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    Bosch washer/dryer problem

    Hi, I have Bosch washer dryer and there appears to be an issue with the water draining. It goes through a cycle and the door opens but the clothes are still wet when on dry. There is no water in the drum itself but when I unscrew the catcher part tons of water comes out. I checked the sump...
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    Every imperfection - type of paint?

    I had my walls plastered in two rooms, applied mist coat. One room using Little Greene French pale looks amazing but the other room looks awful. I used Dulux Hertiage York White. After the mist coat I did paint it in Little Greene paint yellow and it was not a nice colour, so wanted...
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    Floating oak mantle

    Hi, I have an oak beam for a mantle that is 3ft in length and then 5x5 inches. I wondered if was best to use straight brackets or T-Shape Brackets to fix it above the fireplace? My previous one was straight brackets. Any advice would be great, including size. I'm not doing anything that...
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    Floating oak beam - bent supporting screws

    Hi, We had our walls plastered and they removed our floating oak beam over the fireplace. The fixings have been left in the back of the beam and are bent. They are quite a thick diameter screw and I wondered how I could remove them from the wood to start again. Any suggestions? Thanks
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    Gap behind skirting etc

    Hi, We have been having our house renovated and the walls plastered , old skirting removed. New skirting is being fitted next week but in one area there is a 1cm or so deep gap and the skirting isn't high enough to cover it. Can anyone suggest a solution? I'm not quite sure how to deal with...
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    Mira advanced ATL replacement electric shower

    Hi, We have a Mira advanced shower which we no longer want as it has stopped working, plus it isn't very powerful, but with the water pipe coming up from the bottom on the right, I am unclear what replacement options we have. Also as you can see we dont have a huge amount of room on the...
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    Lining paper on ceiling. Best approach

    Hi, We have a small narrow hallway with recessed lights. I am a complete novice regarding wallpapering and wondered what the best approach was to deal with the recessed lighting as we want to use lining paper over the ceiling. Would you go straight down the length in one long strip or across...
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    Sanding old table

    Hi, I have an oak table from Next, a few years old now and the top has been ruined. It's the same one as in this photo, although they have looked after theirs much better than I have. I want to sand the top down but unsure how to finish it to match the legs. I appreciate it's just a photo, I...
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    Flooring on screed and wood

    We have just had am extension built which is a knock through into the original house. The new part is screed and the old floorboards. The builders suggest Amtico click with a fibreboard underlay, adding skirting over the top. Floor company insists it needs plywood all over and stick down...
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    Decking quote

    Hi, We just had an extension built and want decking coming off it. Currently outside the new patio doors is some rather uneven paving slabs from the old patio. The size is 10m length by 2.8 width, with a height of 30cm. There will also be a step down from the patio. I have been quoted...
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    Decking - everyone says I don't need planning permission

    Hi, We have built an extension and ideally I would like decking going straight out at floor level. There is drop from the sliding doors of 60cm to the ground. Looking into it, I thought under permitted development I would need a step down onto a max of 30cm height decking. I have had three...
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    Flooring threshold height issue?

    Hi, I had my patio doors fitted into a new extension, they were meant to leave 25mm from the concrete floor, but instead it's 13mm. This has potebtially restricted the flooring I can use as it would be higher than the threshold of new patio doors. Is there a solution to this? Something like a...
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    Double sealed manhole - Water company permission

    Hi, Does anyone have any experience with Thames Water? Do they ever allow in any circumstances a double sealed manhole with internal access or is it just a big fat no? Two rodding access points outside Thanks
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    Bifold doors - cost

    Hi, We are having our extension built and I am looking at bifold doors, we have been quoted 5k (3meter width, 2.1 height). Is this amount right? I am still toying with slimline sliding doors. Thank you
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    Builders about to start.Slight tweak to plans

    Hi, I live in a detached chalet bungalow and about to start work on a single story back extension. In the plans signed off by the council th architect has stated its width is approx 2meters, in actual fact it's 2.4 meters and I would like to go 3 now looking at it. There are no neighbours...
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    Skirting advice please......

    Hi, Renovating a 1930's room, we ripped off the skirting board that was damaged ready for plastering, leaving a 4 meter length of the original skirting (under a bay) and some on one wall up to the door, as it was not damaged. I was told I could easily get to profile match. Anyway had the room...
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    Extension quote. Sound fair?

    Hi, We live just outside of London and been quoted 34k for a 20m2 extension. It does not include the windows. Basically it's at the back of the house, knocking down the external back wall to make a large open space for a kitchen/diner. Also should there be any specific questions I ask in...
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    Could this be a gas pipe?

    Hi, I removed my hearth and I can see a capped off pipe popping up under the floorboards. Could this be a gas pipe? I was considering a gas fire in the fireplace but had quotes which were expensive as they were assuming there was no gas supply to that area, so would need to run around 5m of...
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    How to find the correct Chamfered skirting

    I am trying to replace skirting from a 1930's house, I was told by a builder i could still get the correct size but I am having issues. There is lots of Chamfered skirting online but where it slants off is different and I can't seem to find any that matches. The height is 12cm, depth is 2cm...
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    Just broke old copper pipe to radiator

    Hi, I was just vacuum cleaning and bumped into a very old copper pipe going to the radiator. Water gushed out, switched off the valves on the radiator. The water is now just dribbling out, looks like it's stopping. The boiler has an error (I gather the pressure has dropped). I don't know...
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