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Urgent Help Needed Please (merged threads)
A few weeks ago I splashed out and bought myself a lovely range style cooker (costing £700). The problem is it has these lovely chrome handles and the dog had decided to chew one of them and now it is all sratched by little puppy teeth :eek: . I there anything that I can do to bring back the shine and if not get rid of the…
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MFI sale looming...beware....
http://www.mfi.co.uk A bit cheeky this, I've been meaning to get some extra rimini cabinets to finish off our half completed kitchen, and had them in my basket on the MFI site for some time now. However I noticed that the price had gone up by around 50% several weeks ago. Now I see that they are having a 50% off sale,…
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Plasterboard in bathroom
Hi I am helping a friend redo his bathroom in his flat, we came accross a problem today. We removed the tiles which were half hight. Where the tiles finished, they were 15mm from the wall. Half the wall is plasterboard and half is cement, Its like pic and mix. We want to tile to the ceiling, so my question is can we put up…
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Electricians about? Need advice please.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?TabID=1&criteria=Timeguard&ModuleNo=96833&doy=20m12 Bought the above weatherbox and wired it to an RCD plug (http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=16930&ts=29907) using Arctic cable. Been working a treat for the outdoor decs so I thought I'd go buy another one. Got another box…
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cleaning ceramic hob
My ceramic hob is very very dirty :( . I don't mean it just needs a good clean, because I have tried using microfibre cloths and some citrus orange cleaner which is meant for ceramic hobs, but there are rims round each element of really dried on stuff. If I scratch with my nail I can get it to come off a little but…
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Leaking shed roof
The roof of our 3 year old shed is leaking and my husband is thinking of trying to repair it himself. Can anybody tell me please if he buys a sheet of roofing felt and nails it over the old felt, will that do the trick? Or is there something else he should be doing? TIA
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Do IKEA have a Jan Sale?
Looking at buying a new kitchen from Ikea. Does anyone recall if they usually have a Jan Sale? if so I'll wait a little longer. Thanks
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New home is very cold!
Hi allNow it's getting colder we're increasingly reliant on our central heating in our new home. However, the house just isn't warm. The thermostat is now set at 26 degrees (!) but the thermometer we've put in the hall beside it says 15 degrees. This is even after the heating has been on for 6 hours. However, the radiators…
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tapping central heating pipes
My central heating pipes are so noisy when the heating starts up. Because of the cold weather it starts up now early in the morning but the radiators (or their pipes) start knocking/tapping, quite loudly - first about once a second, then getting quicker and quicker until it stops, but then it repeats it all again. It…
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New home - RCD tripping
HiI wondered if anyone had had any experience of an RCD tripping. We moved into our new home early in November and for a few weeks the RCD tripped about every 3 days. We weren't doing anything the same any of the times and it seemed pretty random. We then unplugged the tumble dryer and video (for other reasons) and it…
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Advice re hot and cold fill washing machine
I am putting my old washing machine, Bosch WFF 1800, into the kitchen of a new (1896 terrace) house. It is a hot and cold fill machine. The combi boiler is upstairs outside the bathroom and I have to run a bowlful of cold water in the kitchen before the hot comes through. How does this effect the efficiency of the machine?…
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American style fridge/freezer
Hi Money savers, After lots of saving we finally have enough money to treat ourselves to a big fridge/ freezer. We have about £800 :j Could I ask you all what make etc you would recommend? Many thanks and happy Chrimbo MM
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Building Insurance
Hi there, A number of years ago, we had to make a subsidence insurance claim. Nothing too radical, a new 4ft x4ft foot entrance porch with 6 ft. deep solid base and repair of a few cracks upstairs. All monitored, all OK. Now, it is impossible to get alternative building insurance quotes so I am permanently stuck with the…
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How to cut your electricity use
Mostly from a view to reduce my CO2 emissions, but also from a desire to pay less money, I bought a small plug in power and energy monitor. It helped me spot what was eating electricity and what wasn't. My fridge (25 years old) was costing a small fortune to run and has been replaced. I discovered that my stereo was using…
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Best materials for new drive?
Hi I have a tarmac drive that is over 20 years old. It is lumpy due to tree roots running under it. Some of the trees have been felled in the past 10 years but others are protected by tree preservation orders. I would like to have the drive relaid but cannot decide on the materials. Most people round here have block paving…
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Installing a Room Stat
I was thinking of installing a RF Room stat. Honeywell CM61 RF. I was just wondering which type of wiring should be used to and from the boiler? Thanks PS It is a good idea to install a Room Stat isnt it as I dont have any TRV's on my Rads either.
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MDPE plastic pipe connectors
I'm buying the parts necessary to connect my garage to my water supply. I've done all my own plumbing before, so most of it is simple enough. However, it's not clear on screwfix exactly which adapters I need to convert from the 25mm plastic pipe to 15mm copper pipe. Edit: Actually this is called a "Copper MDPE adapter kit…
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Radiator problems, advice required
Hi, I live in a new build house and we are right at the end of the period where the builders will fix snags and any problems we flag to them. Just recently one of our downstairs radiators has started to make quite loud, prolonged (5 mins I guess) banging/tapping sounds when the heating comes on, which didn't happen last…
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Philips Ambiance Light Bulb
Hi there im looking for help trying to find a 9w philips ambiance light bulb. Ive tried most of my local stores, homebase, asda etc and they dont stock them. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
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PLUMBING HELP!!! - Water inlet into toilet
Hi, the connection between my ball valve and the plastic thread of the inlet into the toilet cistern is leaking, i've tried tightening the nut (which is made of brass) but the leaking just got worse! so i loosened off the nut and wrapped ptfe around the plastic thread and then re-tightened the nut however it is still…
