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Please remind me which lever turns the water off.
I know this is the way to turn the water off, I just want to check which levers to turn. A water softener is in the cupboard next to this under sink cupboard. All the taps in the house, except the garden tap have softened water so go through these pipes. (I’ve turned the water off before so know this works, it’s just a…
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Question about curtain width
I need to replace the bedroom curtains in a house I’ve recently moved to. The good news is that they’re a standard drop of 137cm, but the width is not. The pole (excluding finials) is 127cm. I’ve seen some ready-made curtains I like but the width options are 117cm or 168cm per curtain pane, bought as a pair. The advice…
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Own an ABS Avocet thumb turn lock?
What's the push in/spring part of the thumb turn all about? Other thumb turns I've used didn't have this at all, it was just a simple turn. The ABS thumb turn I bought has the thumb portion of the lock as a spring where you can push it in (doesn't stay pushed in). If it was a case of you had to push it in to lock/unlock…
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Scaffolding
My neighbour's landlord needs to install scaffolding within my garden, For reasons I won't go into I have refused. If they go to court to force us to agree would their renewing soffits, fascias and guttering be classed as essential work, it certainly doesn't look essential to me.
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Remove marks on wall
Hi Long shot on this one i feel, but i'l ask anyway! As per photo, there was a mark on the wall, so someone had tried to wipe off the mark and ended up a) creating streak marks around the mark and b) wiping off the paint so the wall is exposed. Apart from re-painting the whole room, is there a way to fix or at least make…
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Mock tudor facade advice
Hello, I’m hoping someone may be able to offer a bit of advice. I’ve searched the forum but haven’t been able to find any similar situations. We moved into our property in March last year. The house was built in the late 1980s and has a mock Tudor façade at the front, which incorporates the entrance porch and a first‑floor…
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Can I make a door here?
I want to make a door to the kitchen from the hallway (Black Arrow), and build a wall separating the kitchen and through lounge (dashed lines). Building the wall should be done easily enough. The wall I want to knock through to make a door is a solid wall. I have a screenshot of how the existing wall looks in real life…
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Painting composite front door
Wondered if anyone has done this, successfully. Been a house 5 years which has a 7 year old composite front door, decent quality, never liked the dark brown colour though. I want to change it to pink or mauve. I think it’s worth painting it rather than getting a new door when this one is relatively recent and good quality.…
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Re-tiling roof
Hey.. I have a 1920s terraced house with welsh slates (no felt) and have had to repair slipped tiles a few times over the past 8 years I have been here. On the last repair, the roofer reported that they also had to fix the tiles surrounding the one that had slipped, as they were all loose and only held in place by…
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Quotes for radiator install - which one?
I've got two quotes for a radiator install/swap, fitting only of rad and new valves, minor change to pipework and inhibitor. One is a fixed price of £140 + VAT, the other is timed rate of £70 + VAT for the first hour plus £35 for every half hour after. The job is a swap of one single radiator to a double of the same width…
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Window leak help
Hello, So I understand that this may be hard to visualise or diagnose on the internet but I'm after some basic Info on a window leak before I hire someone to investigate and charge a fortune. So I dont have visual water anywhere but the MDF cill has been swelling in one corner for the last 2 winters. There was obviously a…
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Mould on Ceilings Won't Go Away
whatever I do, there's mould on the ceilings of the rooms in the upstairs part of my home. It's so annoying, and I can't work out how to shift it. I've even had the roof replaced for £5,000(!), and that hasn't done much to change anything. Any time it comes to decorating, I clean the mould away with the right spray (Cilit…
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Quote to get kitchen redone. Does this seem reasonable?
Hi all, My partner and I recently bought a house and we are looking to get the kitchen redone (the kitchen is quite small, 2x3 meters). We've received this quote for the work (excluding the kitchen units, flooring, and tiles). We’re in North Yorkshire and just want to check if this seems reasonable to people who have done…
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Waterproof repair tape
We have a plastic rainwater downpipe which has cracked due to having frozen, what is the best waterproof tape to wrap it with to make a temporary repair?
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Worth getting anti allergy pillow protectors?
When it comes to allergies, blocked noses etc, is itcworth getting an anti allergy pillow protector or normal one washed the same?
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Ansell downlighters replacement
Having moved into a house with 13 of these downlighters in kitchen ceiling, I’m unsure what I need to replace, being completely unfamiliar with such things, I presumed it was just a bulb change (7 of the 13 no longer work, although only 7 years old max). After research it seems the whole sealed unit needs to be replaced…
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Self Levelling
Hi, We’ve just had our floors levelled in the kitchen and dining room. A couple of questions please - a) is it normal for a professional to make lots of mess up walls when doing this? And b) would you expect them to cover a wooden door for example? I ask because there was loads of splashes up our walls, which isn’t too…
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Additional entrance to property
Hi members, I have added two photos here. First one shows the existing entrance to the property, highlighted in green. I have highlighted a section in red, where I would like to add an ADDITIONAL entrance to the house. The second photo will show the proposed new entrance from a better angle. This used to be the garage,…
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Quote for new water mains supply - is it reasonable?
Hi all We have a water leak somewhere under our house. It's not visible and we have concrete floors. Water board have concluded after a few visits that there is no leak in front of the house from the water meter so must be under the property. The water main sits under an extension so would need to dig up the floors to find…
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Help with toilet overflow
The toilet is overflowing slowly. I’ve put an arrow where the water comes in. It doesn’t completely shut off, leaving a very slow drip. I’ve sprayed vinegar around in case it is scaled up, but there remains a slow drip that eventually leads to the overflow on the LHS dripping outside. Anything easy I can do, or should I…
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