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    Prep'ing walls for plaster and/or paint - peeling old paint.

    Bit of a problem. I'm prepping the walls in my lounge for either paint (if they look good) or plaster (if they need it) and have come across a problem. When i take the old vinyl wallpaper off, the vinyl part comes of fine leaving the base layer which I'm going to steam off. But in some...
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    New boiler/megaflow budget

    We are just about to move into a new house which has a very old boiler strage cylinder. We want to replace this with a system boiler and megaflow type (unvented?) system. The house is (or rather will be soon - after some modifications) a 4 bed, 2 bath + shower in each bathroom property...
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    How much should I budget for re-wire?

    We're just about to move into a new 4/5 bed house and have found out that it is likey it will need a full rewire. There are currently 5 bedrooms, but this will drop to 4 as we are merging two of them. 2 bathrooms. 2 kitchens (Wifes mum moving in) lounge, dining room and utility room (oh -...
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    Recommendations/alternatives to Lutron type controllers?

    Care to suggest any? I've got Lutron dimmers in the current house and when i move will either use the same (or similar) electronic dimmers - or possibly a lighting controller. The only ones I actually know of are Lutron - its there another (possibly cheaper) option thats as good...
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    Best way for smooth paint finish??

    Firstly - hello all - my first post here, very amature so please bear with me :) I'm about to move into a new property which needs quite a bit of redecorating. All the ceiling are artexed (which we are having re-skimmed) the walls are all papered with painted on woodchip (which all be...
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