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    how to hide this

    thanks - that helps! if anyone has other ideas, please post them
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    Reasonable price or not

    Yeah - maybe I'll just agree to that price then. Thanks guys!
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    Reasonable price or not

    I need this broken glass screen replaced, including the wooden frame where required (let's say 50% of perimeter) Also the shed door - wooden door needs to be supplied and fitted. Door jamb seems OK so it's just a basic heavy ish door to be put up. So on a supply and fit basis for both screen...
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    how to hide this

    I have this space/hole above recently(ish) installed boiler which I am not very sure how to decorate away. I'm thinking some kind of curved plastic sheet in a kind of L-shape, from top of boiler to ceiling. But don't think I've come across such a thing at B&Q etc. I am quite a basic DIYer so...
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    Damp smell after leak

    Well the damp would go into the dehumidifier container which I've emptied twice so far, wouldn't it ? And if I open the door, won't I be dehumidifying the world instead of the closed cupboard space? I would have thought it's more efficient to keep it shut if the thing is switched on. Will post...
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    Damp smell after leak

    Hope this is the right section of this vast forum. So in my storage cupboard, there has been a leak from a pipe that runs through it. A plumber has replaced the pipe so I am pretty sure the leak is gone. However, this wasn't done immediately so the leak has gone into the wall (the wall is...
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    spotlights die too often

    well no - once a lamp is dead it's dead from my observation. It does not come back on the next time I switch it on. Any other thoughts maybe?
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    paint bubbling up on radiator - advice?

    many thanks everyone for your answers - it seems I still have some options :D
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    spotlights die too often

    I have a bunch of spotlights in the kitchen that I access from the loft. The problem is they die unreasonably frequently, and much more often than other (different type) spotlights elsewhere in house. I think they are these ones but certainly very similar, with 14W 12V markings. I have taken...
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    paint bubbling up on radiator - advice?

    Thanks for the answers so far. There you go. Does it make clearer as to what is going on?
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    paint bubbling up on radiator - advice?

    So I have this on one of the rads Is this picture suggestive of an imminent leak from the radiator? It has been like this for a couple of years now with no visible change, unless vvvery slow.. A plumber did point it out a couple of years back and said he'd consider replacing, but I never got...
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    fill wire chase

    Hi I would appreciate if you could opine on how will be best to fill the chase left after chasing in a wire. It runs all the way from ceiling to the socket at the bottom. See photos below. It seems on average about 5mm was left between the top (middle) of the metal capping and surface of the...
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