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Leaky roof question and insurance Total newbie here so apologies if this is a silly question. And I will try and ring insurance company later if need be. If you have an old place, oldish roof and it looks like it could be leaking (some mould starting to appear on ceiling in be |
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Mice and underfloor insulstion Ever since putting our underfloor insulstion in last winter we have trapped loads of mice under the house. The only reason it's come to light is a few daring ones have found their way into the house so we started leaving a trap under the house and since t... |
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Shower Booster Pumps - Any Good? They work very well, friend of mine got one recently, from these guys. He cylinder is 135l, there were 4 people in house then. |
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Any idea of cut costs at bunnings? I am in a right shit of a mood thanks to Mega and their effing bowed clears that we didn't notice until putting it together. I am not hugely comfortable with doing the replacement cuts without hubby, and thought I might get bunnings to do it when I buy th... |
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Painting walls that have only ever had wallpaper Hi we're wanting to strip our wallpaper off and then paint the walls - they've never been painted before. Is there any special preparation we need to do prior to painting? |
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Best Exterior Paint Brand I'm painting the exterior of the house and have picked colours. What is better Dulux or Resene?. The colours I have chosen happen to be Dulux but I know Resene would match them. What do you recommend? |
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Freestanding stove Need to buy a new cooker. Looking at a simpson. Are they a good brand? If not what do you reccomend.? |
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Just got home to find this!:( Looks like the hot water relief valve is leaking,carpet wet and so is insulation! https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/390734231.jpg |
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Can you put ensuite on existing concrete floor? We have an attached garage as the only house area we can extend into for extra living space/bedrooms. So the existing floor is concrete poured over a thick plastic sheet of some sort. Is it possible to install a floor-level ensuite with a wet-floor shower... |
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Paint vs re-wall papering whole house? Please HELP! We have a house that needs a lot of TLC to the walls. 13 year old wall paper no longer available, so do we paint the whole interior of the house or do we put up wall paper again? Which will be cheaper & less time consuming? Should we do this ... |
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Moving a fridge freezer, the right way. Hi, going to purchase a second hand fridge freezer in the near future, old one is about to pack up. I was wanting to know the correct way to move a fridge/freezer please. Is there a time frame it needs to be turned off before moving it, then time frame be... |
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S Trap toilet - vent capped, not flushing properly Hi all, I had a plumber replace a s-trap toilet, and cistern in December. The previous one was vented out through the wall, so I bought another vented pan. However, he capped the vent, and the builders took out the pipe through the wall. The toilet doesn'... |
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My roof is leaking Have water running down a corner and dripping from top of window. Dumb question but do a call a plumber or builder? |
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10 hr old dishwasher or hand washing? Anyone know what would be cheaper on the power bill? There is no energy start rating on it as i think its what you would call an old dishwasher.thanks |
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Worm farm has a lot less worms, do Tiger slugs eat them? They seem to get in some how and I understood they eat ordinary slugs. Just wondering! Have to buy more worms I think. Do I get them from Bunnings? TIA. |
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LED lights. What would you recommend as a good middle of the range LED downlights .Not 80 bux each. Need about 35 .need to be dimmable |
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Shifting a daphne bush I have large daphne bush growing on my bank. It has out buds out, been growing there for over 10 years after I transplanted it from beside the house. We are now going to build a garage where the daphne bush is. Please help - Google says transp |
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Opium Poppies Was given some seed heads, lots of seeds, decided to just plant them and have a lovely crop in a seed raising tray on the kitchen windowsill. Assuming, as they germinated, is the right time of the year. But at what size and/or when do I plant them o |
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Will bubble wrap work Want to insulate some ducting pipe on a heat transfer system.(the silver stuff) The proper stuff cost too much (and it's only 0.6 R rated), so if I wrap the ducting in bubble wrap will that keep the air from cooling down ( or heating up in the summer) as ... |
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Can anyone name this passion fruit It has a very large plain leaves unlike usual passion leaves the fruit is very round which gradually turn black, inside there is no seeds as you would expect it is mainly fibrous, typical passion fruit flowers but not singly but in a spray of up to six fl... |
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Large old walnut tree - can I cut the head off? We have a large old walnut tree on a section we have bought in ton. It is very tall & currently the branches are too close to the neighbours house. We were going to cut it down, but now wondering if we would be able to cut the top off to a reasonable heig... |
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Decorative plates Any ideas on the best way to hang decorative plates on a wall Thanks |
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3 speed ceiling fan question Situation, have been asked to install the generic ceiling fan with light in bedroom. comes with the horrid rotary 3 speed and off selector switch plate with isolator below. they have also got the compatible remote control with control unit tha |
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Instant concrete Greetings, can anyone shed some light on what I should be looking for in an instant concrete please? It's just to set a letterbox post in. I believe some are not as good as others (prone to crumbling?). There are about three different ones at my loc |
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Is there a native tree that looks and grows like a Weeping willow? Ive made a 20 square metre island in the middle of a large pond, and want to plant a large tree in there, i love weeping willows, but i want to keep with the native theme. Any ideas thanks |
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