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Has anyone ever had a house rewire by a dedicated house wiring company?
I've often thought about getting our home rewired and found that their are some companies that exclusively do that work with quite a few guys on the job at the same time and it's a quicker job and cheaper. Can anyone tell me if you have ever used one of these gangs and if it went ok,I'm thinking there must be some good…
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Home Emergency cover - which one to choose?
Hi, Im newly on my own with kids and Ive just moved into an apartment ive bought. I want some kind of emergency cover because Im terrified of something going wrong and I have no experience, no DIY skills and almost no savings in case of an emergency. A cover that gives non-emergency protection on top is ideal because I…
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Height of an extension close to the boundary
My house is semi detached and my neighbour is building an extension about 6 inches away from the boundary. The planning which has now been passed shows a single storey next to the boundary. Does anyone know the rules on how high this can be. I thought it was 3 metres but it is being built higher than that.
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Tree cutting DIY?
I need to cut the main branch of this tree before starting work on my stable's roofing. The tree is awkwardly leaning, making the task more challenging. My plan is to use a chainsaw to cut it slowly, aiming for a controlled fall onto the roof, which has already collapsed due to rotten wood. Do you have any tips for this?…
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Neighbours extension and manhole
My neighbours have issued a party wall notice as they want to build a rear extension under PD, they want to have the wall on the boundary with foundations also partly on my side. Question I have is there is a manhole cover for access to the sewer in my garden, its 15cm from the boundary. Its a public sewer that runs…
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Is this asbestos?
There is a white coating on the inside roof of our garage (pictured), could it be asbestos ?
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Builder asking me to pay for materials cash to 'save VAT'?
Hi everyone, I’m currently renovating my house and have an agreement with the builder for a price excluding materials. Since the carpenter, who is on site daily and doing most of the work, is a family friend, we agreed with the project manager to pay for materials separately. As a discount arrangement, the agreement was…
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Shower head - dripping water
Hello I am wondering if anyone can please offer me some advice on what may be wrong / how to fix (if it’s simple) as I want to keep the cost down I have two shower heads on my bathroom, a normal one which hangs down above your head and a smaller detachable one which is on a long hose which can move around- pretty much the…
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Can someone help me make sense of neighbour's adjacent demolition and my ?exposed foundation?
Can someone please help me with this because I don't even know who to ask or where to ask for advice. My house has a rear extension that was built 10+ years ago. It was built on the boundary wall, and the neighbours had an old brick store at the wall too (2 inches gap in between). Fast forward to now, and the neighbours…
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Carpet fitter left lumps in carpet how do I claim
Need some advice on how to claim for poor workmanship of the carpet fitter we had to lay our carpet in the bedroom. We paid him £350 for 2 rooms and he told use he would use 8mm plywood and only used 4mm. He also left lumps under and by the entrance of the door. I’ve contacted him on numerous occasions to come and rectify…
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Draught proofing old uPVC windows
Hi, Now that the weather is colder I am now noticing draughts more in the house we just bought. The rubber seals in 2 windows in our living room had small gaps even with the window closed, so am I right in saying I need new seals, or is the window more likely misaligned? I’ve tried searching for replacement seals but it…
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Removing 'no more nails' from skirting boards.
Previous home owner had laminate fitted in the hallway and glued a trim around the bottom of the MDF skirting boards. Possibly 'No more nails' or something similar. Now we have removed the trim and old laminate we are left with wobbly lines of this glue stuck along them, about a centimetre from the bottom edge. We are not…
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Suggestions for a lockable storage shed around 10ft x 10ft
Ok, so this is an amendment to my last post. My mum said I should skip the smaller tool box and go straight for a storage shed with room to store and work. As before I want it lockable but doesn't have to be supremely secure, just to be able to see if tampered. Also I want it to be modular so I can move it to the other…
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Letting agent claims fence is mine, not theirs?
Apologies, I hope this is the right board for this, but can move if need be. I am an end terrace, and I own my home. Next door is rented by a very nice man. There is a fence between our 2 back gardens which came down in the storm on Saturday. The ‘good’ side of the downed fence faced my side (the ‘good’ side of the…
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Septic Tank Failure
Hello. I live in a row of terrace houses which share a septic tank. It's a very old tank and now needs urgent attention. It cannot be repaied so either needs to be replaced, or ideally we would be hooked up to the mains drainage system. 4 out of the 5 houses on the terrace agree in principle that this needs attending to,…
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Getting an armchair through a front door
I'm about to buy a couple of armchairs from JL & wondered if there's any maths I can do to make sure I can get them through my front door of my 1st floor flat. Getting them into the building is easy as the entrance doors split into 2, can get them up the stairs to my flat but getting them into the flat via the front door…
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Cheapest options for a chest style lockable storage container for outdoors?
I made a similar post a little while ago but that was for larger suggestions, like a garden shed. In this case I would like something like a chest where it might come to maybe hip height, reminiscent of those big old clothes chests if people know what I mean, which can also lock. Not an issue about being super secure, it…
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Can I get rid of old virgin media tv box inside flat?
Hi everyone, I’ve recently bought a flat and am about to start renovations. I noticed there’s an old Virgin Media TV system installed just inside the hallway (picture attached). The cable runs exposed into the living room, and honestly, it looks quite unsightly. I’d like to remove it before I start redecorating. Since it’s…
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Cold Spot on Radiators
Hi Just had a new central heating installation, and two of the radiators have cold spots at the bottom. An engineer came a week after it was done and flushed the system. I noticed these cold spots before they did that however. I think the engineer hoped the flush would fix it. Bleeding has failed as well. So the question I…
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New blinds
I have these blinds up https://www.blinds-2go.co.uk/content/instructions/b2g-wood-73.pdf I am considering new UPVC windows my current ones are wood. What’s best to fit these? I can’t get these in non drill options. Would a side fixing work? Or is drilling into UPVC better? I have attached a photo
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