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    Upvc door has dropped

    Hi all I need help. The door has dropped so I'm having to force it to close. I've taken some photos of the hinges, can someone help? Also do the hinges have coverings? I've tried to prize them off but no luck. Cheers
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    Internal bi-folding doors

    Hi all, I'm having a new kitchen installed and the original idea was to replace my existing door leading from the hall to the kitchen with a bi-folding door. My fitter has just told me that the openings are completely different and it would cause alot of damage to my new plastered walls to...
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    Internal Bi-folding doors

    I am having my kitchen done and I have planned to have a bi-folding door to enter from the hall. At the moment it is a normal door. My fitter has just come back to me and said that the existing door opening isn't suitable for the bi-folding door? It will take a lot of alterations to the...
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    Screeding Poles?

    Hi all, Does anyone know wher I can hire scred poles from please in the Leeds area? Cheers, Dan
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    Installing a new door on the external elevation

    I'm looking at having a door installed from my kitchen to the garden. I have the lintle and door but would like to know the rough costs involved? Cheers
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    Light transformers keep blowing!

    Hi all, I have 4 spotlights in my bathroom and 2 keep blowing. I've had an electrician round and he said that each individual light has a seperate transformer and it was the transformers which had gone. He replaced the transformers and both of the lights worked. A week later one of these...
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    Double platsreboard and ceiling fixture

    Hi all, I've recently had my bedroom ceilings overboarded and reskimmed. I need to put new light fittings up but what screws are best to go through 2 lots of plasterboard and into the rafter? Sory for the novice question. Many thanks, Dan
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    light fitting

    Hi all, I've recently had my bedroom ceilings overboarded and reskimmed. I need to put new light fittings up but what screws are best to go through 2 lots of plasterboard and into the rafter? Sory for the novice question. Many thanks, Dan
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    Light Wiring Problem

    Hi all, I've had my upstairs bedrooms reborded and skimmed. Now the ceiling lights in 2 of the rooms have the normal lve, netral and earth but the third room has the following: 3 black wires 3 red wires 1 gray (black inside) 1 green It seems to me that this room completes a parallel...
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    Sky TV Aerial - Mounting Plate

    Hi all, I've recently run a cable from my sky box to my bedroom so I can watch sky up there. I have a magic eye and a remote and all works fine. We need to redecorate the room so i've been thinking about installing a mounting plate on the wall where the cable comes in (just to tidy it up)...
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    Bay Window Roof

    My lounge bay window roof looks like some kind of lead. The black paint is pealing off and I want to repaint it. No leaks so I assume the lead is still ok. How do I get the flaking paint off and what product do I need to repaint it please? Many thanks, Daniel
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    Aerial fitting costs or DIY?

    I have a aerial fitted to my house but its not digital. I want to get a new aerial (digital) installed and it feed the 3 upstairs bedrooms. Reading threads it seems that the signal will drop as it's being split. I was going to fit the aerial myself and get a 3 way signal booster but not sure...
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    Laminate Wood Flooring - Cutting around the door frames

    I am about to lay my laminate wood flooring. Should I get a Jigsaw to cut around curves like my door frames and bottom step of the stairs? The door freams runs flush with the skirting so no need to cut it before you ask! cheers
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    Lining Paper

    To all, I have taken the lining paper off my internal front elevation around the front door. The lining paper had been stripped but I have left a small amount about 10mm from the corner of each side wall (the side walls have lining paper on). I need to reline the front elevation so do I...
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    Cockspur / Espag Handle

    I literally pulled the handle out of the frame of my UPVC bathroom window! The spindle attached to the handle has come away from the base which is attached by screws to the window frame. I think what ever was gripping the handle to the window has broken. Question do I just need a new handle...
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    Drills ?

    Looking to get a drill for doing work around the house. As a complete novice i'm not sure if I should get a seperate hammer drill and normal drill, combi-drill or do I need both? Sorry feel like a tool asking this question :oops:
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    Easi fill or Multi Purpose

    I have taken down 4 wall lights from my lounge / dinning room. I have disconnected the supply and filled to holes with polyfiller. To get a nice smooth finish I am thinking about using easifill. Might have a go at multi purpose plaster. The holes are not very big so any suggestions? Many...
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    Skim or easi-fill

    Got myself in a spot of bother. I had an outside light fitted and as a result the cable went in the internal hallway wall which is wallpapered. I decided to strip some of the wallpaper so whenI have the cable hole filled it would be nice and smooth. I have taken the paper off but left...
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    Wallpaper and residue?

    Used a steamer to remove the wallpaper in the hallway and I am left with a yellow residue on the wall? I would think its the wallpaper paste. The plaster is in perfect condition below it so question; how do I remove the yellow stuff without damagingthe plaster underneath. I am going to just...
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    Damaging plaster when using a steamer

    Hi all, I have had a outside light fitted and the cable has been chased up the internal wall. Now the wall had wallpaper on and it's like a second skin. As a result of the chase up the wall I will need to remove all the wallpaper from the hallway. I have a steamer to use - will it damage...
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