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Condensation within Double Glazing
I have recenrly noticed condensation between the two panes of a double-glazed sliding door in my conservatory. The conservatory is nearly twent years old, so I appreciate that some deterioration is to be expected. But I am wondering if this condensation is something that can be remedied fairly simply (e.g. renewing a seal)…
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Balcony and plant pots
Hello, So I have purchased a mini plastic green house that is quite lightweight. I have added a few tomato/chilli plant and herbs etc (photo attached) When watering them I starting thinking about the weight and whether it's safe on a balcony? The balcony itself is basically a roof for a room below, a water proof membrane…
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Colony of bees or wasps in brickwork
I have a small colony of bees or wasps in my brickwork. House built in late 1860s so assume it is not a cavity wall. They disappear into two small holes in the mortar. About a dozen are hanging around outside at any one time trying to get in. I daren't get too close to them but they are not yellowjackets but look like…
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Water rising up into shower 1 week after shower drain block "resolved" by recommended company
I've had issues with water rising up into my shower if water in the kitchen or bathroom sink runs for a few weeks. I had this issue 3 years ago and a plumber got a company to come out with a motorised snake to clear it, solving the issue in about 5 minutes. Unfortunately I didn't keep the number of that company, but…
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Patio project - guidance please
I am upgrading a corner of my garden, the old shed I have removed, I am digging out an area roughly 5m x 3m for a new shed and patio. I am around 200mm below the final level of the porcelain pavers. I aim to add type 1 and whack it down every 50mm or so leaving 20-30mm for a cememnt bed of the pation slabs. Two questions…
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Waterproof glue for sticking car sponge to hard plastic
I've got a Vileda magic mop which is great but the replacement heads cost £stupid. https://www.vileda.co.uk/products/magic-mop-flat I figured I could get more or less the same result sticking a £1 car sponge to the plastic clips that clip into the mop. But what glue to use? Will obviously be constantly coming into contact…
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Unsafe conservatory conversion almost killed us - what can I do?
Hi, We recently had a conservatory conversion, which involved replacing glass panels with aluminium ones and then plasterboarding the interior. A day after the work was completed, part of the ceiling collapsed, smashing into the floor and the furniture underneath. I have a toddler who was playing directly under it hours…
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New underfloor heating, prepping for tiling
Underfloor heating installed, screed was laid about a month ago, so we've been told to start turning on the UFH to prep for the tiling. The UFH is connected to a hive thermostat. We've been told to increase the temperature slowly each day, and I've been shown where the control is on the manifold and I can see a thermometer…
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Stop tap - what thread is this?
I'm rearranging some plumbing and want to simplify this mess with adapters.. It's my indoor water meter disconnected from the stop tap. The meter's thread is 3/4" BSP (the same as on appliance valves). Currently it's stop tap >> 22mm pipe >> 22mm to 15mm adapter >> 15mm to 3/4" BSP femaleHowever, I can't figure out what…
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Party Wall Query
Good Morning, Just after some advice after a slight disagreement with the landlord of a property next door. We had a garden wall on our property which was falling down, so we arranged to have the wall removed and a fence put in its place. We told the tenants next door but maybe naively didn't get in touch with the…
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Boarding the loft - tradesman has left the edges?
Hello, my son and girlfriend have just paid someone £2.5K to board the loft, I think the price also included installing a new loft ladder. He has just sent me photos and the tradesman hasn't boarded the edges, under the eaves, two photos for clarity, I've never had a loft boarded, is this usual? I'm worried for them as it…
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can you buy a device to reduce dust??
WE are semi rural but live on an A road. House is about 10 yards set back from the road. If you do a spring clean you can write your name in the dust an hour later. Gets so DUSTY. Can you buy a plug in device that somehow takes the dust out of the air? If so are they worth the money and which is the best one? From memory I…
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A virtical crack under the gutter
Buying a house, but found a virtical crack during the survey, the surveyor hasn't done the report yet, but told me the crack looks worrying. It looks old and obviously had repaired before. The seller and agent did not mention anything, and the lender has granted the mortgage offer after valuation without raising any…
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Repointing/Efflorescence
Evening all, I was wanted to try and get an opinion on some work I'm planning on getting done. For a few years we've had some light staining on some of the bricks at the back of our house. It never really bothered me until lately so after some research I think it's efflorescence. Looking further I can see some bricks to…
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What’s this missing piece above entrance door?
We moved into this house a few months ago but only noticed this gap in the ceiling outside our front door yesterday. The gap between the front cavity walls is not sealed and I can see through it all the way up when I stand outside my front door. Neighbour’s house has it blocked by a flat piece of wood or concrete (don’t…
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Levelling floor after hearth removal
As above had new inset fire fitted and small hearth removed in the process. Been left with an uneven messy "concretey" patch that buts up to wooden floorboards. The area is roughly level with floorboards on one side, dips in the middle and is generally a messy patch. Can anyone recommend what to use to level this up…
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Neighbour damaged my garage roof - Small Claims Court?
Our garages were joined together and back in March he demolished his in order as to not have to pay any up keep on it. Doing this left my garage totally open to the elements and has damaged part of the facia on my side. I asked him about a month ago if he was going to make it weather tight he said the firm who did it…
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Re-attaching Shower tiles
We had some grout come away from the shower tiles which I stated to remedy. I noticed that there was a gap between the tiles and the wall - maybe about 5-7 mms, and water had been getting behind the tiles. I managed to take the tiles off the wall and the damage to the wall wasn't bad, and I have the tiles re attach.…
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Sky box loosing connection
I have a similar post up but it's about mounting a sky glass but I would love some advice as to the reason we are getting sky glass. Sp the reason we are getting sky glass tv is because since we moved in 1 year agol every couple of days the network losses connection on the sky box looses connection to the sky hub and asked…
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Boiler cut off.
I got up early a couple of Saturdays ago to find that the hot water tap in bathroom sink was about a quarter on and running cold.Think it could have been like this for up to three hours. Later on when I got up found that no hot water was available from any taps and on checking boiler the digital display showed LPL (or…
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