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Treating small water stains....
I've got a couple of water stains on the white emulsioned plastered ceiling caused by a leak from a boiler in the loft. I have some Zinsser stain block but first want to clean away as much of the stains as possible prior to painting. Would a diluted vinegar mix or diluted bleach be the most effective or does anyone have…
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Good solar light.
We have a house sign like this and the light is useless, often does not work and is not bright enough. I need a good one to replace just the light on the sign. It never gets full sun but is in good daylight. Sugestions welcome.
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How do I hang this photo frame pl!
Got this clip on frame, not sure how to hang it on wall.Newbie here pl can somebody else! So many hooks to choose from, a bit clueless. Thanks
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Help with cold lounge that loses heat quick
Hi everyone, So we moved in to our first property 6 months ago. We are looking for some advice on how to improve our lounge. So the house is a late 70s, 3 bed semi. Double glazing throughout. The lounge itself is 15x17ft , with a open staircase. There are 2 doors in and out of the room. One leads into the kitchen, which is…
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Duvet recommendations - non natural filling
I'd read a similar thread on here but my question is slightly different I am looking for a new superking winter duvet - probably around 13 tog - but due to allergies I do not want/cannot have one with a natural filling such as wool or feathers, so I am looking for a recommendation for a synthetic filled one. I don't really…
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I am struggling to get a couple radiators to work. What could be the problem?
It mainly affects the two new radiators that were installed. One in the living room downstairs and the other in the upstairs bathroom. These were done by two different plumbers about a couple months apart during the summer. I'm using them for the first time now. I've bled all the radiators, topped up the boiler etc. I…
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Home insulation query (I think)
HI, i bought my house in 2003 from new. I've had nothing b ut issues from nw on the entire corner of my house (passage where front door is downstairs loo and upstairs directly above - bedroom being cold in winter.) I raised with builder - i was single at the time and they came and drilled outside next to front door showing…
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Nathan furniture .
Bought 3 pieces of Nathan furniture about 25 years ago for a four figure sum . Took me 4 years of interest free credit to pay it off . A couple of years ago much to my disgust my wife gave 2 pieces away to charity . Today on antigues roadtrip they auctioned my other piece off . It made one pound . The lowest bid ever on…
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Rat proof container for bird food? (not a big dustbin)
Hi Does anyone have a recommendation for a container to store bird food in, that will be rat proof please? We've been keeping it in the big plastic lidded containers that we bought it in, but a couple of these have been chewed through in the last couple of days. I've seen the big metal dustbins with lids, but ideally I'd…
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SORTED - THANKS. Plumber left us with no heating and a further £850 cost
We have always had heating issues in our house, since it was built in 2003. Various plumbers over the years and boiler changed. Most recently, only half the radiators would work. This year, had a plumber, recommended by family and online, come to check boiler as it was leaking. He was really good, and said to call…
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Loft insulation advice - PIR over boards?
Hi hoping for some advice on adding insulation in our loft. There's sporadic rockwool installed between joists I would say 3-4 inches deep and then the loft is fully boarded out. Two options I'm considering: We don't really use the loft for storage so I am thinking of installing 75mm PIR sheets directly on top of the…
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Confused regarding a bathroom door
Hello, Doing a new bathroom as part of integral garage conversion. Internet gives me to go with solid core doors for bathroom for better sound proof. also suggestions of wood plastic composite and laminate doors. I am looking at a budget of max 100 which is better for moisture and sound proof. Any suggestions will help…
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Electrical wiring in garden shed and garden - unsafe?
Hi, in our home previous owners ran cabling from the house to a garden shed and from the shed on to garden lights which are cemented into the garden. As far as we can tell(?) the cable looks to have been run from an internal power socket - at least that is where it looks like it leads from. The cable has been run across…
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Wall lights - how to remove
Hi, Grateful for any help with this. We'd would like to remove some existing wall lights. How much disruption would be involved - do cables need to be removed? Or can the existing cable wires just be terminated in those plastic blocks and then buried in the wall/plastered over? If so, does each wire get placed in its own…
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Blocking up part of the window. What needs to be filled in the new cavity
Hello All, Currently doing a integral garage conversion. Got this garage window blocked up to half last week. A new window will be fitted for the rest half. What needs to be filled in this cavity. This wall is the external wall of the house as this is the integral garage. (attached some pics) I see a small sheet in between…
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Blocked pipe... at our wits end
So... we have an almost blocked drain in the kitchen, it all happened completely out of the blue and is the first time we ever had one. I tried to get rid of it by heating some water plus baking soda, fully dissolved, and then into the sink. Strangely, this made things a lot worse... pipe was now totally blocked. Hubby has…
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Best way to join two two electrical cables outside for security light.
Hi folks, In the past I usually had to connect the electrical cable directly into the security light fitting, but with the two led lights I have bought they have already a cable coming out of them, so its a matter of finding a connector adapter to connect their cables to the existing cable coming out of the house. I have…
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2nd Floor weight limit
Hi all! I've been doing a lot of reading around this and not found a concrete answer but I know there's a few structural engineers lurking in these forum's so hope someone can help. I live in a 1960's detached house an am looking to put a voice booth on the 2nd floor. The total weight, including myself and equipment would…
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Loft hatch, boarding and insulation questions
Hello, I recently got two quotes for adding a hatch (in London, England), improve the insulation, and install boarding on my loft.The two companies seems to use two different ways of raising over the joists to increase the insulation to the 270mm standards: * one uses a raised leg system (I guess this or similar) * the…
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Short notice on access gains (possibly the wrong forum)
Hi, I’m wondering if someone could give me some advice. I've recently had a bit of an issue, where a neighbours property, which is owned by a housing association has erected scaffold, which is overhanging our property’s airspace by about 2 metres (no big deal), but they never asked permission, nor informed us of this) and…
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