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Conservatory Heating
Hi Im after some advice, I have a conservatory roughly 12m x 14x which has a single rad in it already. I want an independent heat source in there and have looked at the Dimplex 3087ST 3kw with booster fan. What do you think of that as a heater? One issue may be I want to place it on a dwarf wall but he manual with it…
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Bleeding Radiator
Hi, The radiator in my room is never heating up. at it has not been used in so long we thought best to give it a bleed, so turned on the heating system, waited for the system to heat up. then opened the valve, you could hear the air escaping along with water exiting the system, so far I've let out approximately 10 litres…
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Splash screen for (Ikea) sink
Hi everyone Our sink is located in front of window (so the wooden part of the window casing is actually underneath the level of the sink), and there is no splash screen preventing water from splashing out on to the wood of the window. I'd like to find something suitable and have it attached to prevent further damage. The…
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Moving radiators after sanding floor
Hello, We are moving into our new house in 3 weeks time, to allow for some work to be done. We are planning on sanding the floor boards (and making good floor) right before we move in. However, at a later stage we would also like to replace and move to a different location in the room most of the radiators. If those…
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Royal Doulton wallpaper
Im not sure if this is the right section, if not maybe a mod will move it Anyhow, the wallpaper! I bought some Royal Doulton wallpaper at a car boot, had to, was a bargain;) but due to my bad papering skills I now need another roll. I am coming up with a loss as to where to get it. I rang RD and was told they dot make…
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Dropped Kerb
Dear All, My front garden is gravelled and is about 7m wide and 2.5 to 3m deep from the pavement of the road. I want to drop the kerb to facilitate the parking of a motor bike and quadricycle (electric) so that it can be charged. But it looks like you need a 2.5m wide by 4.5m deep frontage for a dropped kerb. Has anyone…
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Faulty Zanussi Fridge Freezer Under Guarantee
Our Zanussi Fridge Freezer was purchased online through Marks & Spencer on 18th July, 2012. Just over a week ago we found that the fridge part was very warm and the freezer part seemed to be overcompensating but frosting up, as if the door had been left open. I called the service centre but the day the engineer called the…
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Leave Boiler On / Water Off.
I have a solid fuel boiler. Normal set up, tank in loft, that feeds the hot water tank. Small tank in loft for radiators. So, going away for a few days. Is it ok to leave boiler on, BUT turn off stopcock, or should I be leaving the water on? Thoughts please.
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Bedroom colour scheme help
We have recently bought our first property, cosmetically it needs some work to it but at the moment we are saving for our wedding. So far in our dated green bathroom I have bought in a black colour scheme (Black sink accessories, towels, toilet brush holder, bath mat, etch etc) and i think it has really helped, looks great…
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Painting the banister.
s-i-l is learning to be a painter and decorator, he's just nearly finished decorating our house, and i'm very pleased with it, today he did the landing, we did it in super fresco wall paper, and he painted 1 small wall as a feature wall, and the other a lighter colour and i'm really pleased with it. We've also done the…
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Fitting new Cistern fill valve HELP !!!
Had to change cistern fill valve which i thought would have been like for like replacement (easy) haha. bought a fluidmaster and realised when went to fit, that new ones threaded shank is 10mm shorter than old one, this poses a problem because of the fittings i am connecting to. (see picture). I have used couple of washers…
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Honeywell room thermostat not working right
My Honeywell room thermostat seems to be doing its own thing. The temperature on the dispaly is reading 5 degrees when i know the room temp is considerably more than this, it doesn't change from 5 degrees at any time. The boiler also seems to click in and heat the room even when thermostat set to off so i am getting…
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Boiler advice
Hi all, I am in the process of buying a bungalow which was built in 2004, the boiler is a combi and has been serviced annually. Now I have always assumed boilers have a life of around 10 years and this one is almost 9 years old. My question is should I replace it with a combi condensing type now or would you wait until…
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B&Q Kitchen, where do i begin!
I'll try to keep it brief as it's my first post. After numerous visits to various companies we settled on B&Q's design of our kitchen because although it was a little dearer than others it was exactly as we wanted. Our's is a medium sized kitchen and we wanted to make use of every space we had, but it had to be right in…
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Advice please
Hi I stay in a rented property (moved in June 2012) prior to moving in it had an electrical inspection done the only thing that showed up was the fuse box was old fashioned (says installed about 20 years ago). Anyway I had noticed problems with the lights upstairs flickering so phoned letting agent who sent out a local…
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New Kitchen: anyone know of Pronorm "Compactline"?
Hi I can purchase a Pronorm kitchen for the same price as one from John Lewis' entry-level "City Gloss" range. The Pronorm design is from their "Compactline" range, normally sold to the contract market. Is this still a good deal? Also, what is the difference between gloss melamine and gloss laminate doors? Many thanks.
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New kitchen - where to start.
I'm about to start looking for a new kitchen. I would appreciate any advice on which companies are worth looking at and which might be best avoided. I'm looking for a middle range kitchen.
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Kitchen net/curtain ideas?
I have a small kitchen window which curently has nothing covering it. It measures 50 inches by 37 inch drop (to the window sill) I'd like to get a covering that lets in as much light as possible, I was thinking of a net jardiniere kind of thing, but can't find anything I like. I also like the idea of swags, but they all…
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Can it be done?
The bit above the stairwell as you come down the stairs is too low and I have to lower my head to get under it ( I am 5ft 5) Is there a way of raising the height of the stairwell without moving the stairs and is there much involved? Thank you in advance.
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zanussi washing machine makes a racket when spinning
We have a zanussi zwg 1120m and its been making a hell of a racket when its on the spin cycle. Its so loud it sounds like an areoplane taking off, lol. If you spin the machine on empty its as quite as a mouse but as soon as you spin with a load in it starts doing it again. Any clues to what gone in it. Thanks
