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How much does HVAC affect air pressure?
If you have an HVAC system installed into your house, what sort of difference would that read on a barometer? If someone gets ill whenever the air pressure drops or fluctuates, can an HVAC system have any effect? Or is the difference in air pressure caused by a forced air system minimal and not measurable on a barometer? :A
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Dishwasher recirculation pipe coming off part way through wash (Candy CDI 6061)
Hi all, Firstly thank you for looking at my post, My father has a 2yr old Candy CDI 6061 dishwasher. Recently they come into the kitchen part way through the cycle and found water everywhere. On some inspection it appears that the pipe that comes from the recirculation pump that pumps the water back into the machine had…
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Mounting TV in Summer House
I have a small 19-inch TV I want to mount in a wooden summer house at the back of the garden and wasn't sure on the best way to do this, so I am looking for advice. I have a bracket for the TV but would screwing it directly into the wood cause problems if it pierces to the exterior? Would no nails be strong enough? No…
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Proposed balcony looking into our kitchen window?
We live in an end terraced town house. Our neighbour would like to build a balcony at the side of their house, which faces the side of our house. This would be the middle floor and would be facing our kitchen which has a juliet balcony (with frosted glass) The distance between the houses is perhaps 3 - 4 metres. Access is…
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Getting moss cleaned off roof
Hello everyone, We have a fair bit of moss and lichen on our (very old) roof. We've had to have some work done this year to replace tiles and repair valleys, and apparently the roof is 'nearing the end of it's life.' For the moment it's fine though, and no longer leaking. We've had conflicting advice about whether it's…
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Removing part of a chimney breast
I'm looking to make the most of the space in the main bedroom, we have a chimney breast in which is considerably smaller then the part downstairs. We've recently had the downstairs done with moving an internal door kitchen to keep cost down at that point we built a frame on the chimney breast to have the tv in the wall.…
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Leak in ceiling form Upstairs shower room.
Hi folks, Just discovered in middle of night we have a medium leak from upstairs dormer bathroom coming through downstairs Kitchen ceilling. Checked all the upstairs bathroom furniture and no water or leaks around connections, ran water in all as well, doesn't make any difference to leak, still runs through the same. I…
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Party wall question
Hi, We have just received planning permission for a 2 storey extension at the rear of our house. Throughout the planning application, our elderly neighbours have made it clear they are not happy and one consistent thing has been his insistence on a party wall agreement. He's made comments such as "I know it's only a drop…
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Making attic more comfortable
I want to start using the attic space a bit more as a room.. potentially a bit of a man cave....currently its pretty cold, dark and uncomfortable. There is partial flooring in the middle (covering about 1/3 of the floor), which I may need to rip up. When we bought the house it had very old and outdated insulation (the thin…
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Smoke damage from neighbour's property
Hi, just wondering if anyone can help. I came home to a house filled with smoke on Thursday plus a horrendous burning smell. After investigating to make sure my own house wasn't on fire, I knocked on the neighbour's door to see if they could shed any light on this. It turns out that she had put a pan on the hob, switched…
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Log burner fire - your experience?
Directed at those who have a log burner, and/or those who install them. Apart from the unit was it expensive to install? Was it simple or complicated to install for example chimney liner, and how long did it take? Is there any test for carbon monoxide/dioxide in the room? Does it take long to light and get going? Do you…
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cleaning drainage channel
hi can anyone advise how to clean drainage (similar to: A15 Drainage Channel x 1m Galvanised Grate) to get rid of weeds and mud stuck. many thanks.
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shower hot water trouble
Hi I have a question about my shower. I had my boiler broken earlier last month. It was covered through my home emergency insurance and repaired, however since then we had trouble with our shower, not giving any hot water whilst rest of the property is fine. i spoke to my insurance again and they advised that because…
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Re-decorating wooden staircase
Hi, I have a pine staircase, including large wooden pannel area to the side of the stair case, rails and handrail. All of which has been varnished with something and it is all looking really orange/patchy/tired. I would really like to varnish or stain the entire area to get rid of the orange and end up with a nice wood…
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Understairs Storage Solutions
I know you can get racks and boxes to stack from Ikea and other places but I was wondering what you use / can recommend for things like shoes and nick nacks.
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Waste 'P' / 'S' trap or Bottle Trap - which is quietest?
A future project I have in mind is to redo the waste piping under our kitchen sink. Currently the sink and the washing machine outputs both go through the one 'P' trap (or maybe 'S' Trap, I can't remember and I'd need to dismantle stuff to find out) then along a single pipe out to the gully outside. When the washing…
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Adding a bedroom
Hello, We have a 2 bed terraced house at the moment with our upstairs going over a large archway whic means we have 2 large double bedrooms and a large bathroom. We are exploring the possibilities of making our house a 3 bed, the obvious is to convert the loft but I wondered if anybody had created a 3rd bedroom by dividing…
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NEW Conservatory roof / tiled
Hi all. I have a conservatory, 3.3 x 3.6m. Looking to have the old style plastic roof taken off and a new tiled roof put in place. Usual stuff, tiles, insulation, plaster, lights, etc. I am being quoted £6k and more by others. It just seems an insane amount of money for a roof....?
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£500 boiler repairs
Hello, I moved into this house a in Feb 2016 - due to a couple of manic years that follows, I didn't pay my boiler enough attention. I think it's old - there is a date written in pencil on the front that I think relates to a part being replaced back in 2005. Anyhow, it works (though the filling loop has failed) - I have…
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Future extension, neighbour already has one
We are planning, at some point in the future, maybe two or three years at most an extension across the backof the house. The houses are semi detached and both had originally lean to's built extending out with sloped roofs, where the downstairs toilet was tiled on both [the other part was just polycarbonate] The neighbours…
