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    bathroom fan - builder says I don't need one?

    Hi, We're having a new bathroom put in, new floor, windows, wall moving so it's all being ripped out and starting from scratch, I was about to try to get the best fan I could after reading on here about how important extraction is when we had a new bathroom in our old house. When I asked my...
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    worcester controller DT20 vs hive (or similar)

    Hi, I'm about to have a new boiler installed, we've been recommended a worcester bosch greenstar 30si compact and a DT20 controller. In my last house we went for the digital controller that came with the Vaillant boiler and found it too complicated to bother using, I'm worried we'll find...
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    Painting over newly plastered ceiling and walls

    Hi, We've just had the ceiling re plastered in the box room - new plasterboard etc. All the walls have been skimmed, also. I was told it would be ready to paint in 3 or so days but from what I have read this could be much longer. The skim was thin but I am guessing the ceiling was a...
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    blocked sink - a little advice

    Hi - I managed to accidently poor fat down the sink and it's blocked (a cup full of fat was left in the sink and without looking I turned on the tap to wait for the water to get hot to wash up - next time I turned round it was blocked and full of fatty water. I got the water out as far as I...
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    bathroom extractor fan advice

    Hi, We're just about to have a new bathroom installed, someone else is doing the install (I'm not good with DIY!) but we're providing the parts. I'm after a humitity controlled extractor fan. I used this fan size calculator...
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    Am I better off buying the boiler myself?

    Hia, I've been quoted £2250 to have a new baxi platinum-28 combi boiler installed, it looks like (from some internet searches) I can buy the boiler on it's own for just under £1000 so he's charging me around £1250 for a days labour (or maybe even half a day!). I know he's corgi registered...
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    Bosch maxx 5 WAA24162GB - not taking softner

    Hi, I have this machine http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/444359/BOSCH-WAA24162GB and it has stopped taking softner from the drawer - I'm guessing it might just be blocked up but I've lost the manual & can't even get the drawer section out to clean in - it seems to be blocked by a...
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    £90 to fit my new gas cooker - can I do it myself?

    Hia, Just after some advice, I'm about to buy the Indiset K6G520XG, not the best cooker I'm sure but we are having an extension in about 3 years and will get a new fitted cooker along with that. Anyway my question is, comet want to charge £90 to connect it up can I do this myself or should...
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    peugeot 307 SW ESP warning light

    Hi, I have a 307 SW and the ESP warning light stayed on the other day so I turned the engine off and back on again and it went away but on the way to work this morning it flickered on and off for a few seconds just after the start of my journey. Apparently it's a Electronic Stability...
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    what washing machine to buy - make\model?

    Hia, As you may have seen from my other thread my washing machine has had it :( so I'm looking for a new one & have no idea what makes are good or bad or at least value for money - do any of you have any advice? I could do with it being around £200 or cheaper At least 1200 spin as we'll...
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    where to post this question?

    I think I'm going to need a new washing machine - I'm just waiting for confirmation that it's beyond ecconomical repair on my thread in the applicances question. Is it OK to start a post in there asking for recomendations of what brand is good\bad and what model people might reccomend for me...
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    hotpoint WD62 leaking-pretty sure it's not the filter now :(

    Hi, My 6 year old hotpoint WD62 has started leaking water & quite a lot of it! It's definitely not coming from the door but comes from under the machine. From what I've read around the internet it seems the filter may need cleaning out, I'm a bit new to all this - I've got the back off and...
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    Baxi bahama 100 combi boiler not firing up anymore

    Hi, Sorry to barge into your forum asking a question but I need some help please (I notice you have a computer section so when I have some free time again I'll hang around there to help out - I work in IT and have done for years.) Anyway to the point..... 1) Boiler make / model (gas or...
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