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How do you pay?
Hi all, this may be a silly question, but we're looking at having some home improvements done. but i started thinking about how we would pay for this, its around £15k can i just transfer this on my online banking? thanks
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Help needed with kitchen quotes please!
Hey everyone, We are in the process of changing our kitchen. It is a fairly small u shaped kitchen but we don't have a huge budget. This is the first kitchen we have replaced and obviously we don't want to pay more than we have to if we can help it. We've had a quote from Wren after spending hours in their showroom which…
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Electrics tripping out
We have had a problem with the electrics tripping out for the last couple of months. We have had an electrician out, who changed a couple of the RCDs However this hasn't cured the problem We have called him back, and he has rechecked and said all of the sockets are fine What else can we do?
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Gurgling In Water System Since Leak
Hi, Please bear with me as I am no DIY expert. Our hot water comes on at 6am every monring to make sure there is enough hot water in the tank for our morning showers. (we can normalyy hear a faint humming from the water pump as it is in the airing cupbourd alonside the water tank) On monday morning the humming was a lot…
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New gutter and soffit/facias - how much?
We were quoted £300 for replacement guttering and agreed. When they came to scope out the job properly, they said we might as well have the bare wood soffits and facias replaced so that they don’t end up rotting at some point in the future. We’ve got a bog standard 3 bed semi in the Midlands. For front and back, we’ve been…
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Fitted kitchen help
Good evening all, I hope this is the correct place. We have had a kitchen fitted including electrics and plumbing. Anyways we have had a tall unit with microwave and oven in, where the socket was originally it was directly behind where it was going. When we picked a fitter we asked for the sockets to be moved up into…
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Washer Dryer small leak
Is it worth considering arranging local repair of small after wash/dry leak from underneath drawer side front left of 7 year old Bosch washer dryer. I have been using paper towels to clear up the water which done;t happen after every wash/dry though isn't gong to fix itself as such. Only asking as if I need to order…
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Help me decide on colours!!
I have recently decorated, well I say that but i have just done the feature wall. This is now dark grey, and I have added some mustard yellow highlights to the room, such as 2 lightshades, and 2 cushions. In the middle of the feature wall, I will be getting some art as soon as I decide, but this will be a print containing…
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Is it still worth getting solar?
Hi there, I'm new to all this forum stuff so if I do anything wrong please say. I'm stuck on the fence as to whether get solar panels installed on my house. I've seen the style's where they kind of embed them into the tiles (less intrusive) but I'd love some guidance on funding/incentives that are still running and info on…
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Rice cooker
Pl can anybody recommend a rice cooker for 2 to 4? Currently using breville stainless 1.8 lts. Ideally would like a lt one. The breville one splashes and spitting a lot making quite a mess My old one is a national Chinese type rice cooker and it collects the splashes. They do not sell them much here ? Cheapest on amazon is…
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Drop path by council recommended contractor.
Getting a drop path and you have to go through the council to get approval. And also have to use a contractor they recommend. Had a quote for £1600 for the drop path but they are asking for the full amount..... Now I always thought you would never pay the full amount upfront, maybe a deposit, but never the full amount. Is…
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Central Heating sense check
Hi All, I am planning to replace all of our old single panel radiators for new double panel ones and need someone to confirm that the boiler should be able to pull this off. The boiler is Betacom Glowworm 30c. According to the manual, the maximum heating output is 27.6 kW. I will be replacing a total of 5 radiators for…
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help please with hanging pictures
Hi does anyone recall the 60's type top and bottom plastic hanging rails for Biba type posters?? I can't find them or remember their name!! The picture hangs from a plastic rail by sliding inside and is hung from a cord. Want to hang a tea towel on the kitchen wall. Thanks anyway.
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Monarch Plumbsoft Solo Ultra water softener
Hi all, I had the above water softener fitted about 10 days ago. The water still is hard in all the pipes. The water softener has never made a noise like they do when regenerating. I did manual regeneration 3 times and then I can hear the water emptying in to the waste pipe. The system is not in bypass. When I phoned…
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Tumble dryer taking a while to start and not hot
Our tumble dryer takes a couple of minutes to get going once you turn it on, load it up, turn the dial to 60 mins (or whatever time) and its almost as though its thinking about it, before starting? Should we be worried? We clean the filter out after every use, just wondering why its started taking an age to start up?
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Wall Colour Separator For Corner?
An item similar to a long wooden coving that fixes into the corner of a room to separate two different wall colours so it hides where the two colours meet and the mess etc. Tried googling but bringing up totally different things!
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External expansion vessel fitting
A few weeks ago we had a boiler service and the gas guy said the expansion vessel had failed and he was amazed we had never had to top up the water all over winter... The options were £300 for a new internal one inc fitting or £150 for an external one inc fitting. After looking online it looks like I can fit the external…
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Cavity Wall Insulation Claim - Need to get out
Hi, So basically we had cavity wall insulation a few years ago and then a company came a long and said we can claim compensation bla bla. Basically my dad signed up for it (probably had no idea what was going on, since he speaks little English). Thing is everyone has forgotten about the claim it's been going on for too…
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Maybe a hard one to answer re cladding a mobile home
I have a mobile home on my land and wondered if anyone knew a rough price to have wood cladding put on it to make it more rustic looking and blend in with the barn and stables ? Also what trade would do this , carpenter / joiner maybe ?
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Replace or repair electric shower
I have an electric shower - think its a fairly basic one that has been there since I moved in. There has very occasionally been an issue with it not heating the water but this tended to happen if, say, the washing machine was on at the same time so I assumed it was associated with water pressure or something. Over the past…
