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Cherryade on carpet disaster!!
Hi guys, Wondered if anyone could help me with a bit of an unfortunate situation. I knocked a glass of cherryade on my girlfriends carpet on Sunday night. Despite trying to treat it (salt, lemonade, carpet cleaner, carpet vac) it has stained. My girlfriend currently pays £15/month house insurance. She doesn’t want to claim…
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Replacing replacing old boiler, should i replace radiators as well.
The old potterton cast-iron boiler has started leaking and needs replacing. I have been given quotes to replace the old boiler with an 18 kW openvented condensing boiler and TRV on bedroom boilers and another qoute for a 19kW close vented condensing boiler with replacement of all radiators in the house. The advice given…
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Ariston microGenus combi Boiler
Our daughter has an Ariston microGenus combi boiler in her flat. It is about 6 years old, she has owned the flat for 4 years now. The flat is on 2 levels with the lounge and kitchen on the upper level. The boiler is situated on the lower level. Generally the boiler has worked quite well until now. She had it serviced after…
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tv broken ... still under warantee, but not happy with offer made
Hi all My dad bought a tv 5 years and it has recently packed up and been written off by the insurers...... my dad bought the tv for 1500 quid at the time..... and now we have been offered 500 quid towards a new one..... dad isnt happy with the offer........ do we have any grounds to contest this ? the tv was a JVC 32…
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Loft Conversion on a tight budget
In the near future we are planning to have our loft converted into a bedroom but as we are on a tight budget we will be doing a lot of the work ourselves, getting qualified workmen in when necessary. Has anyone else done their loft this way and how much are we looking at paying, my hubby is a plasterer and decorator so…
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Designer radiators.........??
Want to purchase a couple of nice radiators to replace old rubbish - also due to areas being small, floor to ceiling ones would be nice... Have googled - some places are asking 1,000k upwards!:eek: Gotta be some nice ones for sensible prices out there surely..!!
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New Floor-removing old fireplace base
Hi, Hoping some of you experts out there can offer some advice. We have an old 1920s bungalow, which was converted to a dormer bungalow in the 1980s. I am starting to replace the suspended floor in one of the ground floor rooms, originally one of the bedrooms. It is a bit saggy, and half floorboards and half chipboard from…
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update...opps! ghost flooded the bathroom
Thanks to those who offered ideas/support and humor:D Ok it wasn't a ghost:o The overflow was blocked by a dead mouse:eek: and my son has discovered...with the help of other flat owners, that if 1 other flat is using a large amount of water eg. shower/bath/washing machine then the drop in water pressure is quite a bit. It…
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Mosaic Tile Fixing
Are hessian-backed small mosaic tiles easy to fix, or are there any special problems to beware of?
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Central heating Problem (rad not heating and noisy pump) PLEASE HELP!!
Recently moved into a new house and had no problems with the central heating/hotwater until yesterday. one of the radiators wasnt heating properly so I tried to bleed it (others were heating fine). However a lot of escaping air came out but no water at the end of it. A day later none of the radiators were working at all…
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Managers Special- Floors2go
Hi! Yesterday I purchased 40sq m of Oak flooring from Floors2go that was advertised in the shop as a Manager's special. The sign indicated that the flooring was previously £49.99/sqm and it was now reduced to £24.99. I liked the floor and thought I was getting a brilliant deal so I ordered it. However I checked on their…
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Garage Roof - Whats the best thing to replace it with?
I have a large garage about 7m x 4m and it has old steel corrugated sheeting on top and is leaking. Now am looking at replacing this with something but not sure what. What is the best thing to replace this with? A friend has said to use OSB and then protect it with some pvc glue thing Any help would be great
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Washing Machine Problems
Hi. Re: Hotpoint Aquarius WMA58 It all started when i removed a blockage from the outlet hose. I fixed hose back on and did a hot wash. Since then no matter what setting i use it will only wash on a hot wash. Could the timer switch? Greatfull for advice
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Where could i get a unit custom made
We have a small sink in our downstairs toilet and as it's a new build everything is imaculate and neat apart from the sink where you can see the pipes etc..have looked around for small cabinets but can't find anything suitable, we have wondered about someone possibly making one to fit but have no idea where to start...in…
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Corgi Problems - Help !
A couple of months ago we had a new boiler installed and a new gas fire plumbed into the sitting room using a small but CORGI registered gas fitter (one man band). He didnt give us the certificate straight away and said he'd send it to us in the post. We left it over Xmas and contacted him about it last week. Now the…
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Hot water out of the cold tap?
I fitted a new bathroom a couple of years ago and all went well. I did the plumbing myself and fitted a thermostatic shower valve where you have a two inlet supplies (hot and cold) and two outlets (for the bath tap and shower head). Recently we've been noticing that our cold water supply at the sink comes through hot. We…
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Stone Tiles
Hi, I am getting a new floor and am thinking of natural stone, maybe travertine. My tiler is telling me that as stone is a porous material, it will show the dirt? Does anybody have this problem? Any advice?
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'Back Boiler' Central Heating system
Hi Moved into the property last summer and the surveyor's report mentioned that the system was old and replacement parts would be difficult to obtain etc. So far, so good though as it's working well. However, should it go wrong, will a new boiler be required ? If so, will that mean a whole new heating system or will a…
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Looking for 2'6" single bed
I'm looking to purchase a single bed for our spare room. Nothing fancy, just functional. But must be 2'6" though. Many thanks.
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Tap Problem
Hi, I have some new taps but one of the tap handles got dropped and the screw in hot or cold label has cracked. It was our fault. I can't remember where I bought them - somewhere online a few months ago but they have been sitting around the house on my DIY to-do-list. Does anyone know if these are easy to get? If so please…
