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    Over Sensitive Smoke Alarm - Any Tips ......

    Afternoon all. I have a mains smoke alarm in my hall which is quite a way from my Kitchen Diner. Whenever I do Cheese on Toast, the bread isn't at all burnt, just dark but it sets my alarm off. I have a little very nervous rescue dog who freaks out at the noise and it takes hours to calm her and...
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    WAILING BANSHEE NOISE FROM NEXT DOOR ... HELP

    :| I have a nightmare Mr Nasty builder doing up a small property next door. He is well known to relevant depts of local council and other builders who seem to follow him round putting right what he does wrong .... I'm pretty easy going but he has been at it for two years ! Burning rubbish...
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    Now, about my Borshch fridge freezer .....

    Well on the way, hopefully to sorting my dodgy oven, and as I am so impressed with this forum :D here's one re my fridge/freezer ..... It is quite old, but works perfectly. It is a Borshch ... honest, it is not my typpin ..... :? Only problem is the salad drawer has cracked from...
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    Baumatic Cooker tripping Mains fuse intermittently HELP Pls

    I have a problem with a Baumatic BT2385. Grill with fan trips main fuse, sometimes immediately, sometimes when it has been on for a short time. Engineer here yesterday replaced function selector switch. Went to pre-heat oven in evening, on fan oven, warmed up for 10 mins then it tripped...
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    Duhumidifier. Black mould appearing in water container

    :( Hi - it has only just started to happen. I have quite an old Micromark dehumidifer which is brilliant. Very effective and I would be lost without it. I empty the large opague plastic tank at least once every few days and the water and the container have always been white and clean looking...
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    Can I do anything regarding badly pointed brickwork ?

    I was dismayed when I returned home to find a lad, day 1 on the job and never done it before, had been let loose on repointing the 3 courses of brickwork at ground level around my bungalow. He seems to have lost interest after the first few feet then made a right mess getting more on the bricks...
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    Knotty Pine doors - Urgent Help please

    Good Morning. I have a large hallway in my bungalow with 7 doors off it. 5 of the doors have 4 panel knotty pine doors which are heavily patterned with knots and wavy "zebra" type lines. The other two don't match and have been given one of those awful paint effect jobs which look like they...
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    Hairline cracks to ceilings and walls

    Have struggled with these over the years in several properties and once again Wickes have saved the day ! They used to sell a flexible ceiling paint called Smooth Ceil which was wonderful. Recently had panic attacks as it seemed to have vanished. It always suffered from a bit of an identity...
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