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Asbestos roof tiles
Our roof tiles are asbestos and look very untidy with moss and dirt, can these tiles be cleaned ? Some look like they have been painted with the paint peeling off in places, or at least I hope its paint and not a protective seal exposing the asbestos. We had always hoped that following current work to the house that we…
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Change gas fire to open fire
Hi, can anyone please tell me how much it costs to change a gas fire to an open fire and how difficult it is? It’s in an Edwardian detached house. There’s some damp patches on the chimney breast so thought it would help with this too. Would like to add a photo but not sure how to do it! Thanks for any advice.
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Adding Extra Ceiling Light
Hi Does anyone know how simple a job it will be for a sparky to add an additional ceiling light in a living room? And a rough cost. Fingers crossed were moving into a new build, the living/dining room has 1 ceiling light (and a couple of spot lighters near the patio door velux) I'd like to add an additional light for a…
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Electrical Question
I don't normally ask questions but could do with some advice, I'm over boarding a bathroom ceiling & replacing the centre bulkhead light for one that looks a bit nicer, now for some reason best known to themselves they have used the downstairs bathroom light as the lighting feed for the rest of the downstairs (CU by the…
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Cannot fix my house while neighbours is derelict (semi detached)
In the summer my elderly hoarding neighbours managed to burn down their house which is semi detached, halls adjoining to mine. They are big houses and theirs has lost its top floor and roof entirely. There is a flying tin roof protecting my party wall from the worst of the damage but my house is unliveable in while it…
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Hot water tank switches
Hi all, We have a ThermaQ Unicyl hot water tank in our rented cottage, and it has two set switches and a timer switch. We are on Economy7. The question is which switches should be on? The timer is set to run off peak mostly with a little boost in the early evening but I'm not sure which of the other two switches should be…
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Lvt floor fitting by SCS
Hi everyone, We have just had LVT fitted all downstairs and in our 2 bathrooms (literally 2 days ago) and it is AWFUL. Awful to the point we have taken videos and showed them to the local store manager who was gobsmacked at the job done. These are the main issues •Screeding was done but hasn't been done to smooth/level…
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False wall help
Afternoon everybody, Tried contacting the local council are they are turning out to be a waste of time. We live in a terrace house that was originally 2up/2down, somewhere through time and extention was built onto the back door kitchen and bathroom We currently have to go through the second bedroom to get to the bathroom,…
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Plug-in electric heater advice
hi there the underfloor heating in our 25 sq metre extension just doesn't seem to be providing enough heat (and I'm always too warm usually) so now we are coming into winter I want to buy a plug-in heater of some sort which I can put on for short periods of time before mealtimes or if we have guests round etc. I don't want…
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Re-hanging internal door?
Hi Any advice please on re-hanging our living room door? (I am in no way a DIYer, but it seems simple enough!) The screws fitting the hinges to the frame have come out, so the hinges are still securely fastened to the door, but the hinges are no longer attached to the frame. One hinge at top of door, one at the foot. Three…
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Side passages ceiling cracks
Hi just looking for some advice. Recently bought a house about 2 months ago, the house is mid terrace and we had a level 2 survey done all came back okay besides few things. Nothing major. however recently whilst taking the bins out through the side passages (between our house and the one next door) there are some rather…
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Identify this, blown vinyl wallpaper?
I am guessing its above 10 years old, but hopefully still available.
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Random Stone Wall - cladding options?
Hello all In process of total refurbishment of a Victorian stone cottage. Scotland, coastal location. Walls are very thick, about 2 ft, and built out of some very random rubble, Basically a pile of stones held up with gravity, so very uneven. May have originally been a byre or similar barn for animals. Over the years, it…
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Gas Boiler Housing Unit
I'd like to cover my wall mounted gas boiler in a small room. I'm looking for a floor to ceiling wooden enclosure with one or two doors allowing access to the boiler and pipes. I've received quoted between £300 - £400 by professionals - I'm not sure if this is about average? My carpentry skills aren't fantastic, so I…
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Damp patches above chimney breast
Hello, we bought an old house (1840) in May 2017. The previous owner refurbished the house just before we bought it. He replaced three open fires on the ground floor, 1 with a log burning stove, 2 with gas fires. About a year after we moved in, damp patches have started appearing internally on the chimney breasts. They are…
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Shower enclosure with sloping ceiling
Hello, I have a shower enclosure I want to replace but it has a sloping ceiling. The height is too low for any pre-made shower enclosure that I can find. Bespoke ones seem to cost in the region of £1000 which is out of my price range. Is there any solution? Picture here:
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Replacing room thermostat (240V)
Hi. A room thermostat has stopped working (no clicks; always on). It's a Smith's RT002 (240V). This controls a kick-heater in our kitchen. Could I replace this with similar but include a timer too? (subject to installation by qualified electrician etc.).
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Alarm Sounder Battery Headache
Hello All i purchased a Yale alarm systems recently!to replace an old system for my aging In-Laws It is one of these, wireless jobbies, where everything runs off batteries. Yale call it the IA I also got some additional extra sensors and panic button etc The issue I have is that it is replacing an old system and there is…
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Ikea 25% Pax and Kompliment
Pax Oak and komplement has 25% of for family members. Only oak so not too exciting. I saw it advertised in the store, not online.
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Another boiler pressure drop question.
Hi, This is not related to the other thread by someone else. Had a couple of rads replaced recently and some pipework moved. that was about 6 weeks ago. Only ever used to bleed rads and refill boiler if required before every winter. Since then I've had to fill up the water into me boiler several times. 2nd time there was a…
