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Need a vacuum cleaner. Is Vax good? Is cordless better/cheaper to run?
Hi all Im in the market for a new vacuum. I tried a Vax last week and thought it was great. (I dont have much to compare against, so presume its a good vac). Is cordless more expensive to charge/run that a corded vac? Ive never had a cordless vac and can see the convenience of not being tethered to a wall socket or…
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ID the timber this log is made of?
Hauled this fellow up from t'beach, to split and dry ready for next year. If log-burners haven't been banned by then.It is incredibly dense - hand axe just bounced off the cut face shown - barely left a mark. Took club-hammering the axe before it finally got stuck in and managed to split the timber.Curious - any idea what…
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Fitting Architrave Issue
Hi all, Back on the DIY train again. Wanting to get my MDF architrave up soon. The plan is to use a grab adhesive sparingly (so as to not pack it out too much), and then use 40mm panel pins. But the issue I’m having is with nailing in place. We’ve not had the rooms replastered – this is the original plaster, and original…
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inspection from planning enforcement and advised to stop the work
We have been facing problems after problems recently. We commenced our loft conversion following approval of 'permitted development' and had 3 inspections so far by the BCO. If our builder was good our work would be finished before Christmas. A week ago there was an inspection by the planning enforcement and advised to…
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Scaffolding - council building is neighbour
Hello - new to MSE and house maintenance! Our next door neighbour is a building made up of council owned flats and a few privately owned flats (I think). We live in a detached house next door, but one side of the house we can't access without being on their land. We would like to repaint the exterior of our house and clean…
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Tiles, plasterboard making a mess. Advice needed please
Ok so I've been trying to get someone to do the bathroom that had a massive disabled shower in with dense shower board stuck half way up the tiles. 10 plumbers and trades asked, 1 quoted but wouldn't do the finishing. It's been 3yrs now including covid/mass infection/everyone busy and I got so exasperated I started to…
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What's the best way to go about getting new carpets fitted?
Heya We need new underlay and carpets installed on our stairs, landing and small upstairs hallway. The upstairs hallway also needs new floorboards. The reason I'm asking is because I got some good advice when it came to doing our windows. I was shopping around the large companies like SafeStyle but many people here told me…
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Japanese toilets
We're looking at having a Japanese style toilet installed when our bathroom is refurbished - the OH made a trip to Japan a few years back and was blown away by their toilets!There are quite a lot to choose from and a heated seat is on the "essential" list, but it's hard to find out how much power they use in standby, as it…
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Potential Boiler / Heating Options Going Forward
Hi All Just after a bit of advice in general in the very early days of replacing a boiler. Some basic facts to start - I'm fortunate enough to live in a large house (Joys of being in Wales with its property values) which is 5/6 bedrooms, 2 en suite, one master bath and a downstairs toilet. Theres also a kitchen, a large…
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Water noise from boiler magnetic system filter?
Hi all, last week I had a new Worcester Bosch combi boiler installed, and also a mini Greenstar Worcester system filter right next to it. Everything seems to be running ok, but when the boiler is on, there’s a constant trickling water noise coming from the filter. It’s starting to drive me slightly bonkers as I’ve got a…
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What to do with a house that is standing empty for a long time
Our late mum's house is currently empty since she passed, November last year. It's now looking like it night be quite a while still before I can buy my sister out of it and move in there. Any suggestions on what we should be doing re: water, gas, electric..? Currently it has an account for energy in my name, since probate…
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Plastic pipes, push fit vs copper
Hi Silly question to some but grateful for an answer. Do plastic pipes freeze as easily as copper, I doubt it. If I am correct, is they a big different, EG copper would certainly freeze in an area same tp and no lagging vs a plastic pipe in the same area no lagging, ie net to each other both cold water pipes Thanks
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Hive heating woes. Other recommendations? Potential issues to watch out for ?
Hi All, I have mentioned a couple of times about my Hive Mini not maintaining connection, and have today spoken to Hive again. They have basically said that the set up and layout of my house will likely always cause issues, so essentially I have an unreliable heating system. There are three strands: * The hub is too close…
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Damp and mouldy house
Hi, tried reading the various other threads but wanted to start my own in case I'm missing something. We bought an old cavity brick 1950s doer upper house in late 2020. Since then we replaced the old roof, replaced the circa 37 year old double glazing with triple glazing and decorated throughout. Last winter wasn't too bad…
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I want to redo our loft insulation but not sure if it's too big a DIY job!
We had a quote for loft insulation and it came back as £588 inc vat but that was about a year ago so assume about £30k with current prices 😂 jokes aside, that was for 55 sqm of "Loft insulation 200mm thickness using Knauff Earthwool" But Having gone up in the loft to assess it as part of doing some other jobs, I'm not…
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Internal wall insulation
My son has a flat in a 1960s block which has a large cupboard which backs onto the stairwell in the block. The stairwell is internal but the windows are louvre so do not stop any airflow. The external walls have cavity wall insulation so the cupboard back is the coldest surface in the flat. He has noticed some condensation…
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Is it time to go into a home or a half way measure
I am not getting any younger, getting unsteady on my feet, fell over when taking my Grandson to school last Tuesday. What are my options, my father battled on till he died in his own house, its a family thing, property must be passed down from generation to generation. Have a property about £0.25m value have a pension £32k…
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Any electricians have any idea what's going on with my electrics please.
Before I start just let me say I am not trying to get out of paying someone to come out. I have phoned 7 electricians today, 2 did not answer and have not got back to me after me leaving a message, 3 just said they were booked solid for the next 2 weeks or till after Christmas and one said they could not come out (or…
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Oh dear, electrical cables buried UNDER loft insulation...
Hello there MSE Forum members, I understand that it is advised that electric cables travelling through the loft space should lie ON TOP OF the loft insulation. At present, my loft insulation [mostly Rockwall-type, with a top-dressing of pulped paper(?)] is too shallow, at about 4" deep. I'd like to roll out another layer…
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Front door lock / replacement
Hi, Multi point door is having an issue... It lifts up and locks from the outside, but not from the inside. It closes from the inside, but the locking doesn't work. The original fitter came to look, it's out of warranty, needs a replacement lock (the whole multipoint thing I think). They couldn't do it as they no longer…
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