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Help! Where's my hot water gone?!?
Something very strange has just happened. My OH and I had just got back from a sporting event and feeling a bit sore we decided to have a bath. I went first - no problems. When my OH went to run a bath the flow of water reduced to a trickle and then stopped. None of the hot water taps in the house are working:shocked: We…
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Washing Machine Plumbing Advice
Despaired of my Hotpoint WM so have just bought a Miele which I love but!!! When it is on it's fastest spin (1400) water comes back up the upright pipe the drain hose feeds into and leaks into the cuboard. Have tried it with and without the curved end bit on the drain hose and further in and out of the drain pipe but it…
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Conventional Boiler Advice
Hi, I have a very old (20+ years) Glow-worm hide away floor standing boiler. The boiler is a bit of a pain to get at as I have to pull out the washing machine to get to it but it is out of the way and as I have only had to do this each year for servicing it is not a problem. I recently signed up with Eon for some boiler…
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Bricking up a back door - Building Regs?
Hi I am going to create a large kitchen/dining room from what is currently three separate rooms and it will involve removing and bricking up my back door. The walls are all stud wall so no problem there but does anyone know whether bricking up a back door involves building regs please? Thanks
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New house pipe burst because of developer ! What should I do
I bought a Persimmons home about 18 months ago and it came with a 2 year guarantee. Few days ago they sent a joiner to repair my creaking bedroom/bathroom floor. While there he accidentally burst the radiator pipings and caused a reasonably big leak. My living room ceiling is stained. He was quick thinking and made a hole…
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How to remove blu tak stains from walls?
Hi, So DD6 had turned her playroom into the Tate Modern :rolleyes:, but when she decided recently to take her ridiculous amounts of pics and drawings down, the blu tak stains decided to stay firmly glued to the wall :mad: Considering it was only painted in November (well, in fact it was only built in the summer, so is…
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Replacing 2 way switch with 2 way dimmer. HELP!
Good morning, I am trying to replace a two way light switch system in a living room with 2 dimmers. I have bought 2 "1 gang" "2way" dimmers, but am having trouble fitting them, I am now doubting whether I have bought the right thing. Both the dimmers have a L1,L2 and 'squiggle' wire points. The switches they are replacing…
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help with my garden
any ideas on what will make the best patio? should i use paving slabs or decking? i have 2 manhole covers which are slightly raised which creates a slight problem. is decking difficult to look after?
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Just an idea at the mo, but need some help developing it.
We've moved the kids from the bedroom at the front of the house, into the larger bedroom at the back. We now have the front bedroom which has 2 built in cupboards/wardrobes which are approx 2meters wide by 1 meter deep and stand floor to ceiling (8ft 6") Last week I was lucky enough to pick up a shower tray for free from…
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Best way of saving leather chairs from pets/kids?!!!
Hi, Wasn't sure if to put this here or on the Pets forum, so eeny meeny and here we are! Please move if wrong. I have just ordered a glass dining table and 6 leather dining chairs, but I have 10 cats(!) (who use anything other than a scratch post for sharpening their claws) :rolleyes:, 1 mad-in-the-head dog and a deranged…
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Can we install fire infront of old back bolier
Hi, Was wondering if anyone could help with this questio. We have currently got a hole in the wall where a fire should be . I was hoping to have an open fire or an inset gas fire in there. When the chimney sweep came to clean the chimney he said we had an old backboiler in there. I never realised this and have only just…
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Best method for a novice painter??
Hi all, I would like to paint the small bedroom in my house :eek: . It's magnolia at the moment, the plastering is only a couple of years old so is fine. What's the best/easiest method to paint it? I'm not brilliant at painting but don't really want to pay a professional. I've seen a painting set on the tv with flat…
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Electrician found "serious" (?) problem while doing other work
Had electricians (2) round last night to replace my night storage heaters and most of my light fittings. I'd also asked them to look at a plug socket that's never worked. In the process of this, they put one of their tester things in a working socket. They looked rather alarmed and said that the "live and neutral are…
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which boiler do you reccommend?
Hi Newbie here, but have lurked for ages on the shopping forum! We've just taken on a major renovation project and have the option of any type of boiler on the market - but have no idea of which one! Quotes from plumbers have ranged from £4k to £7.5k for labour plus parts for a new central heating system. Some say combi…
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radiator knocking when coming on-waking me up :(
couple of annoying things since ive moved into my own place i set the heating to come on for a couple of hours before i get up, easier to get up if the chills taken out of the room! anyway when it comes on theres a knocking noise and it oftens wakes me up. could this be air in the system? or something else? i'm gonna buy a…
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A rated Fridge- can it save money?
my old non-energy rated Frige ( Beco ) uses 4 units a day which works out at roughly £ 3.50 a week can an "A" rated energy rated Fridge do much better than that ? I read somewhere they do about 1.1/2 units a week pajamahead
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Combi Boiler Leaking!
Hi, I've noticed that our combi boiler has started dripping water recently (we think it might be the cold water pipe although not 100% sure). It's a very slow drip. Also the boiler doesn't seem to come on every time when the hot tap in the kitchen/bathroom is used. Would we be best calling out a boiler repairman or getting…
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External wooden door - turning it around?
I have a wooden door which leads from the living room into the garden. The hinges are on the right hand side as you look out into the garden and the door opens outwards. Is it possible to remove the hinges and put them on the left hand side so the door opens outwards into the garden but the other way or is it going to be…
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IKEA Kitchen with 21% off - worth snapping up?
Hi All, OH and I weren't planning on updating our kitchen until next year, but are considering biting the bullet and purchasing one this weekend with 21% off at Ikea. My question is, is it worth it? We plan on doing this as cost effectively as possible, and kitchens come on sale all the time, but Ikea kitchens seem to be…
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any plumbers around this morning
the story so far: my cold tank is overflowing into my bath outlet (in a ground floor flat and bathroom isn't near an outside wall hence the way it's plumbed. I had a plumber out about 6mths ago because it had been overflowing for ages and he diagnosed water hammer, fitted a value to the cold tank and did something to the…