1 and C2 issues and overall declared as unsatisfactory. The estimated age of the electrical installation is 35 years. The NICEIC electrician who carried it out highly recommended a full rewire of the…
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Beko, Fridgemaster or White Knight fridge freezer?
Need to buy a cheap fridge freezer which is the best to go with Beko, Fridgemaster or White Knight?
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emulsion paint on uPVC frames
Has anyone got any ideas on how to remove emulsion paint from uPVC window frames.? Its been on about a year,
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granite sink tapholes
Has any one any advice or knowhow on whether it is feasible to drill out tap holes in composite granite kitchen sinks? I know that pre moulded holes can be drilled or knocked out, I'm talking about placing a tap hole positioned where no knock out is available. Reason is, I want to insert a side spray near the standard tap.…
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Rewiring required?
Hi, I'm a first time buyer and in process of buying my first house. The house we are buying is a 1930's semi-detached and is in need of some modernization which we will carry out gradually. I'm not sure whether it's need complete rewiring or not. A new consumer unit was installed and the electrics were checked in 2015 but…
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Stove fitting issues
We had 2 multi fuel stoves installed in June by a HETAS registered installer. We have paid for the work and have the certificates, however I am concerned about some aspects of the installation: - they have used standard plasterboard to board out the fire place (the chimney breast is old and victorian and needed making…
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corresponding to shower trap flexi connector spigot
hi, have bought a shower trap with concertina flexi connector which ends in a 1 1/2" spigot . i can not find the corresponding adapter to connect it to my 50mm waste pipe. can you help
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Utility room units
Hiya, We've knocked a doorway through our kitchen into our outhouse and we're turning it into a utility room (separated by a door). The back wall, where the washer and dryer are going to be is 202cm wide and the wall down the side with a window and where the belfast sink is going is 242cm. So, we'll be having a base unit…
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Victorian stone house & cement render/pointing...
Wondering if anybody could offer up some advice as to how best to approach rectifying the wall on my house. It's a terrace and the bottom half of the rear wall has been cement rendered (right down to ground level) to match a little utility room that was built off the back door. As time goes by this render has been…
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Condensation is double glazed doors
Hi all I have sliding doors in the kitchen leading to the garden. There is a lot of water marks which really get on my nerves. Since I have moved in, I have not seen a situation where there is water in the glass so whatever caused it is unlikely to cause it again. What I wanted to know is if there was a fix? I wanted it…
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Need some advice about 'Boiler Plus' controls?
Hi all Just wanted to run this past you lot first before I sign up. I am looking to have a new combi boiler fitted shortly. Its basically a like for like installation replacement in the same place. I already have a DT90E thermostat control wired in downstairs. As part of the quote I see that I 'need' to have a 'Boiler…
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Resin Driveway was installed badly
Hi all. I’m after some advice. I got a resin driveway installed in my front garden a few months ago and they did a really bad job. They were meant to dig out the old driveway and install base then a resin driveway, I had block paving before and they removed the blocks then put the resin on top of the sand/soil. Also when…
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Aldi Router table
For years I had this router: https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-erb380rou-2100w-router-230-240v/81664 Never had a router table though, but saw this today in Aldi…
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Immersion heater
Hello all, Had my kitchen done up last October and as we were getting a bit of plastering done I got the spark to remove the immersion switch from the kitchen as we rarely use it, however during the recent good weather I decided to switch the immersion on in the hotpress but there is no power getting to it via that switch…
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Chimney on terraced house are we liable for any costs?
Hi all, A bit of advice needed please :) we live in a terraced house and the way they are built it means the house downs chimney is actually on the house ups roof so for example no1 chimney is on number 2 house and so forth. Now to our property due to issues with next doors down chimney we’ve had issues of damp and other…
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garden bench - pine knots weeping sap
Hello, my garden bench with pine slats has several places on it where pine resin comes out. I have to put a towel on before I sit on it. I have googled to find out how to cure this however it seems it is unlikely to be successful. the screws are rusted and weathered so do not think they will come out easily to replace the…
