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Many thanks to all those who have given advice during the refurb of the daughter's flat. It is all finished and ready for her to move in. Your wisdom and help has been much appreciated.

Just to say thanks to all the folk who have supplied great advice during the refurb of daughter's flat. Your help has been greatly appreciated.

At last the daughter's flat is complete and ready for her moving in. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has given us help and advice during the refurb. You are all wonderful! Thanks again.

In the never- ending saga of the daughter's flat! Walls were sanded down and repaired following wallpaper stripping. All ready for painting. 2 mist coats were applied before 2 coats of Dulux Matt emulsion. Walls inspected between coats ( primarily between final coats as weekend working is...

Daughter's flat is on one level with hot water cylinder in hall cupboard with water tank on frame above. Pre new kitchen installation there was reasonable hot water flow ( not expecting miracles because all on one level) but since then we have gone from reasonable flow to literal dribble and now...

Daughter has bought flat. In kitchen she has had installed washing machine which is cold feed only. Beneath the sink the little feed with the blue 'tap' on it is open to allow the water into the machine. The one with the red 'tap' on is closed as it's not needed....however the threaded base is...

Having been given great advice re. repairing holes in plasterboard, I now seek advice on wall anchor/rawl plugs. Flat has had one of the very old bulky electric storage radiators removed from the wall. It has been replaced with a smaller ( but equally ugly) storage radiator ....at least I...

Help please! I need to repair 2 holes in plasterboard. The previous owner of this flat decided to lead the 'phone or modem cable from the lounge to the bedroom through the wall. No probs with that but I think I might have managed more subtly than hacking a squinty rectangle through the lounge...

Daughter has been looking at a flat which has the gas boiler sited in a cupboard in the bedroom. I have never heard of this before, but haven't lived in many flats with gas central heating, is this common/acceptable? The home report/surveyors report states 'no vents in cupboard door', should...

We've had our posh shed for a few years and the windows are allowing water to seep through. It looks like the glazing sealant has failed. Can I ease the wooden beading off with a chisel, remove the glass, and then strip and re-seal the glass to the inner and then outer frame again? Is a chisel...