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Bathroom tiling
Hi, I'm in the process of sourcing quotes for some tiling to be done in our (quite small) bathroom. I've had my first quote and to be honest it seems quite a lot for the time it should take after doing my own research too so was hoping for some advice on that. A photo of our bathroom is below. We are having herringbone…
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Stairs and Dolly? / Trolley
Hi, In the past, my dad and I have taken the likes of fridge freezers, tumble dryers etc.. down to the kitchen (and back up if it replaced something) I was wondering if there's anything cheap, that could help us with that? I found "something" and it was this: How to Use The Mobile Stairlift Dolly — An Introductory Guide -…
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Double Glazing Installers
Hi. Looking for some advice please. I had my windows installed about 5 years ago. The company was very competent and had no problems with them at all, apart from the fact they didnt provide me with the CERTASS certificate. Since then a lot of the windows have blown and the glass needing replacement. The company that…
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Mixer shower cartridge
Hi, We have an aqualisa a mixer shower. The flow valve seems to be stuck, so I assume we need a new one. I took it out and tried to order a replacement, but it seems to be £50! I mean the whole shower bar was about £90. I can find many non brand valves for £10, but while the dimensions match, the design is a little bit…
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Burst Sewage Pipe
So, a couple of weeks ago we noticed a lot of stagnant water sat at the back of our garden. Now the garden had always had bad drainage so we just thought it was due to some rain. This water was smelling quite bad but I thought it was due to it being stagnant. Anyway I had arranged for a couple of landscape gardeners to…
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Worcester digistat replacement?
We have a Worcester digistat which is wireless. The boiler is an oil fired worcester heat slave. The digistat got dropped and the display is broken. Does anyone know what the replacement is to buy? They all seem to be called Drayton which look the same.
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Should I sugar soap my kitchen walls before painting
Our kitchen is quite big but we have no real ventilation so the walls sweat when we cook. We want to paint it next week but feel we should do something to prep the wall for the best finish. Would using sugar soap to wash the walls down be a good idea? Any suggestions to get the best finish appreciated Thanks
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Dimmer Switch Wiring
Hi, I ordered a double dimmer switch but it didn't come with instructions. Can anyone tell me how best to wire it up? Here is a photo of the wiring on the current standard double switch. As you can see, the two live wires go into the 'L1' parts of each socket with a brown wire connecting each 'L' part. The dimmer switch…
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Rat (or Mouse) in my kitchen - what am I going to do?
I ended up with a rodent behind
my kitchen kickboards somewhere, because the outside cover on the vented dryer
had come off. Before I ask my builder to block that off (coincidentally - The
dryer stopped working at the same time?), and then I'll buy a condenser dryer,
I bought some traps baited them with jam, peanut butter…
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Fence and Gate Destroyed
Good Evening all I am looking for some advice my house and garden
back on to council owned woodland up until about 5 years ago it was maintained
but now it’s not. Consequently, it has become wildly overgrown and has pushed
over my fence completely destroyed the gate. Are the council liable over the
last couple of years…
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Is this a retaining wall?
Hello, I have a rather silly question.. I am removing some slabs from my front garden (the whole garden is elevated and surrounded by a retaining wall). I removed the path, next to which is a patch of grass with some rocks dividing it from the path. I have now removed the rocks (see photo) and noticed they were much bigger…
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Drive Way Options
Looking for your thoughts on a new drive way and path. The drive way is on a moderate incline. I am thinking of stamped concrete, and maybe pave the path. The path is currently just a lump of concrete that looks pretty bad, can concrete paths be painted? any recomendations of brands?
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Mattress - Vacuum bag for transportation?
Hi, I'm in rented accom atm, and I'm part way buying a house. I threw the old mattress away as I had my own (and that was very dirty), and I was wondering if anyone knows a cheap way to transport said mattress pretty easily. I see this: (Queen/Full-XL/Full) Mattress Vacuum Bag for Moving. Compress Mattress to 1/8 of its…
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Roofing contractor threatening to invalidate my roof warranty
Hello all. In March 13 I had the house re-roofed and have a 20-year
warranty. In early 2019 it took said Company 4 months to perform some repairs
where the ridge tile mortar was coming out and falling onto the drive. This
repair only happened after countless visits by me to their office, phone calls,
emails and finally a…
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Moving where the kitchen is located?
Hi all, Looking for some advice and opinions. My kitchen is at the back of my house but as my house faces south I would prefer it if the kitchen was at the front and the living room at the back to make the most of the sunshine and garden. So the question is - how big a job is it to move a kitchen from the back to the…
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How to treat these weeds in the flower bed?
Need suggestion of experts regarding how I can treat these weeds with a yellow flower, in my flower bed in back garden. During my early morning and evening walk I see them outside in a lot of neighboring gardens Also please can someone tell me which weeds are they?I tried pulling them out by hand but unfortunately unable…
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Replacing old storage heaters
I recently bought a modest sized two -bed flat with electric supply only. It was a concern prior to buying but the location and everything else were perfect so I decided to go for it. I also factored the outdated heating in when I put in an offer and was pleased with the acceptance price. It was just as the stamp duty…
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Cost to redo a 6ft x 6ft bathroom?
In a total newb to renovating, first time buyer and this will be the first big task we tackle in the house. The bathroom in my house is 6ft x 6ft. I'm wondering what the approximate cost for a total redo would be? I want to do it on a reasonable budget, will be a pretty standard neutral bathroom. Looking to get quotes in…
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Vokera thermostat e82 fault
My thermostat shows e82 fault and when I try the online videos which take you to a part that says coup c04 my display shows coup c21 and will not connect to the boiler has anyone got any ideas thanks in advance duncan
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Sinking garage in row
Hello, me and my partner purchased our home in 2017, we were aware that it came with a garage roughly 100m down the road in a small block of garages, we wasn’t however informed that they were sinking. We own 1 in a block of 4 garages that are affected, furthest right is the main area of damage, and then is 2nd from left.…
