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Building wooden steps over uneven concrete ones
Hello, thought I'll open this up to you guys for some help and guidence. I have just moved into my house and slowly doing it up. There are some steps going into the celler which are concrete, uneven and not in a general good condition. I was thinking of putting some battons on the treads and then wood as the step. Has…
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Flourescent strip light tube
Hi, The strip light in my kitchen has always flickered a couple of times when first turning it on but now it constantly flickers on and off. Do I just need new tube or could it be another component in the light fitting? The tube is a F58W/35. Can anyone recommend a good supplier? Thanks
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Laying solid slate hearth
Our peice of slate is due to arrive next week and we need to fix it down before our stove arrives. How should it be fixed down? Underneath there's smooth concrete where we've had it rendered. Should we use flexible adhesive or a mortar mix? Or something totally different! Thanks in advance.
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Do I need a separate Kitchen Ring Main ?
Hi, A kitchen fitter has just told me that I require a separate ring main for my kitchen that they can do when fitting the new kitchen. Currently all kitchen sockets are on the downstairs ring main and we will be keeping the gas cooker(no increase in load). All they will do is fit a new cooker hood and perhaps take out/put…
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Fire in the loft
I recently got access to my loft in my new house and found that there seemed to be burnt marks on the longish wooden beam and above it, the roof felt has melted away, exposing the tiles. When we had the full structural survey done, the report did mentioned something like that, but the wording was quite gentle, so we…
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Heatline condense problems
I recently moved to our new house, where it has an old Heatline Condense boiler. Currently its giving me some problems: - Whenever my spouse turn on the kitchen sink tap, the water pressure and temperature in the ground floor shower decreases. Does this means that I have to get a new boiler? Or is there any way to fix…
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Electric hob parts needed- but which model?
Hello, In my new house the Candy electric hob has 3 broken knobs and I need to replace them. However there is no model number on the hob, just the word Candy! I have no manual and the previous owner has died. When I look on the spares sites eg 4Candy, they all require a model number and there are over 100! How can I find…
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Going back to a coal fire
I have just moved into a council house and have had a gas check whereabouts the engineer has removed the old redundant gas fire. Behind it is an old brick fireplace. I was wondering if anyone knows what the procedure is to find out whether i can use this as a coal/wood fire and what needs to be done to safely use it as…
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Another pick your brains on a Kitchen Design thread.. :)
Good afternoon DIYers! Just wondered if anyone could take a look at our kitchen dimensions and suggest any thoughts or ideas? We've had the chimney breast cut into and the plan was to house a cooker/hob in there. Would be keen to hear any thoughts of layout / design?
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replace door with bead curtain
BG made me take off the door to the cupboard in my kitchen where my warm air heating unit is, it was either that or cut a hole through the outside wall, so now my kitchen cupboard is doorless:eek:. Would BG consider a bead curtain hanging in the door opening a door or not? Rob
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summer house?
Just thinking about a garden house or should that be a log cabin? I have to say we do not have a big garden, but still thinking about it. So my question is If you have one what do you use it for, is it worth having, ETC ETC
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Adjustable Bath Legs
Hi, bit of an urgent one for you. We had our bath delivered by Homebase and they were kind enough to deliver it with any adjustable legs. I will sort this issue out with homebase in due course but I'm supposed to be fitting the bath in this wekend and they want 2 weeks to get the legs delivered. I can't seem to find any at…
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washing machine help please
Hello Does anyone know how to tell if the pump in the washing machine is broken? My washer will not drain the water away . I have looked at all the pipes and there is no blockage and have cleaned the filter out. I have taken off the pump but this seems fine as far as I can tell anyway. Can anyone help please cos I dont…
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Render
Hello My small extension has been rendered to the ground (before I moved in). Water is splashing up against it & there are green marks against it. Am I right in thinking there should be a gap between the ground & the render to let it breath?? If so, what do I need to do? Chip it off? Previous owner was a right cowboy!!…
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Cutting a notch in laminate
I need to cut a notch for some pipes in a piece of laminate worktop. Can I have some tips on how to do this neatly - I'll be using an electric jigsaw. Laminate side up or underside up, any particular kind of blade etc. Many thanks!
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combi boiler problem
hi all, hope you can help . my neighbour has an old caldaie l20se combi boiler. it is still providing central heating, but hot water is intermittant (hot for 10 secs then cold) she has been quoted £250 to fix this! im fairly sure its only going to be the diverter valve or whatever the equivalent is in this boiler. can…
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Blanking/blcoking letter box
I am awaiting delivery of a mail box for the outside of my house to cruelly starve my woofers of daily diet of parcels, junk mail topped off with posties fingers and want blank or block off the letter box on my uvpc door that currently has a brass letter box on it - I cannot find anything suitable through google can any…
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Blocked toilet-venting!
Our sewage,plus someone elses drains into next door neighbour where it joins the main sewage pipes. 7 years ago our neighbours had an extension built,and the garage part goes over the manhole cover (on their property.) We have never had a problem until now,but tonight our toilets wouldn't flush,stuff was backing up, and…
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Handyman bill more than expected!
I called in a handyman who put a leaflet through my door. he sounded ok and cleaned all gutters and fixed a couple of leaks for £45. Was happy with that, Was here about 2 hours. Then I asked him if he could refit a radiator that had come loose. he said aye just about a tenner for that. BUT... the radiator pipe started…
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New gas fire, can I vent from the floor void?
Now I realise that gas fires need a good feed of air to work properly, and hence the need to a vent to the outside. Ok, is it possible/feasible/common to feed from a underflooor void, instead of requiring a hole in the wall in the main room? I have a suspended floor about 12" above the main floor slab that's got the usual…
