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Emergency Plumber
Plumbing  •  4210 views  •  17 answers

Hi, we had to call out an emergency plumber last Sunday for a leak under the sink. He came out and said he didn't have the part and he would come back on the Monday, but we had to pay again for another call out fee, which made it very …

NVQ questions
Carpentry & Joinery  •  4191 views  •  1 answer

Explain the types of work relative to the occupational area and how to identify different work activities.

Cost of fitting a walk-in shower?
Bathroom Fitting  •  4170 views  •  3 answers

We are wondering about getting a walk-in shower installed. We're not sure yet really. Would you be so kind as to let me know roughly how much the labour-only cost would be for removing a bath and fitting a walk-in shower?

Emergency call out
Plumbing  •  4168 views  •  11 answers

Our plumber came to look at our boiler as we had no hot water. There was an air block in the boiler and he released the air. He's charging ?135 for an emergency call out despite not notifying me prior to visiting that it would be that much. He was …

Skim take ages to go off
Plastering & Rendering  •  4161 views  •  16 answers

Is anybody having trouble with there skimming at the moment ... seems to take ages to go off and is nowhere near as good as it used to be ..

Waterproof
Bricklaying & Repointing  •  4142 views  •  0 answers

I have taken the old rendering off my outside wall back to the breezeblock. Will it be waterproof for a while

Hedge Removal
Gardening & Landscaping  •  4121 views  •  10 answers

My elderly mother has just been charged a considerable amount for having her hedge removed. It is a long garden, but it took one man just over an hour to cut the hedge down. He is coming back to treat the roots and has left the hedge piled up at …

Roof replacement
Roofing  •  4100 views  •  19 answers

How much will it cost to replace whole roof on a 2 bed terraced house

Decorators caulk cracking
Painting & Decorating  •  4098 views  •  10 answers

Hello, yesterday I caulked my coving with Soudal acrylic caulk, went to bed, and this morning I wake up to find cracks and splits along the beads; I haven't painted at all yet and there have been no crazy temperature changes in the room. I can't work out why this …

bath/shower mixer taps
Bathroom Fitting  •  4091 views  •  0 answers

When I turn on my bath shower mixer I only get cold water from the shower head even though the hot water is turned on full.

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