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    Do you remove the black tape from the edge of double glazed sealed units

    Hi, I'm replacing my misted up double glazed windows with new units tomorrow, but I'm unsure as to whether the black tape on the edges of my new units will need to be removed or not. I've looked on Youtube and they all seem to leave them on, but won't this potentially lead to water getting...
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    £120 for uPVC fitting materials?

    Hi, It's just been bugging me since my builder said it would be roughly £120 for materials/fixings to fit a uPVC door. I'm having a window 1050mm wide replaced with a door of the same width and I have been quoted £300 for the job plus materials that he has estimated at £120. However, to me...
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    insulating dormer walls

    Hi, I have a dormer bungalow and after sleeping at freezer temperatures last Winter, it is a good time to insulate. The stud walls to the voids are constructed from lath and plaster and I would prefer not to take them down (too messy I'd imagine). The question is if I create an access to the...
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    distances between hob and sockets

    Hi, I'm currently doing up my kitchen but as i'm putting the cabinets in place, same as they were previously, I have noticed the sockets are close to where the hob will be. What is the distance I should have between the edge of the hob and the socket? Pics added to show the 600mm oven...
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    no central heating or hot water

    hey, i have recently replaced a blocked pipe in my system (out pipe from towel radiator). i have since filled up the system to 1 bar and i am getting no heating or hot water. what happens is when i turn on the hot water tap with ch on, the pressure goes up, and ignition light cuts off then...
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    Sink bottle trap outlet is lower than outlet pipe, help

    Hi, Help, I have just been sorting out the kitchen, got the cabinet built with cut outs for pipe and screwed it into the wall, put on the worktop with holes cut out. After messing about with the piping for the taps, I put in the sink and have found that the base of the sink it very close to...
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