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I need to get a new fitted kitchen
But I am not made of money and there are so many issues . some offer cheap then you find they are only carcasses and need doors etc. What is the best way for someone on a limited budget. Then I kmow...
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Shower pumps
We are considering a new bathroom into which we wish to fit a shower pump. The pump would be gravity fed with a head of about 3m assuming it to be at bath floor height. Our water is heated by a...
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Artex hell
Hi all, Moved into this house recently and the previous owner seems to have had a long and abiding passion for artex.(and the colour brown but that's another story) So the problem is this (and...
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Wasps Nest
I have noticed a lot of wasps around my house recently and today I went on a hunt! I noticed wasps going in and out of a ground floor airbrick so presumably that's where the nest is. I was giong...
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Cooker Hood Venting
Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who made suggestions on my recent question regarding putting up plasterboard over my existing kitchen ceiling. I now have a new problem regarding SWMBO's...
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panel clips? Whatever they're called
Sort of like paper clips used to clip two sheets of metal together. Any ideas what they're called? Panel clips? Any idea where I can get them from?
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Weathered Sandstone
I live in a 200 year old sandstone house. Some of the stone is beginning to weather badly in places and I find little piles of sand at the bottom of the wall as my house is, literally, blowing away,...
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Garden Tap. Double check-valve.
How can I tell if my existing garden tap has a built in double check-valve? Is is possible to tell just by looking at it or to I have to take it apart and examine the internal components? Ed
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O T: Spreadsheet help
Got a little problem trying to sort out a formula for a spreadsheet. Yes, some of you may think that I should use a different group, but all the computer groups are not as helpful as this group. Can...
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Drylining the Walls
Moving on from my Celotex in the garage conversion question, I am going to be using Gyproc Thermaline Super (or Knauf equivalent), 50 or 55mm to insulate the walls. That will do the insulation and...
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Celotex
OK...the garage conversion is actually happening. All of the external building work is complete. :-) I've now got to do the floor. I was going to lay 50x125 wooden beams at 400crs, and infill with...
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Travis Perkins
Anyone here got a Travis Perkins trade account? I need to know what they charge per single board of Celotex XR3120. I want 5 of them in total, so don't imagine that any quantity discount will...
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Bolts/screws used in flat pack furniture.
Any idea what they're called? You know the ones, one end screws into a hole on the one piece. The sticking out bit is then inserted into the pre-drilled hole where theres also a small round piece...
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Plasterboarding a ceiling
I have to put up a new plasterboard ceiling in our kitchen (3m x 3m) and for a variety of reasons I will have to put new plasterboard over the existing plasterboard ceiling. I have never done this...
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