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In My Home MoneySaving sticky
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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Air conditioner unit and airspace
Hi I am thinking of installing an air conditioner unit at the side of my house highlighted in blue but at the minute, access is unavailable due to an erect fence put up by the housing development and at the side of my house is the boundary line which is own I assume by a garden maintenance company as they look after the…
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Scaffold Board Shelves – Best way to mount?
Hi all, Got a couple of scaffold board shelves I'd like to put up. They're the standard board depth of ~22cm. 3.5cm thick. They'll span a with of ~160cm. They'll be within an alcove – so, left, right and back walls. First option is to simply use brackets. Thinking either three or four per shelf.…
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Induction Cooker
I've decided to replace my very old gas cooker with an induction cooker. I'm looking at the AEG CIB6732 over a less expensive one because it has knobs which appear to allow little adjustments of the hobs rather than just increments of 1,2,3...9 which most of them seem to have (which is what previously put me off making the…
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Hedge on front boundary wall
Next-door (semi-detached) is usually empty - was purchased 3 years ago and guy has very slowly been doing it up but still only stays very occasionally and has not been the most considerate neighbour. Long story short: we have small front gardens - bit of lawn, hedges at front, facing pavement and a boundary hedge between…
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Fridge Freezer - freezer ok, fridge not
Hi, Wondering if someone can help me troubleshoot this please? Our fridge freezer (which was gifted to us by the seller of the house when we purchased it, almost 18 months ago) has a problem; the freezer is fine but the fridge is not cold anymore! I found a manual online here:…
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Delivery of fridge/freezer and washer/dryer to 3rd floor (no lift) - help!
Hi everyone! I am hoping that someone might be able to help. I am at my wit's end as having moved into a new home and needing to get appliances delivered, nobody will deliver! I ordered a fridge/freezer from Crampton and Moore, who told me over the phone that there would be no issue delivering to the third floor with no…
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Tiny brown moths in bathroom
I have been getting these small brown mini-moths (they just sat there and are a triangular shape like moths with wings in) in my bathroom for the last few days - it's been 1 a day for 4 days. I've no idea what they are or where they're coming from. I thought drain flies were the annoying little round black things (I call…
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System upgrade - Combi, Unvented Tank or Gravity fed system - HELP!
Hi everyone, I'm in need of some opinions please :smile: My partner and I currently live in a 1980's house with a 20 year old oil Grant boiler. We have 1 bathroom and one downstairs toilet and we don't have any children, We have a gravity fed system at present, with a cold water tank and expansion tank in the loft, and a…
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Heated towel rail
I have a small downstairs toilet which is freezing an unventilated. Consequently my Crome plated heated towel rail has rust spots. I am looking to replace it so would welcome any suggestions for a towel rail that will not have rust spots.
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Mould help?
What could be causing this? Pic included We've stripped back this wallpaper by chance for my daughter's bedroom - we were just going to paint over it so I'm glad we did. It's on the external wall where the previous owners created a car port extension that includes this room - it's not on the other walls, just this one. If…
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Wet damp bricks in patch at bottom of house
Hello, We had some rotten floorboards/joists in the corner of the room and thought it was the blown render. We got the render removed three months ago and have been letting the brick dry out in the mean time. However we have this wet patch so it seems a bigger problem then just the render? Any idea what the issue is and…
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Contractor full advance before materials
We’ve paid 25% deposit to secure slot. The Company doing our Bathroom want the remaining 75% before materials delivery (!). I’ve suggested 50% remainder before, then 50% after completion and they said no. They already have the deposit. We still want to use them; what’s a good way to insist we can’t pay the full lot…
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Advice on garden drain run please.
Have an issue with a sewery-smell coming from our drains and want to make sure I am not going to have to waste money if I don't have too... Drains naturally run from the house, along under the garden path and out of the garden about 20 meters away, just before it exits the garden there is a large inspection hatch. We did…
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upvc door locking mechanism not working properly
So reasonably recently my handle went kaput so I replaced it. Then at the weekend I couldn't 'latch' the door (lift the handle up). I finally was able to do it after squirting the hell out of it with WD40 & forcing the handle up but then the door wouldn't actually lock - I'd turn the key but it just wouldn't lock it at…
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How to handle self-certified work that's not compliant w/building regs
I recently made a warranty call to Worchester/Bosch for a hot water issue with a new boiler, installed by another company earlier this year. Whilst on-site, the engineer noted that the installation wasn't compliant with building regs; specifically the drop and diameter of the condensation waste pipe. I've since checked it…
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New roof
Any roofers out there who would have any idea of a very rough guesstimate for the cost of reroofing this house? It is 1930s and we believe original roof, we are in process of purchasing. TIA!
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Conservatory with solid roof - classed as ?
Does a conservatory with a solid (insulated) roof get classed as another room ?What about home insurance ?
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Kitchen mixer tap broken
I have an ancient mixer tap (15-20 years old) with a spray attachment on it. The cold water part has just stopped working. The handle usually moves smoothly when turned; it is now clicking round without producing any water. The hot tap is working fine and I haven't had to switch the stop c*ck off. I will get someone out to…
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Low(ish) cost simple home security cameras
I've looked online and my brain is overwhelmed with all the options, can any make any suggestions? - No drilling through walls - Ideally not a subscription based thing - I don't have an Alexa or similar to connect to I'm wondering maybe a discreet internal camera to point out a window or something? I'd really appreciate…
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How to re-insulate headliner and how to fix down since I scrapped the fiberglass molded liner?
You may say "ask on a van building forum". I have also done that but this is not van specific. It is more a general insulation question of how to fasten materials on this curved surface. I really hated that molded fiberglass stuff so ripped it away to leave bare metal. I insulated that 1st time around with cork tiles since…
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