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Date on fitted smoke alarms
Hi, I live in leasehold flat and earlier this year, got an alarms specialist to come and replace and upgrade my smoke alarm as I wasn’t confident getting them linked up myself, and also wanted the fire safety certificate. I now have a replacement mains smoke alarm, and a new battery heat alarm in the kitchen. The thing is,…
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Storage Combi boiler vs megaflow
Hi, We're doing up our new house - it's a three bed semi to which we will be converting the loft. Water pressure is good and our plumber recommended we installed a storage Combi boiler, but a friend down the street said if we wanted support for two parallel showers we have to have a megaflow. Can someone please help shed…
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Rust marks coming through.
We have a wooden stair bannister in white. For the 4 years we have lived here we have had a problem with rust marks, from the buried nails/screws, coming to the surface. Three months ago I gave it 2 coats of Dulux Stain block White Primer & undercoat which is supposed to treat this problem. A top coat of satin wood was…
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Lights flick when turn on socket
Someone suggested could be light bulbs sure it's done it for a while I have a 4 bar and dimmer. Not sure if its a big issue?
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Engeneering wood question
I’m planning to have engineered wood flooring installed throughout my property, including the staircase. The contractor/supplier I’m considering has recommended ordering 30% more than the actual square meterage required. The wood I’ve selected comes in planks measuring 1900mm x 190mm.For the staircase, the contractor has…
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Fridge/freezer problem?
Got water near the hole in the back of fridge. Water pooling in fridge bottom and ice forming and preventing me pushing trays into the freezer (in fact one has cracked).
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Customer took £2000 off a builder price after the job was done with talking to the builder
Hi, Builder quoted for work on a house by E-mail, customer said yes to E-mail. £6000. The job went on a little longer as they sent the wrong windows, it was Covid, and the customer build something in front of were they were working, this slowed them down the last day, so had to come back one more day. After they said they…
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Removing cement from lifted porcelain tiles
Hi my new 20 cm sq porcelain tiles have recently been taken up from a concrete base outside. (Badly laid by builder). How can I get the cement and adhesive off of the tiles please.
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Searching recommendations for awning
Hi, I'm considering to have an awning installed. It needs to have stretching arms (no fixed frame), motor and sensors to roll back automatically when the wind is strong or when it's raining. The length is 4m and the maximum stretch on the garden is 3.6m. Can someone recommend some decent quality product and company that…
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Up and down lighting replacement
Hi, looking to replace our old outdoor lighting with something more modern. I’ve purchased 4 up and down lights made from plastic. However these are designed for the wiring to enter the fixture from the back/straight behind it in the wall. This isn’t the case for our setup, our wiring is externally mounted and as such…
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Loose house front door key plate
Hi , my house front door plate where you put key in has suddenly gone loose. I call it plate. Probably has proper name. But I'm wondering how to tighten it and can't find in Google what to do. I'll try picture of it first.cant
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Fuse holder wont go back in
Hello all, I blew the 30A fuse on my domestic plugs, to make sure it was the fuse I pulled the 30A fuse from neighbouring holder and now the fuse holder for the fuse I pulled wont go back into place even though I have a fuse in the slot. Any ideas anyone?
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Help with curtain size
My window size is 180 cm width x 130 cm height (from curtain pole to little below window sill) What size of pencil pleat curtain I need to buy? When it says 2 panels, does it mean sum of 2 panel width should be same as little bit more than my window's width? The curtains will be hung from a corded curtain pole. I have a…
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How to stick something to guttering
Come to the end of my tether with neighbour in linked bungalow and she never cleans out her gutters which means when I clean mine and it rains all her accumulated dirt and moss goes straight into mine making cleaning mine a waste of time. I've some gutter netting thats meant for setting over to stop leaves and such getting…
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What’s a better choice - integrated or angled cooker hoods?
I'm in the process of redoing my kitchen and kind of torn between two types of cooker hoods, both of whom I have no first-hand experience with. :# The integrated one (non-pull out) looks nicer and can be more seamlessly integrated but I'm not sure how well they perform compared to angled hoods? The canopy will not cover…
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Drain pipe damaged by roots
Cut a long story short, blocked drain pipe. Camera had picked up that roots had damaged the pipe on my property and also caused the sewer to collapse. In terms of the sewer I know I should raise this with the Water Company to fix. The trees where we believe the roots are from are on council land (pavement). Has anyone had…
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Help. I can't open my dishwasher!
Hello, as per the title, I can't open my dishwasher. The handle became increasingly stiff over a few weeks. It's a Smeg DDC6-1 and looks like this. You push your fingers into the part just under the Smeg logo, and the upper part of the flap folds down - you then kind of pull it towards you to open, but it seems the…
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Recommend cctv system that records and is accessible and remotely
Hi all, I’m looking for a way to record activity on cctv, record onto a hard drive and have the ability to access this remotely as the area I’m trying to monitor is 30 miles away. Could anyone recommend a system. I have access to wifi at the premises where the cctv will be installed... thank you!
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Removing radiator covers
Hey guys, Thrilling Sunday evening, I've been watching blokes take radiator covers off on YouTube. Rock and roll. Alas, I can't find one that's like mine! My double rsds have a sort of spring clip at the bottom, which you undo to take the side off, then there's some odd clip on the middle, white plastic, looks like a…
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Small voltage at light fitting with switch disconnected and at least one bulb fitted
This is a very odd story about a mystery voltage, initially involving a dimmer switch but now involving no switch connected at all. I have a central light fitting in the bedroom. It has sockets for 5 BC type bulbs, currently fitted with three working led filament bulbs (each around 5 watt I think) and two duff halogens.…
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