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    Bubbling shower when toilet flushes

    Hi As the heading says, when I flush the WC in the ensuite, water bubbles up through the plug in the ensuite shower. The loo is also quite slow to drain away. House is 10 years old on ground and 1st floor. Any ideas how to sort this out? Many thanks M
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    Garden upgrade!

    Trying to make the garden in our new house look respectable. It's not very big and is North facing. The previous owners had a large 10ft x 8ft shed on paving slabs in one corner, a small herb garden and a couple of 2ft high x 4ft long x 2ft wide brick plant 'boxes' filled with soil with...
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    Overflow from Loft drip drip drip driping!!

    We are currently having a new bathroom suite fitted include Aqualisa shower, new WC, bath, sink etc. The shower and sink were fitted on Saturday and the bath had already gone in the previous weekend. After the fitters left on Saturday we noticed that one of the overflow pipes from the loft...
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    Which fence paint?

    Was about to buy Ron Seal Brushable Onecoat from Screwfix: http://www.screwfix.com/p/ronseal-brushable-one-coat-fencelife-red-cedar-9ltr/62728 but it's got a couple of bad reviews. Can anyone recommend another product? Thanks
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    Floor and wall not lining up..advice needed

    Hi Just in the process of having a new bathroom fitted and yesterday the tiler was in doing his stuff. We are having the same tiles on 3 walls and the floor and they are 600 x 300 laid landscape on top of each other - not like bricks so we have straight lines. There is only one place where...
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    Shower pump - flow control

    If I have a pump fitted, will I still be able to control the flow of water through the shower head on the existing dial in the shower cubicle?
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    Hot water pressure inconsistent

    Just moved into a new house - 9 years old - with gas central heating. There is a boiler downstairs and a hot water tank upstairs in the airing cupboard. The hot water comes through at different pressures in different rooms, ie 1st floor - En suite shower (non electric) - low pressure Gr...
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    Modern semi - what are walls made of?

    I have just moved from an old Army house (60 years old) to a fairly mordern semi-detached house which is nine years old. In our old house ALL of the walls, internal and external, were solid brick so hanging stuff off them was no problem. The new house is timber frame with plaster board walls...
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    Just moved - help needed re hanging heavy mirrors etc

    I have just moved from an old Army house (60 years old) to a fairly mordern semi-detached house which is nine years old. In our old house ALL of the walls, internal and external, were solid brick so hanging stuff off them was no problem. The new house is timber frame with plaster board walls...
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    Freestanding conservatory

    Hi I'm looking to move house at the moment and one of the houses that we've seen has a conservatory at the back, which the owners say they put up themselves (he is a builder) but it doesn't have any footings. I think she told me it sits in a metal cage? It has a drawf wall round 3 sides...
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