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Looking for a narrow integrated washing machine
I'm looking at a house that has a space for a washing machine but it only 565mm wide, not 600mm, or so the owner tells me. The house is about 13 years old and on its 2nd owner. I'm led to believe the 1st owner moved the washing machine to the garage when she moved in and then converted the space in the kitchen to a normal…
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Water ingress from above patio windows.
Our house is 8 years old. During the last couple of years we have had water coming in from above the patio window on one side. During the heavy storms, the water is dripping in quickly, filling up a large storage container in 12 hours. I can't see any obvious gaps or holes outside. We took off the old silicon sealant…
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Nitoproof Damp Prevention
Hiwe have rising damp problem in our walls as there is no damp proofing done.we were advised to remove the damaged plaster and then apply Fosroc Nitoproof damp protect mix over it and then once that coat is dry then to replaster over it.But the chap who came to apply damp prevention mix seems to say we need to do…
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Is this lead where Dormer meets Roof installed wrong.
Hi folks, A few things to run past you folks if that is ok. 1 Getting a few things done to roof and had a roofer around today, he has told me that the lead where the dormer meets the roof is installed wrong, it should be on top on slates on roof side rather than under the tiles, is this correct? (though he hasn't said if I…
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Patching awkward hole
I've got this deep hole in the corner of the room under a window sill and was wondering what's the best way to quickly patch and fill it. The walls are solid brick so I don't want to use a gypsum bonding coat and it would be difficult to build up without actually cutting out a bigger section. Could I just use some foam…
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Droning noise in kitchen area
Hi Bit of a strange one this , The last few weeks while turning on either of the hot water taps in the. Bathroom a droning noise starts coming from the kitchen sink area, To get it to stop all we need to do is tap the side of the kitchen sink tap and it’s gone any ideas what could be ? also we think it might be happening…
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Water leaking from Window frame
Hello can anyone advise? It' s raining heavily and water is leaking from underneath sealant at top of window frame in bathroom. Not sure how how long this issue has been going on as I bought house recently. What could be the issue? Would clearing gutters help? Can I wait to solve this issue til next year? I have attached…
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TRV replacement.
Noticed a bit of leakage on TRV living room radiator, took head off and all seemed fine until pressing the pin down there is a noticable small amount of leakage. Anyway the plumber is coming to replace the TRV, the question I have is will they need to drain down the whole system to do this? and if so will I need to get…
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How to make garage light 2way without wiring
I can get into the back of my garage from my kitchen, there is a light switch inside the garage by the door from the kitchen. I can also get to the garage from the main garage door, I want a way of turning the light on from either end. I think the proper way is to create a 2-way lighting circuit but I want to avoid having…
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Delivery of fridge/freezer and washer/dryer to 3rd floor (no lift) - help!
Hi everyone! I am hoping that someone might be able to help. I am at my wit's end as having moved into a new home and needing to get appliances delivered, nobody will deliver! I ordered a fridge/freezer from Crampton and Moore, who told me over the phone that there would be no issue delivering to the third floor with no…
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Boiler installer left old flue hole open
Hi, I recently had a gas boiler replaced in a 2nd floor flat. In discussions with the company afterwards, I found out that they had to drill a new flue hole (I wasn't there when the work was being done - it didn't seem like they would have taken the initiative to tell me!). This hadn't been planned - the possibility that…
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Riddle me this - washing machine programs.
My Bosch has a 'Cottons' setting and a 'Cottons Eco' setting. Both default to 40oC and 1400 rpm. The former is roughly twoandahalf hours in duration, the latter over 4 hours.How the? What the? Ta muchly.
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Bathroom Leak - what to do?
Have just noticed I have a leak in my bathroom - the floor is wet and there is a stain on the ceiling in the room below. See photos. It is a modern house so the floor is not easily accessible (the floor is a sheet of plywood). I have never experienced a problem like this before so I'm unsure what to do. - Is this a problem…
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Help, what was this part of an electric fire
I have a Dimplex Yeominster electric fire. Tonight the bulb went pop. Got new bulb from the garage, looked at instruction manual online and replaced the bulb. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/2927578/Dimplex-Yeominster-Yeo20.html?controller=view&page=3#manual BUT as I lifted the thing that rotates tiny thin bits of…
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Safe way to remove sticker residue?
OK why do they have to put stickers on everything? New freezer and when I removed the stickers on the front one has lest a horrible adhesive residue that doesnt want to come off. Same happened on one of our laptops. There are various ways that people suggest, one being nail polish remover (acetone). I reluctant to try that…
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Washing Machine Waste Question
Hi everyone (Yuletide felicitations etc). I have moved to a new house and the waste from the washing machine is as per the photograph. I am wondering why and wondering if I can replace it with a single pipe that goes as per my red line. Your expertise and thoughts extremely welcome and thank you in advance. Andy
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Ice cubes
Apologies in advance as this admittedly a fairly random question fuelled by simple curiosity. We produce ice cubes in a plastic tray in the freezer - it holds about 15 -20 ice cubes, in the most part when we empty the tray by flexing it to release the cubes they all tumble out as expected and we end up with 20 ice cubes.…
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Which integrated tumble dryer to buy?
I'm trying to choose an integrated tumble dryer, as part of some a project adding some extra cupboards to my kitchen. As I want a larder cupboard above it, the kitchen fitters want it on site so they can build the cupboard around it. I've been looking at the options but it's quite hard to establish what is even available…
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Removing both asbestos vinyl tiles or both tiles and adhesive
During some current renovation work (have been using this forum a lot - thanks!) we've found asbestos adhesive and vinyl tiles under ceramic tiles in the utility room. Its a small area - about 6m2 at most. The ceramic tiles are a little bit loose in places and some have cracked, so it isn't a solution to just go over…
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