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    Washing machine fills up sink when draining?

    Hi Hope someone can offer some advice before I call out a professional to look at this for me. Basically we notice when the washing machine empties we get a really terrible smell and the smaller of the dual sink fills up with grey water (not particularly filthy, just looks like used washing...
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    Treating external 3x2

    Hi, I've ordered some 3x2 from a timber yard local to ours and unfortunately it's not pre-treated. It's going to be used for decking joists and noggins. I'm just wondering what the best sort of treatment is for this? Standard wood preservative or alternative. Looking for cheapest solution...
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    Decking frame and measuring

    Hi I'm just about to start a decking frame after prepping the groundwork but I'm just struggling with the measurement side of things. The frame will be sitting on relaid patio flags, so the measurement of a sample frame area is: 2700mm x 450mm The decking lengths I've been looking at...
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    Joist hangers on external wall

    Hi Anyone offer a bit of advice on what joist hangers to use here please? I am trying to place some joist hangers on a standard brick external wall to lay beams on, creating sort of like an attached pergola. A lot of the masonry to timber joist hangers seem to have a ledge that goes into...
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    Standing water, clay soil and a soakaway

    Hiya We noticed a lot of standing water after moderate rainfall in the centre of the garden so I lifted the patio flags and it was sitting water on quite heavy clay soil/builders sand mixture. I dug a channel out and have begun to dig a soakaway in the corner of the garden and am down...
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    Banging in pipes with hot water

    Hi Whenever I turn my hot tap on quickly (downstairs or upstairs), I get a massive banging noise from the pipes and they start to vibrate close to the combi boiler. I have been told it could be water hammer, I have no idea what this is but it it relatively easy/inexpensive to cure? Thanks
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    Vaillant combi-heater vcw...t3w - no water/rads

    Hi This is my first post and I really hope to fix this problem myself with the help of all you guys. So here goes: The problem first started about two weeks ago - I turned off the central heating/hot water completely for a period of about two days and it hasn't been able to get started...
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