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Potentially costly hole in floor?
Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone can help with a potentially costly issue, and what we could maybe do? We've moved into our first home, and have just looked behind a 1m squared box in the 2nd bedroom. We've discovered it is what appears to be a gas vent pipe for the now defunct gas boiler in the kitchen (directly below)…
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Smell of sick
A friend brought her three-year-old to my house over the weekend who unfortunately had a bad stomach and threw up lots of watery milk. I've tried a couple of carpet products since but the smell still lingers. Any ideas what I can use next or do I have to get one of those industrial carpet cleaners? Thanks
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Smoker beneath flat making like bad
*life I live in a good neighbourhood in a block of flats. I have a mental health condition that is worsened greatly by drugs such as weed. I also have up smoking 2 years ago. It's summer and I have a one small window. The person below me smokes an INANE amount. I've never in my life known anyone to smoke weed literally all…
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Electric Water Tank - Timer Help!
Hi all, I have just moved into a new flat that is all electric and the shower and taps rely on a water tank that I need to set for hot water. I think I've got the hand of the timer but I would love a little guidance. It's just me in the flat though I often have guests and I'd hate to have no hot water for showers ever.…
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Council Boundary worries
Can someone help please? We have just been advised by the local authority that the extension we were given planning permission for in 2010 and subsequently built, is over the boundary. The property is an ex-council property bought from the council by the previous owner. The house next door is still council owned, and it is…
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Sink & Tap for Bathroom
Hi All, I need to replace the bath sink and tap in our new house, any suggestions are most welcome as I need basin width 550-500mm I like these https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/grohe-bauedge-mono-basin-mixer-with-pop-up-waste-23356000…
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Which Kitchen company to go with? B&Q, IKEA or DIY Kitchens
Hi all, I am in the process of having my kitchen renovated in my 1 bed flat. I have gone to multiple suppliers for designs and quotations with B&Q, Homebase and Wren. I have been meaning to go to IKEA but it is a bit of a drive away. So far, B&Q had created the most likely design and quote coming in at around £2500 for a…
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Room in roof insulation
I came across this whilst researching possible insulation solutions for our Victorian semi. Various websites suggest that we could get a grant to obtain this for free, however further digging reveals this is only if we are in receipt of certain benefits (which we are not). Anyway, it looks like it may be a good solution…
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Rough plastering cost
Hi all, I've just bought a house and one of the bedroom walls has a damaged wall, and I'm wondering how much much it would cost to replaster? The damaged area is roughly 6ft by 6ft.
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Replacement tiles
Wanting to replace kitchen wall and floor tiles. Approx 16sqm total. Had a quote about £40 per sqm removal and replacement. Labour only. Just wondering what if the tiles come off and the walls need plastering and what prep the floor may need after tile removal. Haven't factored any additional costs in.
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Electric Shower help
Hi, looking for some advice on our shower situation if possible please. We moved house last year and the house had a 9.5kw Mira electric shower. We subsequently had a lot of work done on the house and a lot of the house was rewired and a new fuse box fitted. At this point, the shower stopped working and the electrician…
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Fly infestation 😱
We moved into our property 7 month ago after it being empty for 3 year. A couple of month ago we found droppings in the cupboard and my landlord (and also uncle) sprayed expanding foam in the gaps between floor and walls (I suggested skirting boards and he thought it was a silly idea). I've kept the cupboard empty and no…
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Damp, rendering and insulating external walls
I have heard different stories from different traders and am getting confused, so some impartial advice from this board would be appreciated! I have some damp coming in from cracks in my external rendering. Its not a huge problem but nor will it resolve itself, so something needs to be done about it. At first I thought I…
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Water not stopping after flush
Hi, so ce last two days a small problem has started in our toilet. Cistern is normal One with two pushbuttons at top (small flush and large flush). After pressing flush button water flushes but then Co tongues to trickle for 2 or 3 minutes. It does stop after that. I guess eventually It will get worse, any idea how do I…
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Power Shower and Combi boiler
Hi all, We have an Aqua Lisa power shower with a pump in the loft. We recently had a new Combi boiler installed and now the shower cuts out every so often. I have to go into the loft to switch it off and back on again to get it to work. My understanding is that the shower isn’t suitable for a Combi boiler. The water…
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Advice on dormer extension
Having recently bought a 1.5 story house I am looking to increase the space on the first floor, where there are currently two rooms, with a dormer extension along the back. Ideally we would put a dormer across the full width of the back of the house which would mean what is currently the eaves could be converted into two…
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New carpet
Had a new carpet fitted in the lounge, new underlay as well. After a couple of weeks we noticed wear patterns on the carpet, not really where we walked either. We vaccumed thinking it need to time to settle in. It just got worse, contacted the store with photos, we are now into 90 days of wear. They said they would contact…
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replacing strip light in kitchen
I want to replace the strip light in my kitchen, can anyone recommend a light fitting to replace it with?
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Dekton Trilium kitchen worktop
Hello. We are currently undergoing a house renovation. We had decided on a solid wood kitchen worktop, purely because granite or quartz isn’t really our thing. I stumbled across worktops by Dekton today and fallen in love at first sight with the Trilium. Way way more than our budget, however, I would be willing to stretch…
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Samsung RSG5DURS American style fridge freezer rust
Hi all Fridge freezer has stopped cooling. Freezer evaporator looks absolutely fine but the fridge one is rusting (the shroud behind the element) and small stress cracks below it. Anyone have any idea what could have caused this. No option to upload photos on here it seems. Cheers folks.
