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Desperate!!! Sewerage smell!!
Hi all!! Please, please, please I’m at my wits end! One corner of my lounge absolutely reeks of sewer! I’ve taken to the floor, it’s dry! I’ve had the water company come and they have surveyed 30mtrs from my property in each direction and they disinfected. There are no breaks, cracks or blockages is the sewerage pipes. My…
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Boarding loft space
My house is approx 10 years old built by Bovis and the roof appears to be a standard pre-fab roof truss (looks like a W) at 600mm intervals I know it’s not suitable for conversion (without considerable rework) but wondered if these are suitable for boarding for light storage? I would be using loft legs at 600m centres with…
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Dual zone heating - simple or complex?
Hi,My sister and family recently moved into a detached house and have been struggling with the heating. There is one downstairs dial thermostat near the door which controls the heating for the house. Understandably, upstairs is always warmer than downstairs but it's significantly so. If it's comfortable downstairs, it's…
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How to attach outdoor cable running across steps?
Have an outdoor low-voltage, fairly thick cable that runs from an outdoor socket along a wall, then needs to cross a step on the stone stairs to the other side (where it powers some lights). I’ve been able to just hammer in cable clips for the run across the wall, but when I tried them in the cement (?) where the riser…
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SOLVED. What's the likely cause (and fix) for this window mould please?
Grand kids room. Shocked when I went in. Not been in the bedroom for about a year. My Daughter "didn't want to trouble me" . RRRRRR This is her home, not rented, and would anyone be able to help please with advice.
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Is a creaky ceiling fixable?
Just moved into a new house, and it's all good, except when the neighbour walks around in their bedroom, it causes very loud creaks in my living room ceiling. It's not like 'creeeeeeeak', it's more like you know if you turn your TV off and then an hour later it makes a CRACK sound as the plastic cools, several times, as…
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paint left overnight?
I've been reading that using a refuse bag in a paint scuttle , can be used both to avoid cleaning the scuttle and getting flakes in paint, and, tie in a knot to keep air out and the paint can be used the next day, and you can do this several times(days) true?
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New Quooker dispensing grey water!
We had a new Quooker (Flex) installed yesterday, along with a Quooker Scale Control Plus. We have just discovered that the boiler is dispensing grey tinted water. Normal (unboiled) water is clear. I've just emailed Quooker support to seek their advice, but was wondering whether any other Quooker owners had experienced this…
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Underfloor Heating Tiles - Can I lay new vinyl floor over the top?
Hi, I've recently purchased a house that uses the underfloor heating to heat up the house. I do not like the tiles that are over the underfloor heating system and was wondering if I would be able to put vinyl flooring (that is suitable for UFH) over the the tiles? To save me from getting the tiles removed and replaced with…
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Blind/canopy which pulls out from the house and covers a large area/patio
Hello I'd like to buy one of those blinds which can pull out from the back of the house to cover my (very hot and sunny) patio. Does anyone have experience of buying one of these? Any ideas of good places to buy from? I'd need it to be fitted as DIY is not my forte ;) I'd appreciate any pointers. Thank you Maureen
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Help please with removing shower riser/rail.
Hello, does anyone know how this shower riser/rail can be removed from the wall? It looks like there are removable plates on the top and bottom brackets but they do not want to move and I am reluctant to force them. Thank you
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Neighbours building without planning permission
Our neighbours have applied for planning but have started building before getting a decision. I'm pretty confident their application will be rejected (the neighbours the other side tried to do a similar extension a couple of years ago and it was rejected due to being a conservation area and the area being considered "over…
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Old cut-out piece of plasterboard screwed back in - how best to patch up?
Hi, When we viewed the house that we moved into, we noticed a rectangle of cut out plasterboard. We asked about it and the owners said it was due to a leak from the central heating pipes (we can see an old stain just beneath) and the repair man cut out the rectangle, fixed the leak, then seems to have just screwed it back…
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Combi boiler discharge valve
Hi, a quick question. I recently had to drain the boiler to clean the DHW sensor (Glowworm Betacom 30c). I did this via closing the boiler isolation valves (so as not to have to drain the entire system) and then opened the discharge valve as directed in the manual. Now it seems that the boiler is losing pressure, possibly…
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Cannot get anyone to do the kitchen structural work - tips?
So we quite recently moved into a little 2 up 2 down terraced house in Huddersfield (last October). It needed quite a lot of renovation, and we think we've made a decent start, especially these last couple of weeks, where we've had a stove fitted, double glazing done, and the cellar converted. These are all big things that…
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Leak through the ceiling
hi, help anyone pls. A month a go we had this checked but the plumber said it’s just the silicone in our bath. We did changed the silicone but how come it is still leaking and when we checked under the bath panel, the floor was wet and it’s sipping through the wall thus resulting in the water patch in our ceiling. Do you…
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Hoover Dynamic Next Washing Machine
Had this machine for around two years. It's worked fine until recently. The problem I have with it is the instrumentation panel changes settings all the time. We can't use it because of this. I have tried switching it off and at the mains but each time we turn machine on, it begins changing settings and won't allow to use.…
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Apeer Doors - has anyone used them?
Hello :) My pvc front door is on the blink so it's finally time to splash out on one of the lovely coloured composite doors I've long admired on my neighbours' homes! I've been doing some research over the past few weeks and it seems Apeer doors have the ideal colour choice and there is a local fitter - but I can't find…
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Unexplained smell
Hello, I am looking for some advice regarding an unexplained smell in my home, which can only be described as something like "rotting cabbages". I have just bought my first home, a 1930s mid-terrace and from the day I got the keys I have had an unexplained smell in my living room (the room right at the front of the…
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SOLVED. What position should gate valve be open on hot water tank?
In our airing cupboard we have a hot water tank. It's modern, got that thick dense foam factory fitted casing around it, 10yrs old, The water *was* very hot and cosy (shower/bath). The hot water is unvented indirect system with mains direct cold water feed. So an exchanger built into the tank. The model is Santon Premier…