NVQ questions
Carpentry & Joinery
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1 answer
Explain the types of work relative to the occupational area and how to identify different work activities.
Cost for hedge removed and 6ft panel fence put up?
Gardening & Landscaping
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4171 views
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14 answers
I have a hedge in my back garden that is approx 2 and a half meters high and approx 8meters in length. Would like it removed and a 6ft fence put up in its place. How much roughly am I looking at?
Cost of fitting a walk-in shower?
Bathroom Fitting
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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
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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
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4150 views
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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 ..
Hedge Removal
Gardening & Landscaping
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4117 views
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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 …
Waterproof
Brickwork & Repointing
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4107 views
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25 answers
I have taken the old rendering off my outside wall back to the breezeblock. Will it be waterproof for a while
Decorators caulk cracking
Painting & Decorating
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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
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4076 views
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17 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.
Patching up after dado rail removal
Plastering & Rendering
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4076 views
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14 answers
We recently employed a plasterer to remove a dado rail and coving and to patch up so we could redecorate. He told us the dado rail came off OK so the patching was relatively easy. He advised that although it didn't look great as fresh plaster, it would be ok …