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Emergency plumber- have I been scammed? And what can I do?
We suddenly had a huge leak coming from upstairs into our dining room on Friday morning. I had to call an emergency plumber who came within an hour. He said he can do the works but he won’t know a definite price until he takes the ceiling down and finds the cause etc. He estimated £1200-£6000 which I had to agree to as the…
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worried sick , cracks in house
i have seen stepped cracks on outside wall and noticed same place inside as well. initially i thought inside was just blown plaster. blown plaster in other parts of house as other walls need re-plastering as well due to cracks. also noted a crack outside in straight line where bay window is attached to house. also , cracks…
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Who is responsible for the wiring between National Grid and Meters?
I own a Leasehold in an Apartment that has 4 others all together. All of the meters are in the communal area as you come in and each has their own meter. I am trying to get a Smart Meter and I have had both Octopus and British Gas out who have said they can't do it because of the wiring leading to the meter. (This is after…
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Problem changing Euro cylinder
After some advice please. I am in the process of upgrading the cylinder locks on a pair of French doors to 3* Euro cylinders. The lock on the master door is already done without problem I then went on to gain acces to the slave door lock so I took off the strike plate assembly and removed the mullion moulding to get at the…
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B & Q solid wood kitchen
Hi, Do B & Q do solid wood kitchens? If so what material are the doors made up of ? Are they any good? Do they last few yrs? Thanks!
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Low water pressure in shower
Hi 6 years ago we renovated our 70s family bathroom and added a dual pump for the shower which created a lovely power shower experience. We had a 20 year old boiler in the kitchen, hot water tank in the airing cupboard, and a cold water tank in the attic. Yesterday we started some more house renovations and have had the…
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I'm replacing my bathroom windows. What kind of privacy glass should I got for?
In my head I had frosted glass, but not too sure how big of a fan I am of it. The shower is against the window so will need to be a high privacy rating, but not sure whether to get frosted or some kind of design.…
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Cordless vacuum cleaners... arm/wrist strain
Not sure where to post this. Can anyone recommend a rechargeable, good suction cleaner which is on the light side, weight-wise? OH and I are getting heartily sick of trundling our corded, cylinder job around… but we've heard three main accusations levelled against the cordless models: They simply don't do the job specified…
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How to sort out my shower door
hi, i have a shower with curved doors. One of the doors keeps popping out of the track at the bottom every time you try to shut the door ( see pics) . It feels really loose. I used to have a similar door in the old house and the silver square cover had a button which released it so you could tighten a screw behind it. This…
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Drain blocking
I live in a 1930s semi-detached house (say, number 10) joined to number 12. The drains run along the back of the houses, from number 2 down towards number 14 and so on. The manhole cover is about 1m from the back door. I have a grate into which the water from the bathroom, dishwasher and washing machine pours (from pipes…
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Manholes missing?
We have lived in our house for 1 year and hadn't thought about access to drains etc until now. We can't find any manholes on our property to access our drains. The nearest manhole is just over the fence in our neighbours' alley. Are we missing a manhole on our property? Nothing was flagged up during the sale. The drainage…
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Kitchen drain
I want to redo my kitchen. If it is possible I would like to move the sink from its existing position on the side wall to the front wall. The move would be along two sides of a right angled triangle roughly 180cm x 110cm, with a straight line between the old and new positions forming a hypotenuse of about 211cm. I think…
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What do I need to connect these 2 pipes?
The slim, pipe, furthest away in photo, is the drainage outlet for my shower. It emerges from the wall on a downward slope and inside the white/grey connector thingy, is the pipe that the outside black pipe, needs to connect to. It seems to be just a push fit connection. For some reason, of late, the black pipe bit is…
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Endoscope Camera
Wondering about buying one of these to help see into confined spaces - mainly dry ones, like under and behind kitchen units, under floorboards etc. Places where I can't get my camera in to take pictures or record video. Anyone found good ones that will work with a Moto Android mobile phone (a bit old now) or the latest…
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Wren kitchens. Any good?
Anyone used Wren to supply and fit their kitchen? What was your experience of them?
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New kitchen: recommendations
We want a new kitchen fitted. The one we have is about 15 years old and was from Ikea. We've been relatively happy with it, but it was a budget option and now we are willing to pay a bit more to get better quality. So far, we've been to Howdens, who are coming out in 10 days to design the kitchen. We designed the Ikea one…
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Do they sell guttering clips anywhere?
The clip on one of my guttering connections has broken and I want looking to buy it, I assume it would be readily available but appears not. Seems like you have to buy the whole corner piece. I'm looking at the clip that clicks into place see below:
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Zinnser Perma White
Anyone else think that Zinsser Permawhite isn't exactly that white but more of a cream colour. Don't get me wrong, it's brilliant stuff but when I first bought a tin for the woodwork and doors for my bathroom I did notice it was a bit off white but didn't really bother me as I using it for all areas on the bathroom but…
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mattress 7 year warranty
after five years the mattress has after independent inspection been found faulty. the edges all the way around the mattress has collapsed. the springs are broken and there are 5cm dips, I cannot get comfortable. its a John Lewis mattress. lady at J L said we wouldn't entertain a claim as your mattress has stains on it. I…
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Qettle water boiler/filter leak after mains water off
We’ve got a Qettle boiling water tap with the 4 litre boiler and an inline charcoal filter (about the size of a rolling pin) under our kitchen sink. Our mains water has been off for about 5 hours due to a burst main locally. When it came back on earlier we heard a couple of knocks from under the sink (sounded like the…
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