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Best place for new bathroom suite online
Looking to upgrade our bathroom and not done one for over 15 years, so after recommendations to the best online seller of modern bathroom suites, tiles etc
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Hot Tub Filter Housing
Having a nightmare with a lazy-spa Vegas Hot tub that we're renting for a few days. The 'company' we've rented it from are useless. We were getting an E2 error and were told the filter needs changing. I managed to unscrew the filter housing ok a couple of times yesterday but now it is completely stuck. Am i being too weak…
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radiator output?
looking to fit a vertical rad in kitchen, have seen one but am confused by output figures. Rad is double, 1600x354x72 stated output, BTU 4514, Watts 1323 Then separate specs say output at Delta T50 is 3216, Watts 943. So I'm confused! BTU room calculator came up with 3559 BTU, 1043 Watt required for my room size. So will…
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Do you need reinforcement mesh in a garage wall footing ?
I am in dispute with the insurance company of a neighbour, regarding damage to my garage wall. I have provided quotes for repairs several times. Now they are saying "There is an element of betterment" in the quotation including mesh reinforcement I never asked the builders to add reinforcement, but I would imagine if they…
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UPVC window wrapping/spraying
Hi. I have light oak upvc windows but really want the insides to be white. I did attempt a diy job on one small window but the finish wasn't brilliant. I've seen companies that will wrap or spray windows and doors, has anyone had any experience if this please? Many thanks.
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Garden shed sides wet inside
Just moved in to new house and put tools in garden shed. During heavy rain on Saturday I noticed the inside of the sides were wet all the way up on the exposed sides, as if they were absorbing rain water. I need to store tools and equipment in the shed so it needs to be dry. Any ideas how I can make it stay dry? It's a…
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What should I do with worthless books?
Hello. I am having a bit of a clean out at the moment and going through lots of old books that have accumulated over the years. I have been checking everything with a few apps on my phone (Webuyandbooks, Zapper and Ziffit) and about 20% are actually worth something - most are a few pence but some surprisingly more than…
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Does anyone have Perfect Fit or Intu blinds?
I've got double French PVC doors in my lounge/diner that I'm looking to dress for partially privacy during the day as well as blackout when watching films. I'm considering curtains for blackout and venetian Perfect Fit or Intu blinds for the privacy but I can't decide between the two. Any suggestions/tips would be much…
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Pointing Brick Wall In Tight Space?
Looking to get wall built within a foot of neighbors conservatory side wall but bricklayer says no chance of pointing on hidden side with 1 ft or less of space. Is this true or is their a way around it, although it will not be very visible i would still like it neat in case they remove the conservatory in the future.
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Shared Driveway into two private driveways
Hello everyone, Let me set the scene, myself and my partner are looking at buying a house which has a shared driveway with a neighbouring semi-detached house. (kind of classic 1930's build with a garage to the rear. I would like to separate the shared driveway and make two separate driveways, and when I spoke to the…
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Replacement garage roof required
Hi, Can anyone recommend any decent roofers in the Bristol area please? Need to have an corregated roof replaced and a small area of flat roof. Cheers.
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Restoring the surface of white plastic garden table
I have washed the surface of this regularly with Flash and over time it seems to have removed the original slightly shiny protective surface meaning that grubby marks are getting engrained. Any idea how I can remove them now and what I might use to restore the original protective surface? . It wasn't an expensive piece of…
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13mm chuck too small. Options?
Hi I'm making a number of rollers using 15mm (od) steel tubing. There are a number of things I need to rotate the tubing like to file down the ends evenly to fit into a bearing. I would have put the ends of the tubes in my drill and used that to spin it while filing it but it's a 13mm chuck and apparently chucks larger…
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Engineered real wood flooring issues
Can someone help me shed some insight into "UV Oiled oak, real engineered wood" flooring. Does anyone have this type of flooring in their home? (The flooring came pre-installed in my property by the developers. I didn't choose it & wasn't provided details of how to care for it) So I've never had this type of flooring…
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Dual Fan Electric Wall Oven No Heat!
Hello and Good Evening!:beer: I have a Samsung dual fan electric wall oven (model no. BF64 1FST (- 01) which was installed way back in 2011. We haven't used it so much, but after the strain of coping with Christmas etc, in January I warmed up my evening meal and it just stopped heating up! Now the fan and the bulb come on,…
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Council home and possible subsidence. Rights
Could anyone advise or point me in the direction of where I might find some help regarding subsidence and the council taking it seriously? The cracks started to appear roughly 3 weeks ago and have become wider and more are appearing daily. I am concerned at the rate this is happening. Someone from the council came and said…
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Where sells Paste the Wall wallpaper?
Hi, B&Q and Homebase don't have a very diverse selection of Paste the Wall wallpaper which we prefer, does anyone know any other shops which sell this please?
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bay window cracking on either side???
We are looking at buying a new house and the surveyor has identified cracking around the bay window. I have pictures but unsure how to add them?????? I do not see this as a major issue although agree it needs to be sorted. One thing i have noticed is that it does not appear that the brickwork is tied into the brickwork of…
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composite decking
What are people's views on composite decking I've just brought some from Savoy Timber and although it looks very good I am finding it chips very easy and it's a big concern and am thinking I would of saved my money and gone with wood at the min it's not something I would recommend ?
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Washing machine help ...
We moved into our home back in may and we regularly get standing water in our built in washing machine. I have emptied filter (which was blocked) but it is still occuring. I got home from holiday at 3am this morning to find very dark smelly water sitting in my machine ...the kitchen lounge smells like sewage works . I have…
