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    Filling is little tears in wallpaper before painting

    I did mean that the paper had come away completely leaving little gaps. Thanks for the advice everybody, I will try that red devil stuff.
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    Filling is little tears in wallpaper before painting

    Hi, I want to paint my living room and there is currently some sort of paintable wallpaper. There is also the odd patch where a scrap has come off. Is there any way round, re wallpapering the whole room - i.e. filling in the scraps?? I'll be painting over it all with a couple of coats of paint...
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    Cold water supply for washing machine too close to the groun

    The manufacturers instructions seem to indicate that it was designed, marketed and sold as a cold fill. The y piece is supposed to go on the cold water supply tap so that cold water goes into both inlets. So the instructions say anyway
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    Cold water supply for washing machine too close to the groun

    That, my friend, sounds like a solution. I've just put the cold and hot back on as I need to do a wash and it does function that way but I know it should be cold fill really so will get one of those bad boys and have another crack at it. Thanks!
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    Cold water supply for washing machine too close to the groun

    Theres two 'in' bits (?) going into the washing machine. It did have one hot and cold in there but have been advised both should be cold. And checking the brochure its right and machine did originally come with a y piece adapter for that purpose. It was wrongly installed with a hot and cold and...
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    Cold water supply for washing machine too close to the groun

    ok just googled isolation valve and it came up with this http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p19092?gclid=COzJ_uma-rUCFUfMtAodMRIALg which looks like it could solve the prob
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    Cold water supply for washing machine too close to the groun

    ok at the risk of sounding stupid (I am new to this) do you mean extend the water supply pipe? Because it points downwards and seems like if I add any length to it, it will get closer to the ground....
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    Cold water supply for washing machine too close to the groun

    Hi, I have been advised my washing machine should be a cold water fill but when I fit a y piece to my cold water tap, it is really close to the ground and I struggle to get the pipes onto it without them kinking. Does anyone know a way round this? Or if I get a y piece that is smaller than...
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