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    Question about soil stack vents etc

    I have recently moved into a five year old, three story town house. When I was up in the loft I noticed that the soil pipe vent pipe for two of the bathrooms had become detached. I also noticed that the vent pipe for the two shower rooms that was located close to the eaves was disconnected. I...
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    Kitchen extractor has stopped working

    After painting my kitchen, where i eased the extractor forward to cut in with paint, the extractor fan has stopped working. I have power as the lights work. I think that the supply cable had dropped into the fan so think it may have been switched on but the fan was prevented from rotating. Its...
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    Problems with mixed to order emulsion

    I painted my kitchen and dining room last week and I've had a big problem with color variation. I've used Dulux mixed paint in the past and never had any issues. For the project I used Graham & Brown scrubbable emulsion in a fairly dark to mid brown color. I bought 2 x 2.5 litres. After the...
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    Cutting solid oak worktops along grain - is this feasible?

    Hi there, I want to create some nice solid wood shelves for my kitchen/dining room. I was planning to use scaffold boards with shelf brackets designed for boards that I've found on eBay. But I'm thinking it may not give me the look I'm trying to achieve. So came across a pic on on of the eBay...
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    Painting disaster

    I had a "painter" in to freshen up a few rooms in a house I'm moving into. I was pretty specific about proper preparation of the gloss woodwork but he has ignored this and looks as if he has painted the satin finish paint straight on with no prep. He hasn't made a great job of the walls either...
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    Intermittent power to shower

    We have a mains shower that seems to have developed an intermittent fault. I've had ongoing problems with the ceiling pull switch burning out and this seems to be a common problem according to the reviews of the switches on the screw fix site. It stopped working a week or so ago so had assumed...
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    Recommendations for electric showers other than Triton!

    Hi, looking for advice on replacing an Electric showers. Our Triton Millennium shower blew up at the weekend. The fault must have been quite severe as it cracked the top of the cover. This is the second Millennium shower we have had in just under ten years and the third triton shower. The...
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