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    Severe Water Hammer

    I live just a few hundred yards from the local water works and our mains pressue is really high and all my plumbing, hot and cold water is on mains pressue. I get severe water hammer on everything from the washing machine, dishwasher, kitchen taps, electric shower, bath taps, basin taps and...
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    Getting Quotes

    Well job done now. I'm pretty handy myself and It's a better finish than I could do, not perfect, but good enough. When you look around it looks good, only when you look really closely can you see a couple of small snags. Plastering done to a good standard. All in all, for my...
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    Getting Quotes

    Well I'd thought I'd update on my experiences. The £350 quote man, never turned up and blanked all our calls. We spoke to him just days earlier, as he had called us to confirm the job. why? We then got 6 other quotes. 4 of them were professional and reassuring, their quotes ranged from...
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    Shed/Toolbox to store Wheelie Bins and Recycling Boxes

    Hi, I live in a top floor masionette and the local council has just announced with glee that we are to get yet another wheelie bin for standard rubbish. Now all this is well and good but I only have a short wall section next to my front door and I currently have one of those plastic...
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    Getting Quotes

    I've got another quote now from a guy who lives a few doors down from me, he's quoted £350 including materials. I found him from ratedpeople web-site. I don't know him or his story, but I wouldn't have thought he would want to rip us off living just down the road. My missus is now saying that...
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    Getting Quotes

    Thanks for the offer, I'm in Crayford, near Dartford. If you are passing by anytime in the next couple of weeks that would be great,. I'm going to get a couple of other quotes, but an unbiased quote would be excellent reference.
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    How to to put Matt over Silk

    your lucky if the Silk hasn't already started peeling off. My mum and dad painted over new plaster and it all started peeling off a few weeks later. It was a nightmare getting it all off and repainting with a matt.
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    Barter deal anyone?

    I don't know I did mine myself, and painted the tiles and there were in good condition just old faishoned. Fitting the suite was quite easy, the painting was harder. Good luck on getting a plumber to turn up! Good one are few and far between.
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    Getting Quotes

    He is also boxing in some exposed pipe work that runs from top to bottom with MDF and finishing. I thought it was on the higher side, but was prepared to pay a little extra for a quality job, but Joe-90 is adamant its well over the top, so I'm gonna get a few extra quotes and get a better...
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    Getting Quotes

    Ok, so I will get a few more quotes then. I'm just suspicious when something is so much cheaper, it usually means your not getting something significant. What should be the daily labour rate of a quality p&d, who has insurance and guarentees work?
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    Getting Quotes

    That is a very valid point. I think it all depends what you attitude to risk is. You could change a pol and may or may not get a good job, but if you want to be sure that you get a good job then you pay the money and take DSD's advice. My decision is that I intend to move later this...
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    Getting Quotes

    I'm with you about the Pols', I'm quite senior in IT and me and my collegues have invested alot of time in qualifications and are very professional. In 2001 there was a recession and IT jobs started to get scarce, at the same time there was mass immigration from Chec's, Pols, South Africans and...
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    How best to paint over tiles

    I cleaned the tiles and grout, removing any loose grout and repaired it. I then bought proper ronseal tile paint. Really impressed with the finish, was very time consuming and took 2 coats as old tiles were green with patterns and the paint was white. I rushed it a bit and got a few...
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    Getting Quotes

    My mate got a Pol round to do his kitchen, they ripped down a wall, and he agreed to remove and replaster everything for £200. When they did the job they tried to avoid removing the old stuff, which he wasn't happy with. It sounds like the Pol was right though and it didn't need to be all taking...
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    Getting Quotes

    Thanks for the feedback. The other two guys think £1150 is about right for a weeks work, are you saying that you feel he shouldn't be taking a week or that he should be charging £500 for a weeks work or both?
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    Getting Quotes

    You see now I'm confused. I just want to pay a fair price for a good job. The £1150 guy is his own company, with a couple of staff. He's VAT registered has insurance and does written quotes. The other dude quoting £500 was no where near as thorough on the quote and I felt unsure as to...
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    Getting Quotes

    I've just had a couple of guys come round to do a quote for redecorating my bedroom, which involves a bit of plastering and skimming, and fixing skirts, replacing door handles etc. The first guy explained how he was going to do it, and explained that he will finish it to an excellent...
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    Towel radiator questions.

    I bought a small Towel Radiator for about £90 from B&Q with plastic brackets. All went fine, except the fnishing trims just won't go over the nuts on the bottom bracket, apart from the it looks great. It specifically states in the instructions you MUST NOT connect it to the DHW it must be...
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    Jaguar Combi-Boiler problem (Gloworm/Plumbcentre)

    APS is about £25, really easy to replace. I'll probably sort that out anyway. Whats you opion on scale in the system, is descaling and flushing worth the effort. The pipes and rads have been in place for decades, the system was just flushed with cold water and the Jaguar plumbed in. Its...
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    Jaguar Combi-Boiler problem (Gloworm/Plumbcentre)

    Thanks Nickso, the water pressue is fine. At the moment F1 overheating isn't being triggered. The heating runs for about an hour, then the flame goes out and the fan stops. The display doesn't show any errors. The reset panel switch doesn't do anything, and overheat saftey switch isn't...
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