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    Can you put a new bath against old tiles

    Hi Our shower tray has cracked and wife wants to put in a bath in its place, only problem is it's all tiles round the shower from floor to ceiling and the whole length of the wall the bath world go, we don't have the money to rip the tiles out and redo, is it possible to install the bath...
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    Cost for fitting mdf skirting

    Hi Im needing 15m of mdf skirting (145mm x 18mm) fitted and architrave fitted to 1 door (just fitting , no removal supply ect), going to be phoning around to get some quotes, i live in central Scotland and wondered what i should be expecting to be quoted?, iv looked online and from what iv...
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    Cant find the correct screw to hold up my pendants

    Hi Guys Having a bit of a problem tracking down some replacement screws for some ceiling pendants, the house is a 1930's build with medal conduit pipes , the screw in the picture is the only one I have , a previous owner decided to hold the pendants up with wood screws lol, she has went and...
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    blanking plater for where old door latch was.

    Hi Iv just finished putting new doors and latches on my internal doors, im now left with the holes where the old roller catches were, is there such a thing as a blanking plate i could get to cover them up?? looked online but cant seem to find anything.
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    Can You Skim Over Painted Walls?

    Hi guys Came home from working away the other week there to find the other half had removed all the wall paper from the hall, this caused a bit of a barny as we have no money to do anything with the hall at the momet, typical woman lol. i was thinking about painting the walls (have plenty...
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    pictures of decking treated with Liberon decking oil

    as the title says guys, wondering if any of you guys that have used liberon clear decking oil have any pictures you could post, thermo maybe you can help :D my deckings been down a wee while now and want to get it oiled before it starts going grey, went to look at a mates deck that was done...
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    weed membrane over joists instead of on ground

    Hi guys Me and my dads been building the framing for my decking, we kind of got carried away with our self and forgot about the weed membrane, now it would be a tad hard to put in on the ground so thinking about putting it on top of the joists, had anyone done this, cant think it would be a...
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    Is this Tiling quote fair?

    Got the first quote to tile our kitchen today, Walls - 3m2 £195 - 2 days. Floor - 9m2 £235 - 2 days. Price includes adhesive, grout and sealing of the floor tiles. The tiles are costing £220 so that's £650 all in, a tad more than we thought for such a small kitchen. I live in...
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    Kitchen doors open to far, what are these called??????

    Hi guys Im currently fitting a new kitchen and all is fine expect the doors on the wall cabinets ether side of the extractor open out to far and hit of the extractor, as they are gloss red this is not a good idea lol (well not a good idea any time really lol), do you know where i can get some...
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    height of sockets above kitchen worktop

    Hi guys I'm just about to install my kitchen and wondered if there was a standard height that the sockets should be above the worktops?? Cheers Kev
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    Installing Kitchen

    Hi Guys, im just about to start installing our kitchen, in my haste to demolish the units that were in i forgot to measure the heights they were at. i found this plan on the net giving the measurements, just wanted to make sure they were ok, its mostly the height from the worktop to the...
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    what to use to cap the end of a washing machine valve

    Hi guys Tomorrow i will be ripping my kitchen out , i need to cap of the water supply to the sink as there is no isolator valves for the hot and cold, what can i use to cap off the water at the valves for the washing machine?? the pipe is 15mm so i think its 1/2" nuts on there , will these do...
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    Plasterer needed

    Hi guys, Looking for a plasterer to give our kitchen a once over , im in the Falkirk area in Scotland, if anyone can recommend someone that would be great :D . already tried 2 guys that were recommended by friends and family but they haven't even bothered to turn up to have a look...
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    Moving the Garage

    Hi guys The previous owners built a wooden garage but as you can see by the pictures its to far over to the right , there is no way you can get a car in it due to the steps. i have been told i wont be able to move it to the boundary because it is made out of wood, basically been told that...
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    Does this quote seem expensive??

    Hi guys Just got a quote in from a company to supply and fit a new Worcester greenstar 28i junior boiler. Its not a straight swap , the old boiler is in the cupboard in the kitchen and we want the new boiler to be outside the cupboard, its only moving left by 3ft. we originally wanted...
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    ravenheat rsf 820/20 sounds like its going to explode

    Hi This morning i noticed there was no hot water so had a look at the boiler, i found that the pilot light was out , i got the pilot light back on , when i turned the hot water tap on in the kitchen (closest to the boiler) the boiler started to sound as if it was going to blow the side of...
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    screwfix bathroom suite (£165)

    Hi Just wondered if any of you guys have fitted one of the cheap bathroom suites from screwfix? this one is going for £185 but there taking £20 if you spend over £150. http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=71692 we only have a shower at the moment and she who must be obeyed...
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