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Help with toilet overflow
The toilet is overflowing slowly. I’ve put an arrow where the water comes in. It doesn’t completely shut off, leaving a very slow drip. I’ve sprayed vinegar around in case it is scaled up, but there remains a slow drip that eventually leads to the overflow on the LHS dripping outside. Anything easy I can do, or should I…
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Am I being an awkward customer here? Hairline cracks keep coming back after bathroom plastering
Hi all, looking for a bit of a sanity check. I’ve just had a new bathroom fitted in an old house (150+ years). The original quote by the bathroom fitter included all walls to be plasterboarded, but I was away during the work and it turns out the existing plaster wasn’t taken back to brick or boarded — it was just skimmed…
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Worth getting anti allergy pillow protectors?
When it comes to allergies, blocked noses etc, is itcworth getting an anti allergy pillow protector or normal one washed the same?
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Builders seem to have clogged up rain gully
My third post of the day! It never rains etc etc. It looks like the builders who have been doing work at my house have clogged up the rainwater gully, potentially with cement. Its the small grate that the main roof gutter runs into, along with the waste water pipe from a utility room sink (luckily not used very much). This…
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Quote to get kitchen redone. Does this seem reasonable?
Hi all, My partner and I recently bought a house and we are looking to get the kitchen redone (the kitchen is quite small, 2x3 meters). We've received this quote for the work (excluding the kitchen units, flooring, and tiles). We’re in North Yorkshire and just want to check if this seems reasonable to people who have done…
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Mock tudor facade advice
Hello, I’m hoping someone may be able to offer a bit of advice. I’ve searched the forum but haven’t been able to find any similar situations. We moved into our property in March last year. The house was built in the late 1980s and has a mock Tudor façade at the front, which incorporates the entrance porch and a first‑floor…
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Remove marks on wall
Hi Long shot on this one i feel, but i'l ask anyway! As per photo, there was a mark on the wall, so someone had tried to wipe off the mark and ended up a) creating streak marks around the mark and b) wiping off the paint so the wall is exposed. Apart from re-painting the whole room, is there a way to fix or at least make…
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Scaffolding
My neighbour's landlord needs to install scaffolding within my garden, For reasons I won't go into I have refused. If they go to court to force us to agree would their renewing soffits, fascias and guttering be classed as essential work, it certainly doesn't look essential to me.
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Waterproof repair tape
We have a plastic rainwater downpipe which has cracked due to having frozen, what is the best waterproof tape to wrap it with to make a temporary repair?
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TV Bracket Recommendation
Hi, I have one wall to hang a 65 inch TV and I need a bracket that can extend so I can move the TV slightly off the wall forwards, as I want to put a PS5 and tv box on brackets behind it. Any recomendations?
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Quotes for radiator install - which one?
I've got two quotes for a radiator install/swap, fitting only of rad and new valves, minor change to pipework and inhibitor. One is a fixed price of £140 + VAT, the other is timed rate of £70 + VAT for the first hour plus £35 for every half hour after. The job is a swap of one single radiator to a double of the same width…
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Quote for new water mains supply - is it reasonable?
Hi all We have a water leak somewhere under our house. It's not visible and we have concrete floors. Water board have concluded after a few visits that there is no leak in front of the house from the water meter so must be under the property. The water main sits under an extension so would need to dig up the floors to find…
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Additional entrance to property
Hi members, I have added two photos here. First one shows the existing entrance to the property, highlighted in green. I have highlighted a section in red, where I would like to add an ADDITIONAL entrance to the house. The second photo will show the proposed new entrance from a better angle. This used to be the garage,…
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Nutec loft insulation
Had my loft surveyed this afternoon. Was told it need to be done and was quoted over £6000 to insulate the rafters. £3000 to remove fibre glass insulation and replaced. Does this seem fair or am I being scammed. Thanks
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Kangen Water Machine
Hi, I’m looking for a kitchen mixer tap that works with a Kangen water machine. My current tap is too small and none of the adapters fit. I need one with a standard removable aerator (M22 or M24). Any Amazon UK recommendations? This has been stressing me out for a few days. I know i could go into B&Q I know alot of people…
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Is this an extension, or a conservatory?
Is this an extension or a conservatory? It looks unusual to be a conservatory, but the glass ceiling makes me think it's not an extension either! Any ideas? Also checked the councils planning portal, no submitted applications. However, could also be due to it being within the required limit so no planning permission needed…
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Old Roof Timbers with Moisture Content on Average 40%
Hi, The roof timbers in my friends old home have a moisture reading of around 40%. It's an old slate roof on a traditional timber rafter and purlin construction. There are no slipped slates. There's no underfelt. The parging/torching was done with a lime mortar but has fallen off over 30% of the roof area. None of the…
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Paint advice needed
Hi hope I'm in the right part of the forum please move if not. I inherited a house from my nan and I'm going to be moving into it in a few weeks and I need to repaint all the rooms and don't have enough funds to get a decorator to do it I'll be getting help from my sister and a friend to help me paint the entire house…
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Self Levelling
Hi, We’ve just had our floors levelled in the kitchen and dining room. A couple of questions please - a) is it normal for a professional to make lots of mess up walls when doing this? And b) would you expect them to cover a wooden door for example? I ask because there was loads of splashes up our walls, which isn’t too…
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Water Storage tank using large amounts of water
We bought this house about 3 months ago. The house is only about 12 years old. 2 years ago the owners put in a new boiler, but it is not a combi and they continued to use the cylinder hot water tank originally installed by the builders for hot water. Just before Christmas we suddenly had no hot water, although the heating…
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