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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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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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Condensation/Mould Solutions - PIV
Hi I am wondering if anyone has any advice on PIVs, Positive Ventilation Units? I have an issue with condensation appearing on windows, mainly to north side of the house. Along with black mould forming in the lower external corners of the north east and north west corners of the rooms of my detached bungalow. Without…
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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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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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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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Blyss Kita DDK1500WT152DA manual required,
This towel warmer is fitted to a flat I've just moved into and the 'Filt' message keeps coming on. Filter is clean, no manual with it. Any ideas or a manual? Thank you.
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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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Meaco Dehumidifer readings too low
I've had my dehumidifer for just under two years. Yesterday it returned from repair under warranty, as it was displaying an error message on the screen. I also paid extra to have it serviced/cleaned. Since turning it on yesterday I think the humidity readings on the screen are far too low. It's currently displaying 48%.…
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Emma Mattress - fitted sheet frustration
Has anyone else found it impossible to find a fitted sheet for an Emma hybrid KS mattress (depth 23cm) that actually fits? While I like the mattress itself, I’m finding it extremely frustrated that I cannot find a fitted sheet that actually fits properly. I’ve tried numerous brands and sizes, and none of them fit snugly.…
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electriQ brand of kitchen appliances
Does anyone have any experience of this brand? I'm looking for a cooker extraction hood and this one ticks all the boxes but I've never heard of the company.https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/eiq60touchslim/electriq-eiq60touchslim-60cm-chimney-hood?tref=eiq60touchslimThanks
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Why is my wall wet?
Okay so I woke up this morning and noticed these wet patches on my wall. It hasn't rained for 3 days and it wasn't there yesterday so I'm a bit confused as to what it is. Today is the first day of frost. The ceiling isn't wet, Only the wall and there are no gutters or anything above that. You'll see a picture of the roof…
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Bathroom Problems - Looking for Advice
Good evening, I'm in England for the purpose of this question. I've just had a bathroom installed (badly, in my opinion), and here are the faults (I've also since found another leak...) 1. Plinth kit not installed as per the instructions, so the shower tray is not supported by the stated number of legs, nor can the plinth…
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Which combi boiler replacement? Vaillant EcoFit Pure vs Baxi 800 vs Ideal Logic 2
My 14-year-old Vaillant Ecomax 30 combi has died and repair quote is £1,000, so replacing seems the sensible option. Property: 2 bed + box room terrace, East of England. Single heating zone, manual TRVs on radiators. This is our long-term home. Current setup: Tado X thermostat (wireless) which I’d like to keep/reuse if…
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New porch door and windows FAIL
Yesterday I had a new composite door and double glazed windows fitted in my porch. It appears the fitters have used black/dark brown silicone for the interior around the windows and clear silicone ontop. I’ve NEVER seen this before, it looks like a total bodge. I was hoping to paint the porch a light white colour but…
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ROBOT VACUUM CLEANERS
I have had the EUFY RoboVac 15C Max for just over 3 years. It is bleeping when I switch it on and says it stuck and cannot reverse. It is saying bumper and I can see that there is a bit which is protruding and perhaps a screw missing. I am not able to repair things SO I would be happy just to buy a new one of some sort. I…
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Drive manhole covers-best way forward to replace.
Hi there folks, The two drive manhole covers (taking kitchen waste and sewer out from house) need replacing rectangular size of 650x500, but can't get that size any more. Am I right in thinking that 600x600 would be the best option to buy, with a little modifying to cover that 50mm space? Obviously new trays would have to…
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Roofer wants to temporarily remove skylight window for slate replacement work
I have a roofer/roofers turning up tomorrow to replace quite a lot of broken slates on the roof of my second floor flat which are responsible for a leak coming through my ceiling, arranged via the management company/freeholder. He told me two days ago that they will temporarily remove the skylight window for access to the…
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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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Fitting outdoor christmas lights in weatherproof box
Trying to set up some outdoor christmas lights to plug in my outdoor socket. Problem number 1 is the plug for the lights is too big for the switch cover. This seems pretty standard. The prevailing wisdom seemed to be to put them in an outdoor box like this: Where the mains cable feeds through a hole about 12mm and is…
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