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New Kitchen Or Just New Doors?
I'm buying a fairly new house (six years old) and the vendors obviously opted for the vanilla kitchen when they bought it. Beige, no integrated appliances, no soft closing doors, basic grey plinth, boring wooden style worktops.. not my taste at all. We'll be doing something to change it but I'm wondering whether changing…
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Where does this come from?
I’ve lived in my current home for about 3 years and have consistently had this problem appear at this time of the year. Whenever the weather starts dropping, I get a damp patch in the corner of my plaster that sits next to the window. The seal doesn’t seem to have broken in the window from what I can tell and I’ve tried…
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Landscaping in winter - mud everywhere solution?
Hi Everyone, It seems like I started a landscaping project at the very wrong time. I had an uneven garden and I hired a digger to level it. I wanted to either tarmac it, put gravel down or do block paving so I can drive my car in if I decide to do. But once I had finished levelling the ground, it turned into a swamp! My…
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Roof
I see ads for conservatory roof conversions and was talking to a lady who was thinking about using on of these companies. Are these basically clad over jobs?
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"gardeners " ruined bush. Leasehold flat..
Howdy ! I am very angry regarding the above . Trying not to make this Sound too complicated : Managing agents normally send gardeners over a couple of times a year to maintain the bushes outside of the flats in my small block. I've only a few planted outside the windows of the living room and bedroom . I normally see the…
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Replacing push button on toilet - Help!
Hi everyone, I know this should be a really simple fix but I've never done it before and just want to check it's as simple as I hope. Feel a bit embarrassed to call a plumber on this. Here's a pic of my system, plaster collar is snapped. I was going to replace with this:…
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Microwave Convection Oven Doesn't Seem too Hot?
De'Longhi 900W Combination Microwave D90D Bought this in August. Seemed good to start with but I thought the convection oven seemed to be taking longer to cook things. Not too sure if I was just being paranoid though. So I bought an oven thermometer and it's reading 170C when the oven's set to 200C. Anyone know if there's…
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Washing machine spin cycle problem
My washing machine is a Hotpoint Electronic 1050 De luxe and is about 25-30 years old. For some time the spin cycle has only worked intermittently and when it does work it doesn't always reach full speed. I can't see any pattern to when it does or doesn't work. Could anybody suggest the possible cause of the problem or…
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Chimney on a terraced property
I was looking after my daughter's house last week and banging started from the next door neighbours house near the chimney breast, then some debris came down the chimney. I went outside and someone was at the joint chimney stack.. I wasn't too interested at this point as assumed they were fixing or placing an aerial. I…
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Advice about recently plastered room
I’ve moved to my first house and renovating my living room. I was recommend a plasterer and was happy with his company as over 30 years experience. On the day he had his 2 workers do the job for two days. I paid £800+ when it was finished, but the day after I’ve noticed mesh on the joins of the ceiling, cracks under…
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New Bathroom problem
We had a new bathroom fitted 13 months ago. The tiler / fitter was recommended by a major bathroom supplier ie card in showroom scenario. I sourced all of the parts from this supplier and the fitter did the job. The fitter insisted we fit a bath panel that matched the rest of the built in units rather than the usual…
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Composite door advice
My current 1920's door has been damaged so needs replacing. Timber doors seem to take 12 weeks so I was looking at composite. The company I looked fits the brand Solidor but the reviews on Google are all really negative. Are composite doors generally an issue across all brands? Any advice woukd be welcome.
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reasonabley priced kitchen cabinet handles
Looking for reasonabley priced kitchen cabinet handles. Some cups and some knobs..about 30 or more total so don't want to pay ££££s. I found this company on line...just wondered if anyone had bought off them as difficult to judge quality on line...and although reviews are good I am a sceptical person...……
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What's happened to the paint here?!
Help! I hired a painter to paint a custom wardrobe. The whole thing is made of MDF (green MDF) and before the paint went on, the surface was very smooth. But now, after primer + 2 coats of paint, the surface of the doors looks really bumpy and ugly?! Images of the problem here: https://imgur.com/a/WJqWJTj I've tried…
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Hot Water - electric boiler/water heater
Hi folks, At the moment in our flat we have a water tank and an immersion heater, both the tank and the heater are in a small room in the flat. There is no gas supply in the flat at all. All our radiators are electric and we are happy with the radiators we have. We want to remove the water tank and immersion heater and…
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Remove and replace skirting?
I have floorers coming on Monday to lay 3mm screed, and Ardex DPM. They then will install Karndean looselay vinyl planks. The original carpet has already been removed, as have the Marley tiles, leaving sworls of bitumen glue on concrete solid floor. Over the years, the skirting boards have been painted with carpet laid, so…
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Builder for brick BBQ and paving
Hi guys, New to this forum.Im moving to Bangor around December time and just wondering if anyone can recommend someone who could do jobs I’m looking at for the house. I’m looking at having some of the garden slabbed and also a nice brick bbq built.ive a design if what I’m thinking if for the bbq and just looking at seeing…
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Water mark on ceiling?
I’ve found what appears to be a water mark on our living room ceiling. It’s beneath the bathroom but it doesn’t feel wet to touch. I’ve looked under the bath, around the sink and toilet and can’t see any immediate signs of a leak. We’ve checked the stain after a bath, after flushing the loo and using the sink and it…
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Damp in house - report inside
Hi all, I've had a report from a damp expert for free I might add and I'm not sure what to make of it, there is damp in the property. But it was only on one side near the front wall. I'm a bit skeptical to be honest, but lets see what others on here think. The quoted price is just over 5k for this work.
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15kw cooker
Anyone care to double check my figures for me? I've just picked up a 15.9kw electric range cooker and need my figures double checking before I connect it up. Allowing for diversity (10 amps + 30% + 5 amps due to socket) would give 22.7 amp loading. The cooker circuit is already on a 32 amp mcb with 6mm t&e and its clipped…
