-
Kitchen makeover / replacement
Our kitchen is looking tired. We are considering three options: Re-fiinishing / repairing / spraying the existing units Replacement doors / drawer fronts Replacing the kitchen entirely but retaining the existing layout We have well established local firms in mind for all three options. Which is the most MSE solution in…
-
Water Ingress?
Hey everyone, Went to see my Mum (and Dad) yesterday (as I'm sure millions of others did too!) and she asked me to have a look at a couple of walls in her house with marks on. It was worse than I had thought, so I did some investigation myself, and asked Gemini. I'm just hoping to get some actual real human input and…
-
Garador Garamatic 9 Series 3 - issue.
Hi. This is this type of door opener: The actual motor runs fine, and responds to the remote. However, the belt doesn't engage with the presumably-toothed pawl in the mechanism in the boom. I've switched repeatedly from the locked to unlocked position, which it does smoothly. When 'engaged', I can hear - just - the sound…
-
French Ranch Cooker
Hi all, I’m hoping someone might be able to offer some advice or experience with an older range cooker. I have a Forneaux Morice Marengo gas range cooker (in the UK), but the main oven has recently been disabled after it produced a high carbon monoxide (CO) reading. Before it was shut off, the oven flame would start blue…
-
Money Moral Dilemma: Should I pay towards my son's neighbours cutting down their trees?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... My son's neighbours have several large trees in their front garden and the roots are slowly pushing up my son's driveway. He's told them, but they don't seem to have any intention of doing anything. I've suggested that I offer to pay part of the cost of cutting them down to…
-
Accidently painted my living room black
Was trying to go for a grey and picked this colour https://www.diy.com/departments/goodhome-walls-ceilings-princeton-matt-emulsion-paint-5l/3663602401353_BQ.prd But instead it looks black. I'm hoping once it dries it becomes more like the colour on the tub. Luckily the carpet I'm getting is a very light shade of grey so it…
-
Hoping to refresh my small 50 sq feet kitchen
The kitchen in my 1 bed flat needs some TLC!! It's a compact 50 sq ft area, L-shape layout I think. Will send some photos. So mixture of cabinets & 1 set of deep drawers on the left hand side & a corner space. There's a rear aspect double-glazed window above the sink & some more cabinets under the sink & to the right. The…
-
Is The Ceiling About To Fall Down??
Hi - any idea what these two sticking out circles could be and how much of a problem? It’s a ceiling, plaster board and skimmed about 3ish years ago. These lumps/patches weren’t there a few days ago. My guess it’s the screws keeping the ceiling up starting to come out and displace the skimmed plaster, but not sure. Any…
-
replacing fence panels - what should it cost?
Hi All, I'm looking to get one side of my garden fence replaced. It's eight and half 6 foot wide panels currently, but they and the wooden posts are crumbling so I want to replace with concrete posts and new pressure treated panels. Any thoughts on the cost of this? I've had one quote and I'm surprised by the amount, but…
-
What sort of concrete/mortar do I need?
In a bid to out wit the feral gangs of thieving squirrels round these parts, I'm hoping to make some pebble mosaic tiles/slabs to lay alongside the length of my garden paving stones just to cover a very narrow - approximately 9-10 inch - strip. The strip boundary has the paving slabs on one side and the gravel board for…
-
Kitchen touch-up
Very annoyed to find a chip right at eye-level on my brand new kitchen. Paid £35 for a "kitchen touch up" kit from an online shop who promised it would be an exact match. It so wasn't. To be fair they have given me a refund straight off, saying they must have sent the wrong shade. In the meantime I have taken a small…
-
To boiler or not to boiler?
Worcester Greenstar, put in in 2009. Has been fine so far, but now needs the pressure expansion vessel replacing. I also have an issue with intermittent hot and cold water, which isn’t the tap because that’s already been replaced so also boiler related. Awaiting quotes for repairs for that as well. Now wondering what the…
-
What are these patches on my wall?
Only wall in the flat that has it, it's a bedroom wall which is the exterior wall. I'm hoping it's just previous owners crappy diy left overs. I'm thinking to just use polyfiller and smooth it out. The walls are not plaster, they're plasterboard.
-
Boiler power problem
I am trying to work out what has caused the power to my boiler to fail. It is oil fired. The problem appears to be from the frost thermostat but I don't know why that should be. Picture attached showing the wiring. Mains power comes into fused switch on left - there is power to the switch and the fuse works, as does the…
-
Rubbery fabric glue for a rug
I have a rug that's supposed to have strips of heavy fabric glued on the back, around the edges, to cover a join in the backing fabric. But the glue has failed and the strips started peeling off. I have temporarily replaced them with carpet tape, but it's not ideal. I think I need some kind of heavy duty rubbery fabric…
-
Can we patch up missing chunks of Pattern Imprinted Concrete?
Hi all We moved into a house 5 years ago. The previous occupant had spent a small fortune having the back of the house part done in lots of pattern imprinted concrete. We have recently had an extension built and have not got chunks missing. I asked 2 different companies if we could patch it and recolour but they both said…
-
What was this? (Warning picture of dead animal)
Thought I had mice in house as saw a something scurrying away, but down traps and caught is. Now I think it was a shrew, could someone confirm.
-
Burglar alarm/smartphone app
I have the option of having a smart system added to my new burglar alarm system, but worry about the risk of someone being able to hack/disable it, so they have access to my house. What are your views on adding this feature to a new alarm system? I have already decided against a swipe keyfob gadget, to save me entering a…
-
Wet Patch at the Bottom of the House
Hi Al, Is the wet line at the bottom of this house normal? Also, what is the fluff on the wall in the third picture?
-
flat pack furniture fixings
Q relating to the locking pin associated with the minifix cam. In this case a Very Ely wardrobe. Pins ste missing or lost and I need to source some urgently. Are the EU24 pins ( identified as MN01 on the Very instructions ) standard sized with other similar pins and thus interchangeable. They can be ordeted from click…
Been affected or received damage from flooding or a storm? Ask other MoneySavers for help here.
348 discussions
1.3K comments
Most recent: Crack in party wall after neighbour building work by silvercar
2 February at 9:36AM
Had a quote for work on your home but not sure how it compares? Ask other MoneySavers.