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    Advice on possibly damaging freezer by transporting?

    Hi all. I've sold someone a freezer that I didn't want. I sold it on a car boot stall for £60 (It was graded so marked on the sides). When I sold it I offered to deliver it for £10 but they declined. When I was talking to them I told them that if I was going to deliver it that I'd keep it...
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    Trimming Venetian Blind slats?

    Hi all. I`ve just bought some venetian blinds for my bay window as it appears to be too difficult to get curtains in and for them to look well. So blinds it had to be. The main window is 260cm wide while the side windows are around 45 -50 cm. So I`ve bought two 60cm blinds for the side...
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    Joining click flooring with the lock system cut off?

    I`ve completed my hallway with engineered wood flooring, however to do under the doorways i`ve cut the lip of one of the rows of the floor so that I can slide the row under the doorways and then pull it back into place ( at the front door there are three pieces wide, the rest is just one piece...
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    flooring under front door?

    Hi all. I`m laying the floor in my hallway with engineered wood (14mm) flooring. The problem I have is the front door threshold as it has its own threshold strip that has rubber inserts to seal between the door and the streshold strip (sill). I think its better to use this rather than the...
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    Removal after PVA

    If I use PVA to help seal my engineered wood floor will I be able to remove it at a later date(without damaging the flooring)? Will tghe PVA just crack apart? Thanks Vertical
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    Clic Seal. Is this worth using?

    I`ve just been to floors2go for threshhold strips. I then noticed the clic seal stuff here http://www.floors2go.co.uk/products/productdetail.php?category_id=30&product_id=436&variation_id=1528&search_term=. It supposedly waterproofs the floor by sealing the joints between the planks of...
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    Flushing the system?

    Have had Worcester engineer out today who replaced various parts, so now boiler (Worcester 24i with 13 radiators, all 8years old ) is working fine. He recommended a power flush as he could see sludge on the PRV that he replaced or at least some chemical flush being added. So after reading...
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    Cutting Architrave? (for wooden flooring)

    Hi I`m laying an engineered wooden flooring in my living room and hallway. Now in the doorway in between the two rooms, do I cut the architrave straight through the bottom between both doors or do I leave some of the base of the arcitrave where the expansion gap and its threshold cover will be...
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    Worcester 24i combi boiler problems

    Hi all. We have a Worcester 24i combi boiler which is about 8 years old. It has been problematic in the past, with it not lighting or slow to produc hot water however it is only today after noticing this forum that I paid much attention. After running the shower it was producing no hot...
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    Concrete second floor

    My second flor flat has a concrete floor which is covered with a asphalt or a bitumen. Do I have to lay a damp proof course if its on the second?
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    Engineered wood on concrete/bitumen

    Hi all. I`ve just bought some engineered wood flooring. Now its for a second floor flat, concrete based but with bitumen or ashphalt ( I think for laying the vinyl tiles on), by the looks of it may have been down 20 + years. However in the entrance there is a dip of around 5 mm over a...
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