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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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Any free appliance reliable sources - which being a pain
Need a new freezer and want to balance least chance of failure with cost, the Which site is being a pain and cancellation process looks like its not just a matter of clicking a box - so any recommendation of decent reliability research?
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Waterproofing a wooden shed with Protek stable coat
I've had my new wooden pressure treated shed coated with Protek stable coat as recommended by the local shed manufacturer. I've noticed that the inner edges of the door haven't had Protek applied to them. Would there be a reason for this,or should I paint some of the left-over Protek on these edges because rain water could…
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Shed - what to think about
I’ve moved into a house that has a 5ft x 3ft shed. I need something bigger. Will probably also keep the smaller one. The current shed is just on top of patio, can the new one do the same or should it have a proper base? Current shed door drags across the floor when opened. I’d need a window in it and enough room to store a…
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Cold water not working following water supply (mains) failure
Last weekend, SE Water had an issue which resulted in a loss of mains water supply and we were without for around 6 hours. Once it was fixed, all our taps and toilets were functioning again ....except for the cold water and the toilet cistern in the ensuite. This room is upstairs, on the same level as our hot water tank…
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Insect screen for casement outward opening windows any recommendations?
My windows like many are casement and swing open outward from the side. I have just had new windows installed and I don't want to mark the UPVC frames. This happened with my old windows when I used netting which is attached with sticky tape. The tape eventually gets very dirty and if it is removed it leaves glue marks on…
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Anglian Windows - Superior Product?
I just spent over an hour with a rep - a few doors down is getting their house re-done so when someone knocked offering a measure up and quote, I was happy to see how the price would compare. But the guy wanted to go to town on every aspect of what made Anglian Windows superior. My only comparison is Dunraven who quoted us…
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Setting up a Tapo C310 camera To record 24/7 to a local HDD
Forgive me if the terminology is quaint, as I'm new to this Tech. The camera is, apparently ONVF and RTSP capable, and rather that writing over and over to the internal SD Card, I thought it might be possible for me to set it to record to a disk in the house. In my fantasy world, I envisioned a powered disk plugged in to…
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Opinion on Brickwork
Hi all, So 2 years ago we had to get the brickwork below our front window replaced/rebuilt due to a "handbrake incident". I'd never really inspected the work in great detail, however after some other issues in the house I'm maybe in overanalysing mode. Would anyone be able to comment on how this work looks and any areas of…
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Wall mount Sky glass tv?
Hi all I just ordered a 43inch Sky Glass and wall mount. As below. I already have a tv wall mounted using an unknown wall mount left by previous owner. However, my previous wall mount from amazon below worked for my tv. I dont have this wall mount from amazon anymore though When Sky made the order they recommended I…
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new shed on concrete slab
I've recently had an old brick garage (20ft X 10ft) demolished and plan to have a 16ft X 8ft pressure treated wooden shed with floor bearers installed on the concrete slab -- the slab will be bigger than the shed. Pent style shed with a gutter along the short side next to the fence. I've noticed that after heavy rain the…
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new extension and digital voice
H, does anyone know if telephone sockets allow transmission in either direction? Got new bb with digital voice so want to connect the phone in conservatory to router.Need to run an external cable(avoiding trailing/ trunking it through house) to new router position, not sure what kind of terminal box I need. thanks
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Laminate flooring on top of parquet
We were planning on replacing our lounge carpet with laminate, but were told by a salesperson in Tapi that they do not recommend putting laminate flooring on top of parquet due to potential moisture issues that could cause the laminate to buckle. There is a suspended wooden floor underneath the parquet. The parquet…
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Just had a Howdens quote...
Mother in Law having a new kitchen fitted - it's a tiny walk-in kitchen approx 2m x 2m This was the original "estimate" - ACS1412 Glass Splashback 595mm x 705mmCRD510N Clerk Gls Rd Grn 200 CC PreFit Pull-Out Base White Cab FCRD5119 Clerk Gls Rd Grn 150 CC Pull-Out Base White Cab FCRD517F Clerk Gls Rd Grn 800 CC 3 Dwr Base…
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Soil stack options
I have just moved into a house with a boxed in internal soil stack. I want to remove this and replace with an external stack to improve the lay out of the kitchen and bathroom and I'm just trying to see what my options are. There is manhole exactly 4 foot directly in front of where I want the new soil stack. There are 3…
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