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I did it myself!
:j I am just having a moment and thought I would share it with you..... Back in the summer, I bought some replacement doors for the upstairs rooms. I have asked various chippies/handymen for pricing on changing these doors for me, but only 1 person ever bothered to come back with a price (it seems that not many people want…
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How to get rid of gravel?
I moved in to my property about 2 years ago, and have been meaning to do up the garden as its in a bit of a mess. I have a large garden, probably the size of half a 5 a-side football pitch. Problem i have is that i want to get rid of the gravel (i mean alot of gravel :eek:) cheap and nasty stuff. I can't hire a skip, as…
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Central heating Problem (rad not heating and noisy pump) PLEASE HELP!!
Recently moved into a new house and had no problems with the central heating/hotwater until yesterday. one of the radiators wasnt heating properly so I tried to bleed it (others were heating fine). However a lot of escaping air came out but no water at the end of it. A day later none of the radiators were working at all…
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gutter problem
hi i am after some advice on what my options are here is the problem living in a terraced house, the guttering on the roof i think it is called a trough is a joint one with the neighbours and drains at our end. now it has become faulty and started leaking on our end. to get it replaced we need to fix all of the gutter…
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Red leather sofas
Been looking at sofas for a few weeks now. Brown leather sofas are perhaps a bit yesterday but seen a red leather today that was fantastic. But RED leather is a bit scary. Could look brilliant or be a major eyesore. Any one got any advice to offer. Thanks
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Leaking Hot Water Cylinder - Do I Replace or Get A Combi?
Hi Noticed at 11.00 pm last night that hot water cylinder in airing cupboard was leaking ... put lots of towels down and called CIS Home Rescue, was told someone would contact me within the hour. After 1½ hours when not heard anything, rang them back, couldn't get anyone to come out to me last night but someone would ring…
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new shower options and help please
Hi my Mother wants me to fit her a shower cubicle and new shower, I am ex-building services so qualified for electrics and had some plumbing training. The problem is she doesn't want to alter much, she more or less wants me to pull the bath out (they have a very small bathroom) as they do not have baths much and fit a…
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Double glazing Maidstone Kent
Would anyone have a recomendation (or the opposite) for any local companies? I am not interested in the big nationals. I need the house Upvc'd. Thanks.
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Drayton RF1 Digistat
Last night my Drayton Digistat RFI wall control refused to work so we all awoke freezing. I checked the Digistat receiver and the red light was on permanent which means theit it is not receiving signal from wall control. How do you get the receiver to return to green and work correctly? My installer is currently away on…
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Dry Rot Please Help
We bought our house(Scotland) in Feb 06 and before purchase we got a full structural survey carried out by D.M.Hall, within the survey there was an Insurance called "Hidden Defect Indemity" which was insured by a company called Secure Move. The survey came back as we expected an old house needing re-wired, re-plumed,…
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cooker question - energy rating
Ok back on to cookers again this time i am on energy rating i have no idea about this stuff Do i go for the cooker with both ovens at the A energy rating that costs more or the B & C energy rating that cost far less? What are the differences realistically? I dont really want to buy the cooker costing over £1100 cant really…
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best way to get most savings?
My brother just bought a house recently, when I say house I mean a shell of a house. He is in the process of doing it up himself and has done the central heating and re-wiring all working well and good. Now however he is starting to look at bathroom suites, kitchens, bedroom's, sofa's and all that sort of thing. He is not…
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Hand-held vacuum cleaners, which is best ?
Apologies if there is a thread on this somewhre, I searched and couldn't find one. We have just come back from being away for 10 days to find that many (or one, very incontinent) dear little fieldmice have been making free with the warmth of our conservatory (part of sitting room, connected to rest of house, not a…
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42" Plasma Samsung TV - Help
Is there anyone who can help me with the difference between two, what seem to be, identical TV's with different reference numbers? We have just bought a Samsung 42" TV from PC World (as they are able to get it the quickest - it's sold out everywhere else) and the product code is PS42Q96HD, the link is:…
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Fitting a new radiator and vitting the valves
I know how to take radiators on and off with ease, problem I have got is my bathroom radiotor has seen better days (rust) even paiting it will make no difference. So if I buy a new radiaor does it come with the valves/connectors fitting or not, if not how do I fit them, do I need that white tape and what do I do with it…
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Airing cupboard layout for drying
Hi All, I am reorganizing my airing cupboard, and I have two questions: * How do I prevent excessive condensation? * Does anyone have any tips on the layout to optimize drying time? Thanks, Pete.
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howdens kitchens
can anyone tell me who supplies howdens with their kitchens,and what percentage discount do the trade get through howdens,will not deal through me jo public any help thanks
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Stone Tiles
Hi, I am getting a new floor and am thinking of natural stone, maybe travertine. My tiler is telling me that as stone is a porous material, it will show the dirt? Does anybody have this problem? Any advice?
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Cleaning cord fabric sofa...
Hi Im wanting to clean my cord fabric sofa... any ideas on what would be best to use? I have tried household cleaners for fabric but am thinking it needs more of a machine for a good clean!! thanks in advance ;)
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Corgi Problems - Help !
A couple of months ago we had a new boiler installed and a new gas fire plumbed into the sitting room using a small but CORGI registered gas fitter (one man band). He didnt give us the certificate straight away and said he'd send it to us in the post. We left it over Xmas and contacted him about it last week. Now the…