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    Wickes jigsaw and blades

    Hi, I have an oldish Wickes own brand jigsaw and have just blunted the last of the blades I bought years back. I bought a new lot of blades today and while it says they fit the Wickes jigsaws and numerous other brands, they don't fit my saw. Am I being an idiot or did Wickes change the...
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    Reliable walnut worktop seller

    Hi, My wife and I have fallen in love with the look of American Black Walnut and we really want to use it in our new kitchen. However, finding a reliable seller is proving to be difficult as pretty much every company says that only they are selling legit walnut and everyone else isn't. I...
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    Straightening kitchen cupboard

    Thanks for the replies. Some useful tips there!
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    Straightening kitchen cupboard

    Hi, We are going to be installing new kitchen cupboards and the cabinets have arrived all made up. The sink unit, while sturdy, is slightly unlevel. The top is level but the sides are very slightly off making the door appear a little uneven. If you push the cupboard to the side a little...
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    Installing under floor heating

    Thanks. I'll look into these.
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    Installing under floor heating

    Sounds good. I was thinking about an Ambient system but I'm open to recommendations. Steve
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    Installing under floor heating

    Hi, I'm in the process of redoing my kitchen. I'm planning on getting an electrician in shortly to sort out new sockets/isolators for all the appliances. I'm also planning on installing under tile warming which I will get the electrician to connect. Question is, can I get on and lay the...
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    Re-siting incoming supply

    :D Heh, yeah. The angle of the cable makes it little less straightforward (comes out further than the pillar to the left) but yeah its not a massive job to box and I'm more than comfortable with this kind of work. But you can see why I'd like that window!!! The amount of light it would let...
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    Re-siting incoming supply

    Right, I've attempted to upload a few pictures. Excuse the crappy quality as I had to use the camera on my phone. Hopefully they'll give you SOME idea of what I mean. This is the case. The house was built circa 1880 and I believe was converted in 1986. We have been slowly renovating the...
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    Re-siting incoming supply

    Wow, what a friendly response! The cupboard was once part of the the property that I now own, I'm sure you know what I meant. I'm not saying I have any legal claim to it although if my upstairs neighbour was in agreement then of course I would claim the space. I don't know what you mean...
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    Re-siting incoming supply

    Hi, We have the incoming electricity supply to our flat (and the flat upstairs) currently running directly through OUR hallway and into a cupboard accessible from the shared hallway which contains the two meters and upstairs's CU. We have two issues. One, we would dearly love to get rid...
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    Attractive boilers

    heh, damn my aesthetic sensibilities. Always costing me money and grief! :) The Avanta looks like it would do the job. I looked into getting a boiler installed in a cupboard one before, it was a glowworm or something but people didn't think it was that good a boiler. If the Avanta is...
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    Attractive boilers

    Having resigned myself (and the better half) that we have to have our new combi boiler installed in the new kitchen we are planning (was hoping to re-site but looks like that is impossible), I was hoping to find a boiler that won't look TOO bad as part of a modern, high-gloss kitchen. Having...
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    Condensate drainage

    I don't have a loft! If I did all this would be a lot easier. I live in a ground floor flat with very few places where we could put the boiler. Kitchen or Cupboard under (upstair's) stairs. Kitchen is tiny, therefore would prefer boiler to be moved.
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    Condensate drainage

    Done a bit more looking round. It seems that if its a real pain in the arse to connect the drainage a non-condensing boiler might be install as an exception. Question is, as I want the boiler re-located would this be enough to justify not fitting an non-condensing boiler. Also, found this...
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    Condensate drainage

    Yeah I hope that the guy coming to do the survey is open to some creative thinking. As you say I'm sure that there always options to keep within regulations AND solve pretty much any problem. I guess you just end up paying more for it.
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    Condensate drainage

    Hi, I'm having a survey done on Thursday to check the likelyhood of being able to have a condensing combi boiler installed in a cupboard under the stairs. The only issue I can see is that of the condensate drainage. There is no practical way of connecting to an internal waste pipe and the...
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    Resiting boiler.

    Sorry, the cupboard is pretty big, say 1.5x2m with a sloping ceiling. I'd say its definitely big enough to house even the largest combi boiler. The cupboard is against an external wall that has a side passage of next door on the other side. No windows on that entire side of the house so I'd...
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    Resiting boiler.

    Excuse the vague/non-specific post. I wife and I are planning to have our kitchen renovated and the old boiler/tank within replaced with a modern combi good enough to heat a 2 bedroom flat. We really don't want to have the boiler on show but have heard bad things about siting boilers like...
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    Wickes Torus Skirting

    Ok, I'll try out the groove thing. Haven't really got much to loose at this point. With the groove on the back, is it best to have it as wide as possible to try and counteract the cupping, or does it not really make much difference?
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