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Please be aware of the MSE Forum rules, notably that you mustn't post personal information. Take extra care when uploading photos and make sure that they don't contain personally identifiable information. 🏠 Here are some Forum threads you might find useful: * Please ensure your electrics are up to date * Find Instruction…
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Painting composite front door
Wondered if anyone has done this, successfully. Been a house 5 years which has a 7 year old composite front door, decent quality, never liked the dark brown colour though. I want to change it to pink or mauve. I think it’s worth painting it rather than getting a new door when this one is relatively recent and good quality.…
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Window leak help
Hello, So I understand that this may be hard to visualise or diagnose on the internet but I'm after some basic Info on a window leak before I hire someone to investigate and charge a fortune. So I dont have visual water anywhere but the MDF cill has been swelling in one corner for the last 2 winters. There was obviously a…
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Ansell downlighters replacement
Having moved into a house with 13 of these downlighters in kitchen ceiling, I’m unsure what I need to replace, being completely unfamiliar with such things, I presumed it was just a bulb change (7 of the 13 no longer work, although only 7 years old max). After research it seems the whole sealed unit needs to be replaced…
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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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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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Roof leak - repair from inside?
Over the past few months we've started noticing some leakage during periods of heavy rainfall, in an in-built cupboard in the rear back addition which also houses the boiler. We brought a roofer in to investigate, who had a look at the roof itself with a drone and concluded it must be an issue with the felt underlayment.…
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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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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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Can I make a door here?
I want to make a door to the kitchen from the hallway (Black Arrow), and build a wall separating the kitchen and through lounge (dashed lines). Building the wall should be done easily enough. The wall I want to knock through to make a door is a solid wall. I have a screenshot of how the existing wall looks in real life…
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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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Re-tiling roof
Hey.. I have a 1920s terraced house with welsh slates (no felt) and have had to repair slipped tiles a few times over the past 8 years I have been here. On the last repair, the roofer reported that they also had to fix the tiles surrounding the one that had slipped, as they were all loose and only held in place by…
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Mould on Ceilings Won't Go Away
whatever I do, there's mould on the ceilings of the rooms in the upstairs part of my home. It's so annoying, and I can't work out how to shift it. I've even had the roof replaced for £5,000(!), and that hasn't done much to change anything. Any time it comes to decorating, I clean the mould away with the right spray (Cilit…
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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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Restoring paint on a Aircraft Boing 737
Hi my grandson is mad into aircraft planes commercial. He has bought a window section of a Jet2 737, it is partially covered in a type of Grey paint over the Red original paint. I think it is to disguise their logo's when they scrap the planes. He in his wisdom started to use a electric sander on it, and it’s removing some…
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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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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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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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