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Can I ask my neighbours to reroute their rainwater drain that runs through my garden?
My neighbours defective rainwater drain runs through my front garden, it does neither join my rainwater drain not does it run into my manhole. Where it leads to has not yet been established. Can I ask them to reroute it through their front garden into the main sewer? Thank you for any advice.
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LED Strip for Bathroom Ceiling Slats
Hi all, I am going to have walnut wood panels with slats installed in the bathroom ceiling. I want led lights running through the slats, for example: https://www.diy.com/departments/acoustic-wall-panel-led-strip-lights-cool-tone-4-pack-2-4m/7685746354231_BQ.prd :# But it would need to be fire rated and waterproof as it is…
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Heating a log cabin - best and most efficient option?
We recently invested in a wooden garden building/summerhouse/posh shed and opted for the electrical package and insulation but declined the seemingly overpriced climate control unit (which would have been over £2k extra!) and we are now looking at a heating system that isn’t hugely costly to run. The space will be used as…
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Sensio Polar Pro with Kinetic Switch
I’m having issues with my new Sensio Polar Pro LEDS. I am using a dual kinetic switch to control the following: Right button: Kitchen Worktop (driver 1) Left Button: Shelves left (driver 2) and Shelves right (driver 3) The issue is it behaves fine for a while after resetting them and recalibrating the drivers with the…
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Our shower has stopped working: did switching our thermostat off while away affect it?
We're having an issue with our 1990s-era Triton T80i electric shower where it's dripping from the shower head and we can't get hot water late at night. We have a Hive smart thermostat system which was installed in 2016 with a new boiler: this is set up to heat water twice a day for 30 minutes each time. We had to be away…
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Washing machine Samsung or Bosch
Hello My current washing machine has gone pop after 13 years so not a bad innings Bosch classixx 6 2 models have caught my eye Bosch series 2 and a Samsung series 5 My daughter has the Samsung series 5 and has been pleased with it , has loads more load options than the bosch and also smarter WiFi option also has 5 year…
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Kitchen / diner extension layout - I'd love suggestions please!
I've attached a layout of my current ground floor and also the potential changes to the current kitchen/diner and I'd really appreciate some ideas. There's an error on there though in that the SVP doesn't run towards the shared driveway as indicated, it runs towards the other boundary towards the top right hand corner…
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Neighbour wants access to my garden
My neighbour put a shed in his back garden very close to his fence so we had 6ft willow fences panels put up on our property to hide the view of the shed. His fence was damaged during a storm in February and ended up leaning into our garden pushing our willow panels over so I had to prop up the fence with a heavy garden…
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Blink doorbell problem
I have a Blink doorbell as well as a sync 2 module. The problem is that when motion is detected or someone rings the doorbell the notification is delayed for up to 5 secs before my phone receives it. Anyone else have this problem, or suggestions on how to remove the delay.
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Gas boiler - Major service
It is that time of year when the central heating/boiler questions get going, so here is a starter for 10. We have our WB system boiler serviced every year. I know that many think it is not really necessary once out of warranty, but it is 9 years old and has never broken down, so who knows. The Gas safe guy who did it said…
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I'd like to go bonkers with a kitchen refurb.
What are the chances of achieving this kind of finish on the doors? Or, more to the point, how?!
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Granite Work Tops. How are they fixed/bonded/glued? How do we 'unfix' them?
Hi all In our house we are changing our worktops because one of them was badly damaged (by us). The Granite worktop company have been out to measure up. In the meantime, our drier has broken and we need to replace this built in drier . Bizarrely...yes I know that this is unbelievable... but when we had underfloor heating…
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Oven light bulb unit issue
My oven light bulb blew a few weeks ago. I bought what I thought was a replacement and it turns out I made a big mistake. It worked for the first two days and then stopped working. Today I opened it with the hope to replace it, and found it had melted in the unit. I'm trying to pull out what's left and it isn't even coming…
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Can anyone identify this wood please?
I’m getting different opinions from various sources.. AI says it either oak, mahogany or pine!
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Sealing bathtub with a "plastic strip"?
Hi All, sorry, not sure how this is called: The way our bathtub is build in always results in the silicone cracking/breaking rather quickly. I have seen that there are these kind of strips you can use to seal this: They glue to the bathtub and then to the wall (which is tiled). Are they good? If so, do you have tips which…
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60% discount on double glazing!
So.... Getting quotes for double glazing, not my first rodeo and in fact to my shame I was a double glazing sales person in the late 80's along with Tupperware, Oriflame and yes... Kirby hoovers. So quote number 1 drew some cute little hand drawn sketches, got out his catalogue, and took his pencil (I kid you not) and…
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At my wits end with Samsung dishwasher
So have had this DW for a year now and it’s just 💩. It just doesn’t clean properly ever. Things look like they’re washed but get out a white tea cup and the tea stains are still there. I thought, perhaps, they were ingrained due to usage, but just wiping cloth removes them. What have I tried? Salt topped up Rinse aid…
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Garage door
Hello all I have a metal 'up and over' garage door which is metal (of course!) and currently painted grey. I need to repaint it because its looking a bit dull. I have no idea what paint I used previously and I'm trying to decide which paint to buy. The trouble is that I'm looking at the one and two star reviews which, for…
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Which fridge
This one has 30 off and good reviews and totally fits the gap I have of 84x55x59 https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/i55r1112wuk/indesit-i55r1112wuk--freestanding-fridge However there is a cheaper option with ice box, but it will leave a small gap at the side and reviews are mixed…
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Mind-boggling Shower Part Replacement Drama (Aqualisa Aquastream hose adaptor)
The £5 part I need is discontinued. The only way I can get one is to buy it along with a pump - total cost = Approx £140.
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