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Sealing cracks in exterior masonry?
Hi I'm prepping the front of my Victorian terraced house for painting. I'm nearly there, but there are some cracks, on internal corners in various places, where the edge details meet the main wall, and inside the window frame area. I can't fill these with masonry filler I was going to use external frame sealant but it only…
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Can you help me repair our Bosch Rotak lawnmower?
Our Bosch Rotak 32 R needs help! Use it for c.5 minutes and it cuts out and smells of burning. I took it apart, cleaned it thoroughly, and found a loose washer; I don't know if that's supposed to be like that, or if not, what it's supposed to be attached to. Can anyone please help? Thanks.
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Conservatory with adaptions advice please
Morning, i got declined a simple lean to conservatory by my housing association this week. i am a mid terrace, 3 storey house. the reason they declined the request was that they would not able to get roof access to make any repairs should the need to. is there any way to adapt the conservatory plan to allow them roof…
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Smelly downstairs toilet
Hello. We have started to get an intermittent smell from our downstairs toilet. We have a septic tank with a shared outlet pipe with other houses in the row, all built around 1860, and an en-suite shower room upstairs that has an external vent pipe with the waste running under the house to a chamber where the downstairs…
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Load bearing? How long is a piece of string.
Looking at buying a flat and seeing how we can make this one work for us. What is the chance the green highlighted wall is load bearing? Pretty sure the red highlighted one is. Would like to remove the green wall (bed recess) to end up with a rectangular kitchen. Obviously will get a professional in but anyone want to have…
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Recycling UPVC windows / doors
When replacing with new - is it standard practice for manufacturers to offer a trade-in price? Aside from selling / gifting with re-purposing in mind, how can they be recycled? Is there any financial incentive for doing so? I've got lots that are absolutely fine but possibly not compliant with energy efficiency regs…
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Gate latch options
Hey, Does anyone know of any gate latch that’s in some sort of slider that can be opened from both sides? (the only thing i can think of at the minute) Originally my tall gate was on a standard ‘turn’ gate latch which was fine, after having a new fence put up the post the catch side was on is now covered so there’s no…
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Neighbours summer house over my boundary
My neighbour has rebuild his summer house the roof now over laps my fence, if I wanted to place a shed in this corner I would not be able to. Note-: he’s always been extremely rude and even quite aggressive when I purchased a separate piece of land. I’m not sure what my legal rights are?
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Wrong amount on partial payment
HelloA year ago, I had the new floor fitted paid a deposit half the price. And after finishing work, I paid the outstanding amount. After a year, the company contacted me and ask me to pay the outstanding amount of £500. When I looked at the Invoice: Total cost £5500 Deposit Paid: £2500 Outstanding balance: £2000 Now they…
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Painting Garden Fence on One Side?
Does painting a garden fence on one side help to protect it, i wanted to paint my fence on both sides in the summer but the neighbours have a large shed next to their side making it impossible to access from their side. I also have security brackets on the fence and trees above the panels which i would need to remove to…
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Broken Waterbutt lid
Looking for a way to repair a broken 250 litre waterbutt lid that is in 3 pieces - https://evengreener.com/water-saving/water-butt-accessories/water-butt-link-kit-linkkitx is an image I have tried superglue which failed because the lid is slightly warped - it is moulded not a simple fllat lid I think that the fixative…
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Choosing an oven
Looking to buy a new single fan oven £350-£450 (sale bargains too). Needs to be well built, not flimsy. Quick to heat, precise temperatures and no hotspots. Not to many functions but slightly more than the basic. Recommended brands, models?
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Bathroom Bi-fold door?
Annoyingly, when I open my bathroom door, it can hit the toilet as there isn't enough gap between the two for the door to 'fully' open. Obviously I can get in and out of the bathroom no problem, the gap is more than enough (the door opens to about 75 degrees). I am about to put my house on the market, and am wondering if…
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Should I wash out all household goods which can be recycled?
tins of tomatoes, mayonnaise jars, microwave dishes (purchased like lasagne in tin dish) etc, do i have to wash these out or can I just throw them in recycing bin without washing out?
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Getting constant electric shocks
I have recently had a new kitchen fitted but I'm getting constant electric shocks from sink, door handles, light switches and sockets any ideas? It does it even with the electricity off its as if its a capacitor charging and then when I touch it it discharges through me but its constantly not just now and then.
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Estate Management company question
We own our house but it is on an estate managed by an estate management company. We have an end of terrace house and alongside our outside wall are some hedges that are maintained by the estate management company. The problem is that we need to get the wall rendered as there are cracks and damp is getting in. We have…
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Check for listed building consent
Does anyone know where I can find a list of changes my listed house has been granted in its history? The councils website only lists applications for the past 15 years or so. I want to check that our attic was granted permission to be converted into accommodation at some point.
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Wall crack
Hello I’ve owned my flat for 11 years. It’s a Victorian ground floor conversion. My wallpaper is rippled in a couple corners of the front room so I pulled it back in both places to check. I’m planning on getting the whole room re wallpapered and plastered so pulled it back to check.One side is fine. In this corner, there’s…
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