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    Mitsubishi Ecodan Air Source And Plumber

    I have an ecodan heating system, air source. I have a 4 bedroom house, we have radiators and not under floor heating. The House is 6 months old. Our bills are 300 per month ( IMO this is far to expensive) Upstairs is fine, gets really warm. Downstairs we get cold, not freezing. we need a...
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    lighting for dark dining room

    I live in a terraced house and the back pary of the room doesnt get a great deal of light. I would like to buy a light that gives daylight to brighten the room up room is 12 x 12 ft
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    Feather edge fence 1st time

    Just thought I would share my project 1st time making fence
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    garden fence posts dilemma/fence

    I have been looking around at different options for fence posts. 1. 3 x 3 post with metpost 2. 4 x 4 post with metpost 3. 3 x 3 in concrete 4. 4 x 4 in concrete 4. recessed concrete post toughcast 5. H shape concrete post. I want my fence at 4ft in height and was looking...
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    Bathroom suite and tiling

    We are in desperate need to get a new bathroom suite, shower too! we have a large bathroom, extension size 12ft x 9ft My first question places to stay away from for bathroom suites (was thinking of a metal bath to incude shower enclosure) if i tile it would cost me a fortune, unless I...
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    dry/wet rot?

    we had an issue of dry rot about 10 years ago, we had the stairs replaced all floors downstairs dug up and relaid and treated, the walls hacked 3ft up, it cost alot to rectify. My missus is an hoarder and she has had stuff by the back door against the floor/wall. I spotted a section of...
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    Bosch classixx 1200 drum not spinning

    My wife has jst advised me that the drum fills up with water and then just clicks instead of the drum going around. based in swansea this is the parts catalogue from bosch https://www.bosch-eshop.com/eshop/bosch/gb/prodp.htm?prod=WFL2462GB/12
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    karcher inlet elbow

    best place to get these? i have the karcher b202 its a clear plastic part with a filter inside and a hosepipe connection on the end
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    kitchen units

    hi all, any advice on good quality kitchen units, i have a small kitchen, roughly 12 x 7
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    electric shower. Head constantly drips. Gainsborough 400

    I am trying to find out why the head is dripping, even when the shower is not used it drips. I have unscrewed the hose from the shower itself and there is a constant drip from where the hose connects to shower unit. Shower unit Gainsbourough style 400 ideas welcome, hopefully a cheap fix
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    wooden floors blocks, laminate?, bamboo

    I am considering putting wooden flooring in the hall, it measure 0.88 x 4.2, so 4m2. 4m2 is not alot even for the more expensive stuff. I will be laying onto concrete, or does wood floor need an underlay. Also what type of floor?
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    Which carpet, Regal Satisfaction or Kingsmead Triple Twist?

    Choosing carpet is not easy lol. We have got down to 2 carpets in our search, we have Regal Satisfaction, saxony 100% polypropelene or Kingsmead Triple Twist Berber Pile Content: 80% Wool, 10% polypropylene, 10% polyester (Kingloc) Style: Twist Backing: Secondary...
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    Underlay, cloud 9 etc...

    We are in for a carpet, I have looked around and cloud 9 gets the thumbs up no negative comments. the underlay will be on concrete, my rooms are 4.2m x 7.2m exactly which thickness should i go for, would 2 rolls be enough? ps the 4.2 width is in one room as the carpet goes under the...
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    choosing a carpet help please

    Hi, I will be looking for a carpet shortly. There a six of us most of the time, heavy traffic. Im trying to find a heavy duty carpet, not sure what type oz or were to buy from. we are far from the tidyest, bikes through the house (terraced house) etc..
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    water pooling in section

    I have a fibre glass roof, i have just painted it silver with geotec roof paint. when i was up there i noticed a dip were water was collecting and not running off, can i buy something like a leveller that i can pour on the roof? would like to do this before i give it a second coat. Thanks
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    British Gas Homecare 400

    We keep getting phone calls of BG telling us to go over to homecare 400, £27pm. We are with them already and pay £19 pm for 3 star service. I feel as if we are being pressured, I am not sure the differences between the two services apart from homecare 400 covers electrics, drainage etc.. So...
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    Painting over dark colours?

    Painted my front room recentley, 1 choc chip wall, 3 cream walls. Previously we painted our dining room, 4 x walls choc chip. We want to paint over three of the brown walls with cream, is it best to paint it white, then cream, or will 1 coat of cream cover the brown?
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    Carpet and underlay (carpet fitters look in)

    Couple of Qs 1.Is important to have good underlay? (to be layed on concrete) was looking at this (elite) http://www.tradepriced.co.uk/tredaire_carpet_underlay.html or is there better types? 2. Carpet will be for the living room and dining room, heavy use, we dont weant to spend alot TBH...
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    New light fitting (wires go where?)

    I have wires from the electric mains. red, black, green yellow. Light fitting is blue = neutral brown = live green yellow = earth I know green yellow go together but were do i put the red and black from the mains. Thanks for any help.
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    Fresh Plaster looks light pink, paint advice

    We had the walls skimmed last thursday and friday in one room, I have had the windows open, rads in the evening for the last day or so. The plasterer had to bring the walls straight, so some parts are quite thick, I cant see any dark pink areas, everything is light, there seems to be some...
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