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Widening a dormer conversion
Hi all, We've got a dormer conversion in our house, its quite a small conversion and they could've gone wider with the walls and put an en suite in. The en suite would be right above the main bathroom so hopefully makes things simpler from a plumbing perspective (the boiler is against the wall we'd want to push back so…
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Putting central heating on with no thermostat
We have a Ideal Logic+ 30 boiler managed by a wireless thermostat and the batteries went on them recently. No big deal as I replaced them later that day but it made me realise that I don't think you can put the heating on with no thermostat. I just wanted to check this was the case. I checked the instructions and could…
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Party Wall Agreement - Opinions sought
Hi We have been planning a kitchen and dining room
extension for some time. In my opinion it was doubtful that the Party Wall Act
applied to our situation, but as my neighbour is a bit of a psychopath with
anger management issues, I decided it best to get an Award put in place, rather
than face a potential injunction once…
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School shirts - stain removal help!
Hi all, I am posting here because I am desperate for help with getting some stains out of my son's school shirts. The shirts are 65% polyester and 35% cotton. I washed the shirts as part of a normal wash, but afterwards there is very prominent staining as shown in the pictures. These stains were not visible before washing,…
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Buttressing a wall
Quick summary of problem: Added garage extension to side of house. Builder is not answering our calls to fix an issue relating to building regs. external garage wall requires buttressing and can’t get building regs without it. Entire structure now in place (roof, beams, concrete floor, doors etc) so I wanted to check what…
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Copper pipe condition
Hi I’m currently doing a ground up renovation of my bathroom and was wondering about the condition of the copper piping. It’s under the subfloor, which will be renewed. All seems ok apart from a few green areas but as it won’t be easily accessible, thought it might be worth getting a plumber to it check over. Any help…
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LED 12v transformer
Hi everyone, I am puzzled by a problem I am having with a standard lamp and seek advise. The standard lamp is a bog standard 6 light Homebase design, which had, when new, 6 x 12v 10w halogen bulbs. It used to run on a foot sliding reostat to control the brightness until that failed. I decided to change it to LED bulbs so…
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1920's house renovation - struggling to get quotes / ballpark figures to remove & replace floor
Hi All, First time post, so please be kind if I ramble on... So, possibly in my naivity, we have purchased a 1926 semi that is need of serious rejuvenation. It was kind of the worst house in the best street scenario, but we knew what needed to be done to it to bring back to life, have set aside a considerable budget to…
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Leaking toilet copper pipe
Last Wednesday I had plumber fit new fill valve instead of replacing old ball type valve he used flowmaster inlet valve. On Friday i noticed small leak where the old copper pipe joins with the new valve pipe also leak at the elbow copper pipe. After I flush the toilet at the end there is a bang noise, water hammer noise.…
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Artificial Turf in back garden
Our back garden isn't the biggest or the best & the small grassed area (about 7m x 3.5m) is horrible. The grass isn't good & is patchy at best so we never have a lush green lawn. We have tried putting seed down in areas but it just won't take. So I'm looking at getting someone in to install artificial turf in place of the…
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Small damp corner of carpet
Hello, I wondered if anyone might have any ideas about the cause of this small damp area of carpet. There's a bit of a hole in the corner and we had slugs coming through last year, although i haven't seen any since i chucked some salt down and didn't find the carpet damp then. We've just moved the bookcase that's usually…
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King size storage divan base only
Any recommendations on where and what to buy ? Budget up to £500. Only need base as already have a new mattress.
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Extension
I have bought a house that has a bathroom downstairs and a shower room upstairs. It has a small kitchen. I am looking to move the bathroom upstairs ( I could possibly make the shower room bigger to make a bathroom) and I would like to make a bedroom bigger and add on en suite. I would also like to extend the kitchen to…
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Earthing SWA Cable
I would appreciate any advise concerning my attempt to connect outdoor lights to SWA. I have multiple outdoor lights, connected by SWA cable, which i'm trying to terminate into IP65 junction boxes. I'm using earthing nuts onto the cable glands, however as I have 3 or 4 SWA cables coming into the junction box with its own…
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Issues with new window
Evening all, I had a new window fitted about two months ago (as the old one was leaking) and it has an inside trim. The inside of the window plaster has started cracking and the caulk holding the trim has cracked and lifted it up. It’s getting worse by the day. Does anyone have any idea what would cause this please? The…
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boiler repair - gas valve wiring from PCB
Hello gas engineers! I have a Baxi combi 105 HE. Long story (on a previous thread) but I got a new wiring harness, BAXI part no. 248216 My issue is that the plugs on the new harness for the black cables (A5 black cable 9 and 10) from the PCB to gas valve are different to what is currently in place. I don't seem to be able…
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Underwhelmed with kitchen suppliers
I don’t know if it’s just me and my expectations. We’re planning an extension and getting a new kitchen fitted as part of it. So this weekend, we went to B&Q, Magnet, and Wren. B&Q just seemed unappealing. Magnet seemed to use thinner chipboard but then a thick layer of some material over the top to achieve 18mm thickness…
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Replacing ceiling lamps with spotlights...
Happy Sunday MSExperts! It's been a while I've been thinking to have some spotlights installed in my flat - my ceiling is quite low and I think I could gain some "visual" space if I swap those ceiling lamps with something more compact. My living room is roughly 8mX3m and I'm thinking to have 6 in here, my bedroom is 5mX3m…
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Smelly shower in brand new bathroom!
Hi everyone. We've just had a brand new bathroom fitted including low profile shower tray from Easy Bathrooms. It's a Peoria shower tray and was supplied with a Peoria waste. https://www.easybathrooms.com/peoria-1200-x-800-slate-effect-shower-tray-anthracite https://www.easybathrooms.com/peoria-shower-tray-waste Since…
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Why so many spurs? (Electrics)
Daughter has bought a house - only 25 years old - electrics seem 'okay' but fuse board is small and lots of spares that look unsightly. Why are they added? Is a bigger fuse board required. Thanks for any help.
