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Air conditioning install
We've had a local installer quote to fit air conditioning in our home (in Sussex), wall mounted in two relatively small rooms with the intention of using his for cooling in the summer and heating in the winter. External multi-split unit, which will supply both rooms, is a Mitsubishi SCM30ZS-W (3.0KW) and the two internal…
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Can I put a water butt on a neighbour's downpipe?
I've recently moved to a modern terraced house. My gutters discharge into a drain in my neighbour's garden. It's round a corner and too far away from my garden, so there's no chance of putting a water butt there. At the back of my garden, another neighbour has a garage that backs onto my garden. It has a gutter with a…
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Which type of mix should I use for sealing outdoor pipe?
I noticed that some of the sealing is coming apart on the outside main drain pipe. It looks and feels like a cement mix but I am looking for advice/recommendation on what I should use to completely reseal it again. Please refer to the image below: https://imgur.com/a/yQxQ2N7
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Cracked ceiling
So I have a crack in my ceiling from me and my foot going into the loft for the last 20 years. My brother has started a plastering job and has done a few ceiling and walls and reckons he can plaster the ceiling as it’s the last one that needs doing in my house that has that horrible drip effect. But do I need to replace…
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Dark patches on internal chimney wall
I had a couple of dark patches so the wall was taken back to brick. No signs of damp, no rotten skirting, no signs of water through concrete floor. Chimney is not used and ventilated. Treated for salts and then recovered left to dry. Painted with zinzer bin several coats per instructions then Matt emulsion. Used a…
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Drawer front help please
The front of the vanity unit drawer in my bathroom has split. The company who supplied it have sent me a new one foc. I have no idea how to change them over. I have removed the drawer, I have no instructions. Any ideas please? I have attached photos of the side and inside. The front of the drawer is plain
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Full gas range cooker?
So these seem increasingly difficult to find I'm personally keen on my induction cooker but my mum wants a full gas range cooker Ie: 90cm gas range cooker with only gas ovens too It's reasonably easy to find dual fuel ones, or gas hobs / electric oven, but it seems to be more difficult to find full gas range cookers Does…
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Externally vented cooker hood?
Hi alll I had a post up not long ago about getting my kirchen cooker hood external vented. its now getting done. I have noticed two things and would like advice on this and how to solve. 1) escape of air blowing out the ducting pipes where it's not flush connected due to wall socket being in the way. The escape of air is…
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Kitchen renovation advice.
Hi all We are about.to start the process of renovating the kitchen in our Victorian terrace. Everything need ripping out and starting again. Kitchen is 3.5m by 2.54m We are planning on staying in the house for another 3/4 years so don't want to go high end but still want it to look good when we sell, so don't want to go…
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My garden needs a makeover
Hello 😇 My garden needs help, and I've never owned one or done any gardening before.As my gardening vocabulary is non-existent, I shall use photographs to communicate the issues at hand. This is what I want to do (and just so you know, I'm not someone who wants quick and dirty, I want to do things right)* I'm buying a…
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Advice needed: Best type of toilet/cistern for strong flush
Hi all, I’m in the middle of planning a full bathroom renovation, and part of the redesign involves rotating the toilet 90° from its current position. It’ll no longer back directly onto the outside wall/soil stack, and instead will run along a boxed-in waste pipe before connecting to the stack. I’m concerned this might…
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family loan repayment and house purchase
Hi, my son lent my mother some money as a bridging loan to buy a house, and the loan agreement was accepted by her solicitors. She has paid my son back. Now my son is trying to buy a house and his conveyancers are trying to get him and her to sign a document saying he is the giftee of this loan repayment and she wants no…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should my neighbour pay half the cost of replacing the saw they often borrow?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... I've a small circular saw which I use to cut up pallets into kindling, saving myself a small fortune on buying ready-cut bags. My neighbour often asks to borrow my saw to do the same and uses it as much as I do, if not more. Now the saw needs replacing. With my neighbour…
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Anyway to set a timer on a plug socket??
Hello all We have a ring chime and oniy want it to chime during the day. However there's no schedule for ring available so can anyone please give me a link to maybe a socket plug that we can plug the ring chime into and then set the plug schedule so the ring chime only operates at the times we wish? Also need a different…
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Roof repair
Hi A few tiles blew off Roofer inspected - no movement on other tiles. No other significant signs of damage, just general weathering wear and tear externally. Small cracks in the mortar of the verge, valley and above lead flashing. £420 What questions should we ask the roofer, perhaps.... What materials are used ie type of…
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Best rubber broom?
I'm looking to buy a rubber broom that will be gentle on my wooden floors but pick up hairs, dust etc. Its been on the list for a while but what has put me off so far are reports of the handles breaking, particularly at the joins, and to a lesser extent broom heads snapping off. Their ability to pick up fine debris seems…
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Mountfield R28M ride on Mower not starting (Again!!)
I've been getting help from the forum for the past 2–3 years regarding my Mountfield R28M ride-on mower. This time, I took some precautions—such as starting it occasionally during winter—to avoid issues.About a month ago, I managed to start the mower and moved it a bit. Since it was still winter, there wasn't really any…
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Do you keep packaging?
Cardboard boxes from large items (flattened), bubble wrap, large polythene bags, thin sheets of foam, jiffy bags, that sort of thing. I'm bad with it. I keep a lot of stuff. packaging can be useful for all sorts of things, but I try to not hoard "too much". but every time I can use it, I'm glad I kept it.
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Semi detached garage - want to remove - but could do with advice re party wall etc.
We have a semi detached garage and want to remove our garage to enlarge space in the garden. We don't use the garage anyway. Has anyone experience of removal of a semi detached garage, in terms of cost (I know these will vary), and the Party Wall agreement - if you begin the process of this which I know will be a…
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Samsung Ecobubble 8kg washing machine Motor issues, 3E error?
Hi My Samsung washing machine started stopping recently during washes, it was as if the motor tried to spin but didnt have the power. I only once got the 3E error which relates to the motor, but mostly it just tries and only occasionally manages to spin, and can take hours to finish a cycle I've put a couple of photos and…
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