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External Insulation - Would it be worth it?
Afternoon all, Just a quick one here, pic below is the rear of my house: As you can see, there is only the 1st floor with any 'footspace' of wall due to the conservatory taking up the entire ground floor wall. Would it be worth getting this area insulated, or is the cost just too high at the moment to get any real benefit…
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Acrylic bath crack
A small crack has appeared in the tub after a heavy bottle of shampoo was dropped on it. The crack has lip to it, it's not smooth; one side is a more raised than the other. Can someone recommend a repair kit? There's dozen on Prime but unsure what to settle on. Thank-You
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Long-term most efficient way to heat my house
I’m about to buy a little terrace which needs absolutely everything doing to it the boiler looks okay the radiators look horrendous pipework all over the place the whole place needs re-plastering re-flooring to so I’m thinking of grabbing this opportunity before I move in to sort out the heating arrangements. I was…
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Building Regulation asking for plans for building - confusion about scale 1:1250
I have a mid-terraced house where I am doing a small extension at the back. I made a Building Regulation application of type "building notice". The initial notes were asking for a "block plan" which I searched and found to be a wider view of the whole row of houses and the street etc. I copied that from my tile plan, put…
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Creating a website documenting a cowboy builder
I’ll start with my question: Is there anything I should be cautious of? E.g. legal points (libel/slander/defamation), what might bite me back etc. I intend to do this under my name and will name Cowboy Construction Ltd. In 2016, we approached a contractor to build an extension to our house and do major landscaping. It is…
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Oil filled radiator question.
Hi folks, Due to the rocketing cost of oil (have oil central heating) I am going to give my existing oil filled rad a go, in other words leave it on for a good part of the day. As it's 1500w, I expect it to use about two units an hour (which was kindly pointed out to me in another thread) I will try it for a day taking a…
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Howdens fitted bathroom furniture
Is there anybody who could give me any idea of the cost of a Chelford base unit 890hx575Dx800W with soft close double doors and a plinth on 3 sides please? Can't see where the tops are priced either. Want to use it as a vanity base with a bowl on top. Are the end panels the same colour as the doors? Also an Extra Tall…
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DIY conservatory insulation
We’ve got a uvpc conservatory that is open to the lounge. Typical conservatory issues- too hot/cold/noisy when it rains. Long term we would like to replace with single story extension or replace the roof. Short term we were considering a diy insulation job consisting of 1 screwing in wooden batons following the roofline 2…
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Radiator has me boiling...
In this day of soaring energy prices I'm on a mission to sort out all the radiator TRVs. Mission accomplished bar one which won't play ball. I've set this one to 0 as it is an often unused room but it has now decided to heat up whether it's on 0, frost setting or any number between 1 and 6. I just want it to obey when it's…
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Old style overnight storage heaters ..help
I've recently moved into a house with no gas pipes in the area so I'm electric only. I have 3 rooms with very old, I would guess 30-40 year old storage heaters. Each heater is connected to an on/off switch. One and only one has a red light to say when it's on. I know basically how they work but how do I control when they…
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Double Glazing Deposit
I'm looking to see what others thoughts are. I started the process of getting DG and stupidly paid a deposit of about 25% ish but fortunately paid it on my credit card. After various issues waiting for the surveyor to come out I lost faith with the company and decided to cancel the contract. This is well after any cooling…
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Bathroom disaster - what can I do?
Hi, Last year (April) I got a plumber to replace my mum's bathroom. It all seemed fine, but he refused to repair some water damage to the kitchen below caused by him as he said it was pre-existing. His attitude to my elderly mother led me to tell him that I didn't want him in the house again. NOW - I have had to pay over…
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Bathroom Floor Lino
Just had my bathroom walls painted and theirs paint all over my Lino. I want to buy some new Lino anyway as its dated been down over 10 years and I hate the colour I can't afford to buy any atm and have it fitted so I was wondering how else could I update it on the cheap?
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No Heat in Downstairs Radiators/8 mnth old Combi Boiler
Hello everyone! We had a new combi boiler fitted by an Ideal approved fitter in July. Been great up until yesterday when the downstairs radiators were either stone cold or luke warm. Hot water is fine. Ideal said it's not a boiler issue and it's not covered under warranty, probably sludge in the system. The original fitter…
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Bleeding bathroom radiator
Does anyone know how to bleed this type of radiator please? I'm fine with radiators that take a key but this doesn't. https://www.screwfix.com/p/bathroom-radiator-952-x-659mm-chrome-1699btu/61343 The radiator part is hot but the towel part is lukewarm.
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What heating system to install in a second floor flat renovation?
I have the chance to install the heating system of choice right now. While I prefer gas combi boiler I can’t work out if all electric is the way to go given gas prices. It should be a pretty efficient property as it’s under the eaves and roof and being reinsulated as part of the renovation. Heat pumps won’t be an option I…
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Can I install a wood floor and not bother the neighbour below?
Hi everyone, looking for a bit of advice. I recently bought a 1980s top floor flat. All rooms are carpeted, although the state of the carpet is poor and I'm looking to replace. I'd love to have real wood or some sort of panelled wood floor installed in the living room and hall, but I'd be concerned that the change of the…
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Water coming in to house from underneath the patio doors
Hi all, we were recently getting new flooring fitted in our downstairs and when the company started taking off skirting boards they were rotting and soaking wet. We think there is water coming in the back patio doors. We have had a glazer out to look at the door and check for leaks etc but he is unsure if the work he can…
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Neighbour paints boundary fence without permission and now it's rotten
Hi To begin with, I'll state that we don't get on with our nextdoor neighbour for various reasons, so any dialogue with him is out of the question. We can't reason with him; if we try to, things get heated, the R card comes out and the police end up on our doorstep. So now that's out of the way, the issue is with our…
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I don't want to worry you....
But as a home owner do you or have you ever checked to see
if there are any water leaks around you house? If there are any problems upstairs
you would normally see yellow rings marks on the ceiling notifying you of a problem
so you can rectify the faulty plumbing. But what about down stairs, with older houses stop cocks /…
