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Dust allergy during building work?
Dust allergy during building work? Dust allergy during building work? Hi all! I'm soon going to have my kitchen extended by knocking out the external wall. The work will also involve sanding down an artex ceiling (we've checked and there's no asbestos, luckily). However, I have a dust allergy...
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internal or external boiler?
internal or external boiler? internal or external boiler? Have previously had an exterior boiler - inherited when buying another place - which after about 24 months I substituted for an interior one. No hard reason for that, just that it had reached end of life and I preferred to put the new...
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Wet soggy garden. What to do?
Wet soggy garden. What to do? Wet soggy garden. What to do? Hi all Hoping for some advice for what is just a damp, horrible garden! Once upon a time we had our lawn turfed and looked excellent, unfortunately only for it to fall into this condition soon after. A few years of neglect and some...
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Can I replace d/g panels?
Can I replace d/g panels? Can I replace d/g panels? My house has 30-year-old mahogany-framed double glazing. I've had quite a bit of it replaced with modern UPVC stuff, but the bathroom is a problem. Whereas a lot of the other frames were starting to rot in places, so had to go, the bathroom...
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Chainsaw or tradesman?
Chainsaw or tradesman? Chainsaw or tradesman? When I moved into this house about 7 years ago, there was a row of very mature Leylandii above a retaining wall at the back of the garden. The branches stretched out well over the garden, blocking all the light – also over the neighbour’s garden...
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Earth to stop cock bonding
Earth to stop cock bonding Earth to stop cock bonding At the side of my house I have a lean too and many years ago my Dad installed all the electrics. He added an additional bit of work that was going to be a single socket for a heater but we decided on not having a heater in the room so he...
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Exhaust fumes in air vents
Exhaust fumes in air vents Exhaust fumes in air vents Hi I just had my 2011 VW Polo in the garage for a service and MOT . Since I got it back I can smell fumes coming out of the air vents but only when I reverse. Any idea what it could be ? I looked under the car to see if the exhaust was...
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Non standard toilet spigot help
Non standard toilet spigot help Non standard toilet spigot help We just bought an older property and the installed toilet has a 180mm spigot height with a lash up waste pipe going to a 200mm high egress to the soil stack. Anyone know of a 200mm high pan? Spent hours on Google to no avail...
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My front door has no threshold support (Ed.)
My front door has no threshold support (Ed.) My front door has no threshold support (Ed.) We recently moved into this house and still discovering corner cutting in building quality. House is built in 1999/2000. So, i decided to replace my 25 year old front door (upvc) to composite. Surveyor...
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Freezer drain pipe clogging again
Freezer drain pipe clogging again Freezer drain pipe clogging again The floor of the freezer in my 8 year old Hoover fridge freezer gets a build-up of ice, which causes the bottom drawer to stick (now broken). I defrosted it and unblocked the frozen drain pipe. Right away, the appliance...
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Crazy electric bill - commercial premises
Crazy electric bill - commercial premises Crazy electric bill - commercial premises I’m with a large energy supplier (begins with O) and have what is known as a CT Supply meter. We are a small dental practice and our energy consumption is relatively low. We’ve been experiencing erratic bills...
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Crazy electric bill - commercial premises
Crazy electric bill - commercial premises Crazy electric bill - commercial premises I’m with a large energy supplier (begins with O) and have what is known as a CT Supply meter. We are a small dental practice and our energy consumption is relatively low. We’ve been experiencing erratic bills...
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Indoor v outdoor fairy lights / Christmas lights.
Indoor v outdoor fairy lights / Christmas lights. Indoor v outdoor fairy lights / Christmas lights. In the photo are some led lights I have. They have all been used outside (not by me) and still work. However, the set on the right have a sealed battery holder a with an IP65 rating and the...
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Soil pipe annealing and sealing of a iron barrel pipe to Plastic pipe on toilet basin
Soil pipe annealing and sealing of a iron barrel pipe to Plastic pipe on toilet basin Soil pipe annealing and sealing of a iron barrel pipe to Plastic pipe on toilet basin Hi to all on not DIY forums I moved into a flat in W,yorks in June and noticed I were getting slugs in my flat bathroom...
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Any opinions, keep (and try to revive) this real wood flooring or just laminate over
Any opinions, keep (and try to revive) this real wood flooring or just laminate over Any opinions, keep (and try to revive) this real wood flooring or just laminate over Just looking for some general opinions here, moved into a new house, there's what I think is real wood flooring downstairs...
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No heating from Danfoss thermostat
No heating from Danfoss thermostat No heating from Danfoss thermostat Looking for confirmation that joining the 2 wires (COM and N/O) should bypass the thermostat and trigger my heating. Im trying to isolate the problem. Pics attached. This is a Danfoss TP4000 TIA. by DevonDragon This has...
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Fix for low cavity trays
Fix for low cavity trays Fix for low cavity trays Hello, On one side of our extension roof our builders put the cavity trays in too low and tried to dress the lead down on to the tiles. The cavity trays are above the roof line but the flashing is a mess and there are patches with just scratch...
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Tap leaking again with new cartridge
Tap leaking again with new cartridge Tap leaking again with new cartridge Hi, I replaced both cartridges to fix a dripping kitchen mixer tap and it was all good, for 6 months, but then it started leaking quite badly. I then disassembled and checked the tap, put a thin smear of grease around...
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Buying a dormer bungalow with low ceiling in stairs
Buying a dormer bungalow with low ceiling in stairs Buying a dormer bungalow with low ceiling in stairs I have seen a dormer bungalow that I would like to buy. The issue is that the part of the ceiling that leads to the upstairs is quite low. Its near the bottom of the stairs and I would say...
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What’s doing this to my strawberry plants?
What’s doing this to my strawberry plants? What’s doing this to my strawberry plants? Afternoon, Any ideas what’s eating my strawberry plant leaves? It’s currently October in SE England if that helps. Thanks. by Gossamer This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY...
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