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Claiming land
Evening all, Hopefully this is the correct forum. We have recently moved into a house with abit of land looked after by the previous owner roughlty (4,2.5m) ish. Anyways looking at trying to claim it as been looked after for 15 years by the house we now own. We have been told 1k plus vat ish by solicitors. Is that the…
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Zinc roof detail
We're getting a new zinc roof fitted to an existing extension (low pitched roof, never should have been tiled, blah blah blah). Anyway, the roof is supposed to have an "eyebrow" detail over the double french doors to mimic one on the original house. However, the original is formed in lead and our builders are of the…
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Window not staying open
A few of my house windows do not stay in there position when I open them. For example, when I open one, it slowly moves and closes itself. There is no resistance at all. Should it be like this? I would of expected some resistance so the window can stay open. Is there anyway to fix this?
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Laminate or tiles in kitchen?
Hello. My husband and I picked up the keys to our first home. It needs gutting and starting over. Kitchen order, electrician and plasterer booked but we’re struggling with the floor. It’s back to it’s cement base at the moment with some areas of adhesive of some type from the tile that were there before (they had to come…
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Cost/disruption of supporting missing chimney breast
TLDR: how much will it cost to have supports put in for a missing chimney breast that is missing on both sides of a party wall? Both were removed 30+ years ago. Adding steel supports will also involve removing fitted kitchen units, tiling on walls, working around the electrics etc. The semi-detached house we are buying has…
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Toilet Clearance
Afternoon all, I have had a deisgn put together by a nationwide chain of bathroom fitters. I have a question on the position of the toilet, which is limited due to the location of the soil pipe. The width of the bathoom is 2300mm The designer has put a 1700mm bath along theback wall with the toilet next to the bath to link…
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Roof leak at lead flushing
hi, There is a leak between the main house and the garage extension. Ive had bits fixed a few times but it still leaks when rain hits the main wall. First I had the pointing done and a few worn tiles replaced. Then I had the felt replaced. Then the lead flushing Then I had the lead painted over with Acrypol. All at the…
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Kitchen Refit: Additional demolition work: via Wren or separate contractor?
Hi all! Apologies in advance for the breadth of topics here: Getting our kitchen re-done. Aiming to go with Wren, we've been most impressed with them out of the bunch. We've got pretty limited DIY skills ourselves. Here's the floorplan of our odd-shaped kitchen, extension on the original property: My main Q's: We like the…
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Woodworm - Advice Needed Please :(
Hello everyone For the past week I've been finding tiny beetles in my daughter's bedroom. To cut a long story short, they're from a wicker picnic basket I bought from a charity shop. It is definitely common furniture beetle. I burnt the basket yesterday when I realised. I had used a pest fogger last week, some were still…
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Bubbling Paint in downstairs toilet
Hello. I have started to notice some bubbling Paint isolated to one area of my downstairs toilet. The other side of the wall is a kitchen cupboard. Is it just a bad paint job from the previous owners? It is low level and by the sink and where a towel are kept but also next to the toilet. Just after a bit of advice and…
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Karndean LVT Cost Discrepancies -- Lifetime Guarantee?
Hello folks, I've recently bought a new home which requires flooring renovation. We are looking at entry level Karndean LVTs (Knight Tile) but have noticed that some sites provide it a bit cheaper (22 pounds v/s 26 pounds). But the cheaper ones don't mention any lifetime guarantee. For e.g.…
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French UPVC doors not closing (loft)
I opened the loft doors earlier this week for the first time in a few months Now they won't close correctly. Its the first time its happened. It seems one or both doors have moved meaning there is an overlap at the top preventing any closure and a gap at the bottom. Both doors seem misaligned and wont close into the frame…
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Cladding for outdoor storage bench
Hello, We have just built 2 frames for an outdoor storage bench. Inside the frames will be the plastic keter storage benches. Could someone advise an affordable wood to use as cladding that isn’t pallet wood? The seat top will be made with marine ply. I’ve been looking at a few options but I’m getting a bit overwhelmed by…
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New roof, ventilation or not?
My daughter is halfway through getting a new roof installed, roofer is using Marley double Roman tiles. I've noticed on front of house there is no ventilation tiles installed. I thought nowadays you had to put ventilation tiles in roof space but they told me that you dont want them anymore and there not recommended…
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Bridging the gap
I am trying to get a cable from one side of the room to the other in the ceiling void in our flat. We have a metal frame system so there is a series of I and U beams running along and across the ceiling which the plasterboard is then screwed into the U beams. The structural ceiling above looks like corrugated steel (though…
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New Roof
Hiya I'm in the process of planning a new roof. House currently has old clay tiles that cant be re-used so I've opted for concrete. What do I need to consider as I know the weight is going to be different. Does Building control need to get involved to sign off the strength of the joists? Many thanks for ay advice DW
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Tumble Dryer Shenanigans....
It's never happened before but today my tumble dryer tripped the electrics in house. We got the electricity back on but my tumble isn't coming on. Could the dryer have fused and caused the electricity to trip? Thank you 😊
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Black bits coming out of seal
Would anyone know what this is, it's on the inside of a window frame
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Microwave with air fryer by Sage
I'm not sure if this is in the right place but it is in the home . We have a Daewoo microwave combo with buillt in air fryer, its been great and have it about 10 years Ish, but its sadly on its last legs, We can do Frozen fish and chips in 20 mins, all cooking at the same time, Stand alone air fryers I've seen you seem to…
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Double height extension on 1920s House - possible issues?
Hi AllI have a 1920s built, L-shaped detached house. Double fronted, bay windows, stained glass etc. All glass is double-glazed or has secondary glazing. Cavity wall, no insulation, near the coast. I am considering having a two-floor extension built, which would make the house a 'square'. Internally, this would add another…