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    Any thoughts on the purpose of this hatch ?

    Contact the previous owners
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    Mixer tap drainage broken

    Quick Google search
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    Wren Kitchen Drawer jumps to left

    Have you tried taking the drawer out and checking the runners etc? Are you sure that nothing is catching either inside of the drawer or from underneath?
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    Mixer tap drainage broken

    Take a pic of your tap; do a google image search for it, or one similar; search for a spec / diagram pic of what it looks like inside and go from there to determine where the failure could be. I wouldn't go buying things willy-nilly. It may be that the plug-hole is simply blocked with hair and...
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    Bon Voyage to me

    If not already asked (I've not read 80 pages of comments), why are you still posting on a DIY forum when you're supposed to be on holiday?? Ever heard of 'being present'?
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    what one would you buy please

    Totally agree with this. Don't get swept up in what she 'thinks' she needs. Especially if she thinks that Daddy's going to pay for it. Also, there are gaming pcs and there are pcs that you can play games on. Which does she in fact 'need'? To the OP, have you actually been into Currys / PC World...
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    what one would you buy please

    What age is your daughter? Has an influence on the types of games that she is / likely to be playing. Ask her to ask her friends what they have and if they're happy with it. I'm talking spec, not make or colour etc.
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    Hanging cabinets to plasterboard

    Worst case scenario cut out the plasterboard and pack our with ply or timber and fix to that Or, through that into the bricks behind
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    Cooker hood not extracting

    This sounds plausible to me. Those that I have used only have the one fan but it would make sense what you're suggesting, with two.
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    Mixer tap drainage broken

    Has it simply come unscrewed or similar? I'd be surprised if something had actually 'broken'. There's no force or pressure applied to these normally.
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    Cooker hood not extracting

    You'll usually find that there is three power settings for the fan. Do they all work and do you have it on the strongest setting? Is there a difference between each of the three settings in noise, suction and air-out at the outside? Depending upon the above, you may find that it is either the...
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    Creating the right colour mortar

    Thanks for commenting. So, you think that the main walls pics are simply red sand and grey cement? I was beginning to think so myself too. The fourth pic, the one with the pillar corner showing, this is the garden wall. Do you think that this could be yellow sand? It doesn't appear to have the...
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    Creating the right colour mortar

    I live in a 1980s Bovis home constructed of Cotswold stone bricks. I am trying to rebuild a garden wall, built of the same bricks, but am unclear as how to get the right / same mortar colour. It appears that the wall mortar is a more yellow and matches the bricks well yet the house has a slight...
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    Building a stud wall - how hard can it be - help!!

    Looking good. At least you've pulled the carpet back and screwed direct to the floor. I came to do some work in our house and found that the previous owners (amongst various other bodges) had fitted the sole-plate on top of the carpet!
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    Freestanding bath p trap

    Not necessarily. See attached quote from Toolstation.com site
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    If not a gas leak, why the smell of sulphur "rotten eggs" in kitchen?

    Try chatgpt. Just done so myself (or rather my wife has) and come up with lots of suggestions. Waste pipes, condensate pipe, gas leak, even building materials.
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    Thomsons one coat seal drying time?

    @Wayners do you have experience of using the product? Thank you very much for your tips re applications and drying etc. I've just re-visited the property and had a prod at the product. It's been some 5 days since I applied it originally and 3 days since I scraped the excess / non-stuck stuff...
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    sowing grass seeds/laying turf on an existing lawn.

    Perhaps some pictures... You certainly DO NOT want to be killing anything off. You'll never get anything to grow on it again. If the area is generally level then I'd simply dress with a thin layer of topsoil mixed with grass seed. If not level / flat and has various undulations then fill with...
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    Thomsons one coat seal drying time?

    Oooo. Good point, not noticed that. It was previously coated in Thompsons 10 year roof seal. I'd put a couple of coats on a couple of years back but they'd started to blister. I did however have a a couple of areas where I'd tried to resolve the suspected leaking at board edges, by using an...
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    Hydrangeas- winter maintenance?

    What does Google say? Or RHS or Monty Don?
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