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    Urgent Garden Renovation advise needed

    I understand, thanks for the help though. I've spoken to him and at least he's agreeing that he'll do things the way i want it. Let's see. When it come to waste, he's been taking it away in his truck, all the wood and trees he's been burning in my garden. Quick question: I'll be putting 8x6...
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    Urgent Garden Renovation advise needed

    Thanks for the comment guys, unfortunately he didn't the quote in detail :( Please find enclosed the estimate for the work you wish to have carried out. To: Take down sheds To: Take out trees and shrubs To: Dig out footing to extend wall and put footing in To: Build retaining wall To: Dig...
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    Urgent Garden Renovation advise needed

    Hi Guys, I've given a contract of my garden renovation to a recommended landscaper by neighbours. He has started the work but now changing things from what we agreed at the time of quote, for e.g. - We agreed that he'll build a small retaining wall of concrete blocks to separate trees from...
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    Water Softener similar to Harvey/Kinectico?

    Great thanks, yes I'm going to Ideal Home Show this weekend :)
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    Water Softener similar to Harvey/Kinectico?

    Thanks guys for your help, this water softener world is completely new to me so i thought there might be alternatives. I've come across this website they're selling Harveys non-electic water softener much less than Harveys and according to them it's the same machine plus they'er offering 4...
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    Water Softener similar to Harvey/Kinectico?

    Looks like we've got loads of Harveys and Kinectico lovers here :)
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    Water Softener similar to Harvey/Kinectico?

    I agree but it doesn't apply everywhere. Harvey/Kinectico charges huge amount because of marketing/sales they do. You can get the same kit for £700 and install it yourself or via plumber.
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    Water Softener similar to Harvey/Kinectico?

    Hi Guys, Do we've alternatives similar to Harvey/Kinectico they're both very good but very expensive. Both are charging £1700+ to fit one. I even tried local installers of Harvey/Kinectico but they're charging similar amount. I'm looking for an alternative which is bit cheaper but don't wana...
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    Finding tv bracket for already placed screws in the wall

    Hi guys, Attached are the photos of the screws/nuts already on our wall, now i'm struggling to find a right swivel and tilt tv bracket (37-55) for it. Does someone got any idea? Thanks Faraz
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    Vaillant ecomax boiler problems, plumber has come 4 times in past 2 weeks

    He says so that he's a heating engineer but certainly not very experienced. Today he got someone else to validate and now they've decided to take pump and pcb off from boiler for testing somewhere which will help them identifying what's causing the issue. Let's see!
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    Vaillant ecomax boiler problems, plumber has come 4 times in past 2 weeks

    Hi Guys, I've got Vaillant Ecomax combi boiler and it's giving us problems since we've got 2 new basins installed in our toilets. It cuts off hot water intermittently especially when heating is on, some times it doesn't give any error, most of the time it gives f.20 and very rarely it gives...
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    Painting stairs varnish or stain or both?

    Hi Guys, We're struggling to get the right colour/effect on our stairs. We've already done lot of hard work to get to bare wood but it's still not getting what we want. I've attached the photo of what we want and what we're getting at the moment. Basically we've removed the old paint, sanded...
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    Condensation on Bathroom ceiling

    Thanks looks really good, though i just replaced my old fan with Manrose Gold i thought it would be good. :( I'll definitely try this, fingers crossed!
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    Any good water based gloss and primer?

    Well i agree with you, i'm hesitant to use spray inside but it's my friend who's convincing me to use it and he says it doesn't matter if it says on the tin that it's spray-able or not it just works! Thanks
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    Condensation on Bathroom ceiling

    Thanks, could you recommend any good extractor fan?
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