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    Kitchen wall build method advice please

    Hi My flat flat has a open plan kitchen/living room. The kitchen is a "L" shape at one end of a rectangular room. There is a partition wall about 700mm wide between the end of the kitchen and lounge. I have tried to upload a picture to help explain. If I measure the partition wall on the...
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    Problems with bosch wvd24520gb washer dryer

    When in a wash cycle my washing maching will take forever to finish. It will either finish with error code f18 or normally. Either way when I open the door the clothes are still soaking wet. When I drying mode it also shows f18 error about halfway through the cycle clothes also coming out...
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    Recessed bathroom mirror cabinet

    Hi I'm looking for a bathroom mirror cabinet that can be recessed into a wall. Found a few online but all too expensive (£300-£400). Was looking to pay £150. Anyone know of a cheaper cabinet?
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    Tiling a feature wall. Bad idea

    Looking for a little advise I'm thinking of retiling our bathroom. We were thinking of having one wall in a featured tile and the other 2 in a different tile. What I'd like to know is, what can I do where the 2 walls meet? Because the tiles I choose may be of different sizes meaning the joins...
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    Concealing cistern adding flush

    I'm looking to build some storage units across my bathroom wall, which will conceal my toilet cistern. Can I adapt my flush to be mounted on the new concealing unit? It's currently mounted on top of the cistern and is a push button type. I'm happy for the new flush to be mounted on the front of...
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    New ceiling fit

    I'm planning on doing my bathroom so ideally need to replace the ceiling because its mouldy, cracked, lumpy ect. Now I'm happy to remove the old ceiling and paint the new one. Was wondering if it was worth adding insulation above the new ceiling? As my bathroom gets very cold. I live in a...
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    Do I need a special switch/ light fitting?

    Had my boiler moved into the loft. I now need to fit a light in the loft in order to get a safety certificate. As my loft now contains the boiler, Can i just fit a standard switch and light fitting? Cheers Spud
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    Advice for a very cold bathroom.

    I'm looking for a bit of advice on how to warm my bathroom up a little or as to why it is so cold. It's an internal bathroom in a new build flat (5 yrs old now) it has alway been cold but I've previously been to lazy to sort it. So like I said its am internal bathroom with the 4 walls...
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    Help with boiler electrical fault

    i'm doing my sparky 17th 2330 at the moment so have a idea about all this. Anyway here's the problem. My parents needed a new cu so I asked my mate to do it as he is part p registered. This was his 2nd job so he isn't very experienced. Since the cu upgrade (which was yesterday) the...
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    Can I have UFH?

    I'm having amtico flooring laid and want to know if it's possible to have underfloor heating. The flooring is going to be in my lounge and connecting hallway. In the hallway is my boiler cupboard. The lounge is about 18m2 and the hall about 7m2. We have chipboard floor which seems to be sealed...
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    Underfloor heating

    2 years ago I removed one of the radiators in the lounge of our new build. I just pushed the plastic pipe further into the wall cavity and put a blanking plate over to cover. We are now going to replace our carpet with amtico flooring. Can I use the pipes which were feeding to radiator to an...
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    Power to garage and adittion socket in kitchen?

    Renovating my first house and want to sort a few things out before I move in. i'm planning on doing all or most of the work my self. Then get someone in to test when I'm ready to move in. 1. Want to get power to the garage which is at the back of garden. Can I run swa from a socket on...
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    Running cables between downlighters

    When installing down lighters how do you run the cables between downlighters? Does it just lay on the ceiling board or are you required to clip it above? For installation on ground floor of a house many thanks
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    Bathroom fan advice

    Sorry if this is posted in wrong area but I'm unsure what trade this falls under I live in a new build flat (2007) and have a internal bathroom. I deciced I need to replace my existing extarctor fan so removed it to measure the flue size but when I removed it there was no flue. Just a hole...
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    Bathroom extraction help

    Sorry if this is posted in wrong area but I'm unsure what trade this falls under I live in a new build flat (2007) and have a internal bathroom. I deciced I need to replace my existing extarctor fan so removed it to measure the flue size but when I removed it there was no flue. Just a hole...
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