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Carpets - Money saving style!!
Hi, I'm looking to get my whole flat recarpeted (43m2). The only carpet currently in there is my lounge one which although is in good nick, looks dated. After going to the usual high street stores on the weekend (carpet right, allied carpets) I saw one which seems ok. Its cream with brown flecks in it (which I hear covers…
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Bay Window and Curtains, help?
Hi guys Hope that someone wil be able to offer a suggestion... we currently have a 3 section bay window which is quite big... currently have curtains up on a bendy track, 3 pairs of curtains so that each section is covered. However, we also have 2 pre-school age kids who, although they are usually very well behaved, took…
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Does anyone know about Central Heating Pumps.
Hi If my central heating pump is not working very well, can it cause my boiler to cut out? All my radiators seem to be heating up well enough. Any thoughts appreciated. Forevesummer
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Help with cleaning floor please
We have a tiled kitchen floor, light in colour. The minute its been cleaned it looks dirty again. Any MSE'rs know any really good floor cleaning products that have workd for them? Any help much appreciated.
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Painting stairs....primer? Undercoat?
Hello, again! Am looking to paint the risers of my stairs, after pulling up the carpetits revealed some good new looking stairs, look brand new really. Anyhoo, I know I'll have to remover gripper rods, fill and sand, but my question be this... do I really need to prime then undercoat then gloss? I really want to be…
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High gloss worktop - best price
Hi there I was wondering if anyone knew the cheapest place to get a white or cream high gloss worktop? I need 3, one 3.2m long (depth 90cm), one 1.4 m long and one 4.2 m long. I have looked at ikea and there lovely high gloss one is around £150 per metre :eek: . Maybe this is a reasonable price to pay, i don't know, but i…
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Central Heating moving Radiator and installing new
Have a plumber coming next week to give a quote on the following. Bedroom move a radiator from one side of the room to the other. Kitchen move radiator approx 1 Ft and install a new radiator (Large Kitchen) Living room install new radiator on opposing wall. Does all above require the floor boards up to route the pipework…
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central heating prob.
Not sure if I'm on the right board but here goes: All the radiators in the house are working fine except the one in the bathroom and thats the one thats supposed to remain at a constant temperature.........I was told there has to be one in the house like that. Well, at the moment the bathroom rad. has a temperature of…
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Dishwasher not working!!!
Dishwasher had come to a stop, so went to empty it, and found the bottom still filled with water. I scooped all the water out, took out, checked and cleaned the filters and put them back in. Thought maybe it needed cleaning, so put one of those cleaners in, that you run on the highest setting - however, when i went to…
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New pump in shower not shutting off
We've had a new bathroom installed. Along with this we have had a water pump fitted to the shower. Problem: Intermittently when you turn off the water the pump still keeps running. Consequently you have to turn the water back on then turn it off again. Yesterday I started to get quite panicy because it wouldn't turn off…
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Redoing a bathroom
When we moved into our flat we updated the bathroom. Installed a shower and center light, tiled the bathroom so it looks much much better than it did. We are looking at getting a new bath sink and toilet. Would it be possible to remove the old bath and put in a new one without having to pull the bottom layer tiles off? I…
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New UPVC Windows - condensation?
We've just had new windows. Last night was the first cold night, this morning my son's room has condensation on the glass. Mainly on the outside but some on the inside. I didn't expect this from new windows. http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/withnail1969/feb08007.jpg What do you think?
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Loft ladder advice
OH and I went and ordered a loft ladder to be fitted today they will do it in a couple of weeks... I came home and started thinking about it (may of been better if I'd done that before I went and ordered it I know), we ordered just a basic metal ladder with a handrail and the guy said the fitters will reverse our existing…
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Where would I get...............
A stained glass panel for alongside my front door, one has been replaced with wood so I would like to replace this so it is original. Does anyone know of any building salvage places in the northwest I may be able to get one second hand? i need one that looks like this existing one. Cheers
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What is an "electrical effective suppressor"
A tenancy agreement says..... ""Not to use in the Property any electrical device without an effective suppressor fitted thereto."" What is an suppressor? What does this sentence mean. Could you put a link to a picture of a suppressor? Thanks
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house bounary - fence splits gardens where it meets house in wrong place
OK a long one... Where the fence (that splits our back gardens) meets the house it's way too far over onto my own side. The end of the garden it's fine but it then comes diagonally in my way until it meets the house where it should just be straight and meet and divide the houses in the middle. It's so obvious it's stupid,…
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12L of white paint into cream?
Hi Any ideas on how to make cream paint from white? We bought two huge pots (12L) on offer from B&Q with a mixer attachment for the drill. If anyone knows the right combination for the mix or knows a good website that would be great. TIA MM
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help! suitable plier/spanner to open valve on ferrolli boiler
would apprecaite advice on the most suitable tool to open valve [to raise the pressure when it drops] on the loop of ferolli combi boiler. Is it a 150 ml plier? [or have I got it wrong] The problem is that the plastic blue key has broken off, which normally would be used to open it. Any alternatives? many thanks! [heating…
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Which paint colour with Chocolate brown sofa?
We curretly have stone colour walls with beech wood flooring, which look nice but fancy a change. We're having a chocolate brown sofa and have darkish oak furniture. What would look nicer? beige/coffee warmer colour than we have currently. Cream/ivory Duck egg blue (dh isn't sure about this) Thinking of accesorising with…
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smoking multi fuel stove???
I have a multi fuel stove which today had its flue swept (chimney sweep did the honours) the problem I had was whenever we tried to had the stoves doors open so you could see the fire, smoke filled the room, so after having the flue swept its still doing exactly the same thing, get the fire nice and hot open the doors and…