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Thanks Richard. I think that you are right in saying that the tiles might fail again, but I just need to keep the tenant as happy as possible at the moment. The kitchen base units are all standing on the floor tiles, and so it would not be an easy job to replace the entire tiled area. I am...

Hi......I am about to take up some loose ceramic floor tiles in a property that I rent out. The previous owner laid floor tiles onto chipboard flooring in the kitchen and five or six of them have become loose and 'rock' slightly, cracking the grout (and one or two of the tiles). I have bought...

Thanks for your kind and swift responses. Widdler..........yes, the cooker is in the kitchen. Thanks

thanks rocks1 for the speedy reply!!!

I've just realised that I might have posted this in the wrong section (I put it in 'Appliances')............... I have searched the DIYNot site and cannot find that my question has been raised before, so....................am I allowed to install an electric cooker myself? I am not a...

I have searched the DIYNot site and cannot find that my question has been raised before, so....................am I allowed to install an electric cooker myself? I am not a qualified electrician. There is an electric cooker point that used to supply the old cooker, and there is also a...

Hi All - I've looked to see if my question has been raised before and I can't see it, so............I have taken up some vinyl floor tiles from the bathroom. I had to use the heat gun to soften them up or they would just crack and come up in tiny pieces. Question is - any ideas on how to...

We need to decide if we are going to burn off all the old paint on the skirting boards in our house (standard, boring type) or my wife thinks that she has seen some laminated type skirting that will never need painting again!!! We don't want plastic type skirting, but has anyone heard of, or...

Thanks Richard. No, not back to brick/block, but back to that dark, scored render (I call it render - might be a different name for it!!) onto which the plaster is 'floated'. Maybe I have the depth wrong - it's a buy to let property and I am not there at the moment. Will check and decide...

Thanks tictic. It's only about 8-10mm deep, and so I'm sure that would work ok. I'll price up the different options. Thanks to all.

Thanks Richard. Sorry to ask, but what does APD stand for. I'm thinking 'All Purpose something'??

Hi All. I’ve searched the forum to see if the question I am about to ask has been raised before by anyone else. I find that it has, but it didn’t get any replies!! I’m not sure if that’s because it’s such a dumb question, but here goes……… I am renovating a bathroom, and having removed old...

Thanks 'ban-all-sheds'. How can you tell that we are new to this buy to let stuff. And to show our ignorance, what is a PIR please?? :oops:

Many thanks for your quick replies. I rather like the sound of the FCU. It would certainly save ripping the floor above out!

We have just bought a buy to let house which obviously needs some work doing on it. One of the problems to be solved is that in the kitchen, someone has accidentally drilled into the mains cable buried in the wall, coming down from the first floor. This cable supplies a three pin socket on the...

Ok - points taken!! I think we'll have to have another flue going up through the roof! The existing flue from the gas fire is stainless steel - a 'tube' about 6 inches diameter installed by the builders when the house was built about 25 years ago. Hope this is ok to leave there. Thanks for...

We have just a bought a house which we are getting ready for renting out. There is currently a Baxi wall mounted boiler in the kitchen which we would like to get rid of and put a combi boiler in the existing airing cupboard upstairs. In the airing cupboard there is a stainless steel flue from...

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