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Laminate lifting
My (very ill) DM's neighbours have found dry rot in their adjoining flat. I haven't told her as the worry would overwhelm her at this stage of her life. The factor of the building brought in a contractor to investigate the possiblity of the dry rot spreading to DM's flat and the flat below. The rooms share a wall -…
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Larch cladding good idea or not
Hi everyone Our block and full rendered semi needs a face lift. The gable end is pretty shaded and the paintwork is grotty with algae, due to the gradient we live on its a scaffold job to do any jobs on the side of the house so thinking fresh coat of paint front and rear and larch cladding the full gable end and leaving to…
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Paid invoice, work only 75% complete - workers won't return
Hi, Initially I am asking where this is most appropriate to be posted please? I need to prep small claims stuff and would like some help and advice. The issue in its simplest terms is, work was completed to a milestone, then I had to decorate, then further work had to be done. That hasn't been done and I've since had to…
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Bath Regret!!
Just in the process of replacing our very tired bathroom in our 1930s semi. Sourced the bits online- We went for a Frontline Carrera double ended bath in 1700x700- used for both bathing and a shower over the end (rain head so has a long enough reach luckily) It turned up yesterday and the inside is NARROW! The bottom…
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Upstairs window options
Hi.im having all of the windows replaced, and I just wondered if anyone could advise regarding the upstairs windows. Currently there is a single course of soldier bricks but without a lintel. What's been suggested is that we just remove these and have a cover above the window. The chap who came round to fit the windows…
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problem with Samsung Ecobubble washing machine
Hi there, I have one of these washing machines, 8kg, with addwash. I have only had it for a couple of months. My daughter used it a couple of weeks ago when I was at work and messaged me to say that a small trickle of water had appeared from underneath, but she only noticed it on the 2nd wash. That same night we pulled the…
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Grass strimmer options
I need to cut/mow a medium sized garden with v long and overgrown grass...couple of feet long in places. I have a 10 yrs old petrol strimmer which doesn't maintain idle..konks out constantly and has not been well maintained so not a surprise. I have a nearly new petrol mower however do I ideally still need a powerful…
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Top fix toilet seats.... are they universal fit?
I have a crack in toilet seat. Went to replace and found that it is a TOP FIX variety. I noticed the seat clicked out and two upright pointers (or whatever they be called!) remain for toilet seat to prong in to. If I buy any toilet seat with TOP FIXINGS, will it slot into the old pointers!? As they look rather hard to get…
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ADVICE NEEDED. Is my doorway load bearing?
Good evening, I'm in the middle of renovating my kitchen and dining room. I'm looking to take out a doorway under the stairs to make the walls smooth and flow better to creat shelving underneath. The walls on either side are brick. Above the doorway is a thin wood wall. Doesn't look like the frame is attached to anything…
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Sthl Bushcutter wire
I have been looking to buy some Sthl Bushcutter wire and online it is a lot cheaper. I normally get 2.4mm round orange But I see some sell 2.4mm square profile - would this work the same as the round?
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Wet and Clean for paving slabs
Is Wet and Clean for paving slabs good? I've got a power washer which I was going to use but someone suggested Wet and Clean as it causes less physical impact on the slabs
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Anyone recommend garden office/craft room supplier?
My sister is a keen crafter and has run out of internal space in their house for making and storing her projects. She is thinking of installing a home office/craft room in her garden from which to operate. It needs to be a proper office type space to be used year round so needs to be insulated have a floor and opening…
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Tiling advice please
Hi I had a tiler round to tile my kitchen yesterday. I’ve had to have him come back today to remove everything he had done as the quality was so bad. I’ve not paid yet and would be interested in anyone’s views on if I’ve been reasonable. Issues are: tiles cut very badly with obvious jagged edges, grout widths varying,…
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Wooden exterior cladding
We have wooden cladding on part of our house. It’s a bit of a strange house (in a new town in Scotland so it’s 9/10 concrete built with an odd bit that’s sticks out the side of the house). We were replacing the plasterboard on the inside of this part and noticed that the wooden cladding needs replaced (we could see…
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Replace hard wired oven with plugged Short or Long term fix needed, HELP!
Hello, Hoping someone can help. Our oven door fell off. We have been in the process of updating anyway and had a new oven in the garage so this just spurred me into life this weekend rather than it being the end of the world. So I have gone about updating the kitchen and this AM went to remove the old oven and fit the new…
