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Plasterboarding "Inside" the chimney Breast advice
Hi everyone I hope you are all well . I have a little DIY project planned in the coming days and just need some advice please, I will be widening a fireplace recess (where it used to be, no longer used for this purpose), in order to make it into a cable box / router area with TV hanging on the chimney breast just above it.…
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Electricians and their certification
Hi allRecently moved home. I have had some switchless sockets changed to switched ones as I have a roaming toddler. Also had some light fittings moved more centrally. We initially called him due to a short which tripped RCD (water leak from washing machine into socket) I'm trying to work out should I be getting…
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Trapped air in CH (probably)
We reinstated the kitchen radiator after removal for decorating ...about a year ago; I noticed a knocking noise a couple of days later from from the pump. The pump bounces for a second when it first spins up, but only if the CH is engaged - the DHW is fine. It's an old open-vented setup. I assume it's trapped air, but I've…
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Please help! Is this tiling a good enough standard?
Hi, We wrestled with the decision of whether to do our own floor levelling and tiling or to pay the £1,500 (so much money to us!!!) to get it done professionally. We took the plunge after our plasterer told us how difficult it can be to get the tiles level. We'd already spent so much trying to make it into our dream home,…
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How much is it to fit laminate flooring?
Hi everyone, I have a small bedroom that is roughly 2.4m x 2.4m so a total of 5.8 sqm when rounded up, and i'd like to have some laminate flooring fitted. I plan on buying all the materials myself and so its just labour costs i would need to be worried about. I have been given the number of a handyman who is quoting £120.…
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Gutter repair questions
I have a leaky moss filled gutter. I cleared the mossy sludge out, but there is a union that leaks. This is a ~5” long segment that joins two lengths of gutter, using rubber seals and clips. Like this: https://www.wolseley.co.uk/product/center-112mm-square-union-bracket/ It is angular rather than semi circular. I bought a…
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Neighbour's non-conforming window just been replaced - by the same.
Hi all. This is similar to a recent thread on here about a breach of Planning Permission to do with a window that 'shouldn't' be there. A friend has a neighb with a 1st floor window in a wall which is built right on their boundary and looks directly down on their garden and back of their house - there is near zero privacy…
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Siliconing shower enclosure
I am getting quotes for few jobs in my bathroom. One of them being removing silicone and applying new one around shower enclosure as current one has mould. Two tradesmen were happy to quote for removal and application inside and outside as it is currently and third one said it should be applied only on the outside and…
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Unable to replace outdoor light due to unfamiliar wiring- your thoughts
I was trying to replace my garden light fitted on the outer wall of the house, but when I removed it, I was presented with 4 different cables - I believe Brown(L) and Black (N), if Grey is earth why there is a 4th cable - exposed cable doing out there, please see the photos from the back of the switch and wall box - please…
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Victorian House with Concrete Floor
Hi, I have
just bought a Victorian semi detached house which is little more than a shell,
although it does have radiators! There is a concrete floor throughout the
whole of the downstairs and no visible airbricks, although I am told by the
neighbour that there was, at one time, a suspended floor. The
bottom 4 inches of…
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LG Washing Machine "The door is open. Please close the door completely."
Hi all, getting this error message on an LG washing machine. The handle has no "trigger" to open the latch so I assume the latch is purely electric. After pressing "start" for a wash, there is the sound of the latch trying to engage, twice in succession, then the error message appears. Pushing the door in the hope it…
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Rawl plug hole
Bear with me. I genuinely know not what I need to do. One of the brackets for my curtain rail is falling off the wall. The hole for the rawl plug thingummy seems to be too big. Can I bung a load of plaster on the hold, wait for it to dry and start all over again or should I stuff something in it - way back when my dad used…
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30k to spend on house renovation. What would you do?
Hi guys, I've just moved into a house and I'm not sure which job to do first. I have around £30k and here's what I'd love to do over the next few years. - New bathroom. Current one is fine for now but grotty and old. - New kitchen. Same as above. - Rear single storey extension with open kitchen. - Downstairs bathroom and…
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Surface mount or recessed electricity/gas meter box
I need to install new utility meter boxes and deciding between surface or recessed mounting. The utility boxes are going on the side of the house where there isn't a huge amount of space so my preference is going with the recessed mounting. The wall is a newly built wall which is double walled with cavity wall insulation.…
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Neighbors roofers have been messing with my roof!
Help!I share a flat roof with the adjoining terrace. A few weeks ago I had all the felt replaced and resealed. Been happy with the work so far. Now, my neighbor is having his roof worked on as well. As I go out, his roofers beckon me up to show me how badly my roof has been repaired.So I go up, and one of them pulls out…
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Flooring
Hi has anyone ever had click LVP fitted. I payed for this flooring and separate for fitting and this is the marks that is left on the floor only after 4 weeks and following correct cleaning protocols. Would you get back in touch with the company is there’s fault with the floor or is it something I’m doing wrong. The…
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Roof repair
The mortar at the end of the roof, between the tiles and brickwork, is falling out. I invited three local companies to quote. Only one gave an itemised quote, it was £450 plus VAT. He said they could start in late January. One turned up unexpectedly, and said “I’ll do it for £400, it’ll be really good”. The other turned up…
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Do Sky replace Freesat Dishes?
I ditched Sky TV in favour of Freesat about 5 years ago as we failed to agree a deal and i started using the old Sky satellite dish and Humax box which worked great. The dish has been up for about twenty years in total and just lately is showing a weak signal occasionally. Do i need to find a private engineer or would Sky…
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Extractor fan vents not going outside of the house
I had some work done a few months ago to get bathrooms installed on the upper floor of my house, and as part of that, they obviously had to add extractor fans, which they did. These were positioned on the ceilings of the bathroom, so when I questioned them where the damp air would go to, they said it would be vented out…
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Multiple Ring Accounts on App
I have asked the following question on the ring forum as well but yet to receive a response. So I thought I'd ask here. My mum has a ring account with the doorbell and camera. I have this setup on my phone as well. Now I am planning on purchasing a doorbell for myself and would like to use a different account. Is it…
