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    Kitchen installation - Kitchen Depot

    Hi, Has anyone ever heard of the Kitchen Depot? (http://www.thekitchendepot.co.uk/). We have what seems to be a reasonable quote from them for our kitchen, but I have no idea about the quality of the kitchens they supply or the workmanship (they have their own dedicated fitters). Does...
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    Supporting wall?

    We are considering work which would require a wall to be removed between the kitchen and dining room. However, due to some comments from a neighbour we have some suspicions about the wall being supporting. The joists above do cross the wall at the perpendicular, however, the wall does look...
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    Cold single window dorma

    I have a single window gabled dormer which has just had its window replaced with a new double glazing unit. Despite replacing the DGing the area still feels cold. After taking to neighbours it would appear that the insulation around the dormer is not great. I can get in to insulate some of...
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    Window installers make a mistake

    We've just had some PVC windows installed in a house we've moved into. We got a number of quotes via of the double gazing advice companies and so got a good price. Via them we specified precisely what we required. For our windows at the back of the house we asked for white PVC on the inside...
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    Possible supporting wall questions

    Hi, We are looking to knock down a wall between our dinning room and kitchen. At first glance it appeared to be a stud wall only. However, having talked to neighbours and noticing that the joists run perpendicular to it, it seems that it might be supporting. The span from kitchen to the end...
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    Moving a drain cover

    Hi, We are wanting to create a play area for the kids on the garden. Our plan is to put rubber chips down (between 5 and 10 cm deep) to create a safe surface to play on. However, in the area that we are wanting to put this there is a small black (square) inspection chamber. It is...
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    Hand prints on metallic paint

    Due to our growing family, and all the paraphernalia that entails , we need to get a bigger car, as the boot space is no longer big enough. So I need to get our current car looking it's best. It's in good nick except for some hand prints that my son has managed to leave on the bonnet! We were...
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