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Carpet fitters have messed up my electrics
Yesterday I had a vynal floor fit in the bathroom and the electrics tripped. I asked the fitter if he had done something and he said no. Now, every time we walk over the doorway into the bathroom the socket circuit of the electrics trips. Do we have any rights???
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Plastering in a house with no heating?
Hi, Yesterday the plasterer finished plastering my kitchen. The house is very drafty and cold and has no central heating. He advised me to put some electric heaters in the room to help the plaster but now after searching how long it'll take to dry in order to paint it, I've come across advice that one shouldn't use…
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Problem after having central heating powerflushed
i've had my central heating powerflushed on friday and it's opened up a whole new world of pain :mad: the system has a crackling/popping sound in the pipes and radiators and the boiler makes a horrendous humming sound when it fired up saturday morning, after a while it stops..:( whats more worrying is that my wife ran a…
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bathroom fitters in North London
Any recomendations welcomed (as well as any to avoid!). Feel free to PM me if you don't want to publicly name people/companies on the forum.
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Replacing fire throat plate?
We have a wood/coal fire & the throat plate has warped badly. My dad always dealt with all that but he died at the back end of last year. My mum doesn't know where to get a replacement from. I tried google but what I found doesn't look like what we have in place. So where do you start? I could upload a photo tomorrow if…
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Help! Whole side of my house has gone mouldy!
We rent a dorma bungalow, but only live downstairs, upstairs is just storage. There's damp in our bedroom (leave anything on the floor and it goes moudly within a few days) and also the bathroom. We've just had a big sort out upstairs and found the whole of one wall is covered in mould and all of the furniture against it…
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Floodlight
I'm looking to have a floodlight installed at the back of my house to light up the garden. It would have to be fixed to a tile hung wall - can they be fixed to tiles or only onto a brick wall? I don't want to get an electrician in who ends up breaking the tiles so thought I would ask for opinions first!
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New interior door handles
I am wanting to replace my existing knob handles with lever handles. When we have taken one of the existing handles off there is a large hole behind the existing rose. I have looked everywhere but cannot find any lever handles with a 70mm rose (this size is needed to cover the hole). Does anybody know where I can either…
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re. Magnet kitchens
Someone has just recommended Magnet to me. What are they like? I have just googled for reviews and they are mixed. I have read lots of kitchen reviews on MSE recently but haven't seen much reference to Magnet. I'd particularly like to hear from you if you have used the Chingford branch (Highams Park) as that is my closest…
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Help a girl with plumbing :(
So long story cut short, Last night noticed water rushing out overflow pipe. Went into loft and opened up the black box thing (like the top of the toilet) and noticed that the rod with red ball had snapped so was over flowing with water. We turned the water off for the night but after todays baths and showers the water has…
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Cost of new gas fire installation
Hi all, We are looking to have a new gas fire fitted - a Paragon Slimline 3 to be precise. We were told in the showroom that the price was £467 including VAT, that there was a 10% sale discount to be deducted, and that fitting would be extra. Have today received the written quotation and all-in it is £713 including VAT.…
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Which one of the heating options will be more efficient?
Hi guys. Which one of my heating options will be more efficient? : Option1: A 2000w electric heater that I can use to heat up my room and my room only. (Which I don't mind if the kitchen etc is cold). I could have this on for say six hours a day. Option 2:I have a water heating system in my flat which heats up all the…
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Landlord not fixing window in flat above
Hi, i'm not sure if this is the right place for this thread but here goes. I live in a ground floor flat, there is only 1 flat above me and on christmas day the tenant broke a window in his flat. He left and didn't clear up the glass so another tenant in the block (only 6 flats) and i cleared up the glass on the walkway…
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cost of replacing back boiler with condensing boiler
Hi what im after is a rough idea of how much it will cost to replace my ageing back boiler with a condensing boiler. i do not require new radiators and will want the boiler fitted where the hot water storage tank is at the moment (airing cupboard)so most of the pipe work already leads up there, probably only gas needs…
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I need a new combi boiler - urgently!
My 10 year old boiler has given up the ghost. It was a cheap and very nasty Halstead combi and gave us no end of trouble. It now needs a new fan and motherboard and even then may not work properly - so that would be another £300 down the swanny. Besides which we are building a granny flat which will mean more work for the…
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Making letter box hole bigger - upvc door
lHi I am trying to fit a letter box in a UPVC door as my old one wasn't insulated. I thought it was going to be an easy replacement which is why I was doing it myself but:( The old letterbox is completely different. No screw sleeves so I have had to drill bigger holes. The front also didnt slot into the back piece so after…
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What is this item called?
I need some metal rod in a c or u profile - prefer steel or something similar, not aluminium Any idea what it would be called please and would B&Q sell it?
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The fan oven makes terrible noise
I purchased a fan oven with ceramic top from a High Street store £319 plus disposing the old and installing the new £74. From the start the fan made a terrible snoring noise heard even in the next rooms annoyingly. I cannot cook in the night after 10 pm because it sounds a lot throughout the flat and I may annoy neighbours…
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Single brick porch with flat roof (Utility room use ideas)
We have a single brick front porch about 2mtr x 2mtr, with a flat roof. Its an old council outhouse before you enter into the property. They fitted a door to it a few years ago, so we gave it a window to create some light in the room. At the moment, its open to the elements as it has a vent in the wall due to a gas meter…
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How to open a sewer drain cover please
My drain is blocked and I need to open a manhole cover in my garden. The trouble is that this one has what look like big metal screws holding it in (cover in back garden has no "screws" and previous blockages were accessible through this one). I've tried using the biggest screwdriver we have with no sign of it budging. Do…
