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electrical fusebox at home
This is the fusebox in my flat The fuse on the left, the black one, says 15 amps on it. This seems to control the electrical plug sockets in the flat. Because my rent includes the the cost of electricity used, i have bought a 2000w heater for my bedroom, as I cannot afford to heat the flat with the gas central heating…
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Broken lock on Composite Front Door. HELP!!!
Hoping someone has some tips or advice on what I can do to fix a problem I am having with my front door. It is a door that locks automatically when it closes but can then be double locked using the key. When I am closing the door now it is not locking automatically and it has become incresingly difficult to then use the…
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Humidity Question...
Good morning folks I would be really grateful for some advice on humidity levels. We have a 1930's detached house with a square bay to one room. We noticed when we moved in a year ago that the bay had some pretty bad damp in the corners, the general consensus from builders and damp proof men seems to be that it's…
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Broken lock mechanism on UPVC Front Door
Hoping someone has some tips or advice on what I can do to fix a problem I am having with my front door. It is a door that locks automatically when it closes but can then be double locked using the key. When I am closing the door now it is not locking automatically and it has become incresingly difficult to then use the…
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Stock Kitchen
I am updating a flat and do not want to wait for a kitchen to be made. Which stockists sell kitchens from stock and are readily available,
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gas system registered incorrectly
Guys Just trying to evaluate my options. As part of our new extension we got new boiler and hot water tank installed (unvented system). Long story short our original contractor disappeared leaving us in a big mess. Anyway we got a recommended (through friend) gas engineer who completed the job for us. When he came to give…
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Double Glazing Guarantee
Hi Hoping that someone can advise me as I feel I have not been looked after with regard to a guarantee on a UPVC conservatory recently purchased. Initially this was supply only but I ended up using one of the companies fitters to install the units and glass. I was assured that the units and roof would be guaranteed for 10…
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Clearance when fitting radiator covers?
I was hoping to have some radiator covers fitted but they are very close to a windowsill , and I don't want them higher than the windowsill as that would look wrong. Is there a minimum distance the top of the radiator cover needs to be from the top of the radiator
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Mould in loft - what do I do?
Hi all, My partner had someone look at his loft for insulation today. They found a large amount of white mould on the rafters. They haven't said how to treat it and I was wondering how to go about this. Neither of us particularly want to treat it ourselves. We are trying to sell the house and my partner is worried that…
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Dehumidifier fault
Hi. I've got a dehumidifier that has a fault. It. Stops up, making the bleep it normally makes on start up, then the motor stops briefly and the process starts all over again. Can't find a manual. The model is appliance ap2005 any help would be gratefully received
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Fixing Dunelm Roller Blinds
I did not like the instructions, badly produced with poor illustrations - the explanations were muddled and repetitive in my view. I was also not satisfied with the fixing brackets which had no means of adjustments, by enlarged holes for screws, etc - so get slightly wrong when fixing at a tricky position in a defined gap,…
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Rainwater entering bedroom
Rainwater is entering one of our bedrooms at the top of the PVCu window frame. The reason it's a mystery is that the outside of that wall is clad with PVCu cladding, and the roof overlaps the wall by about six inches so the exterior of the cladding is bone dry. I'm not sure if the water is coming through the roof or…
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advice re intruder alarm
Any one got any experience of a sim card alarm system. I've seen some on ebay and wondered if they are reliable/worth the money etc. Came home today and someone had tried, and failed to break into my house. It's made me think I should get an alarm fitted.
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Cavity Wall Insualtion - Good idea or not?
Just had a British Gas Surveyor come round this morning to check to see if our house is suitable for their free loft insulation scheme which I am, no problems there and happy to go with. Now, he asked about cavity wall insulation which I never even thought about. I have read so many sorry stories about damp on inside of…
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Electrical Questions
Hi Calling on all you lovely MSE people for some advice When I bought my house I had an electrical inspection which stated that I needed to have consumer unit changed and earth bonding I have had an electrician round, he first changed the fuse box to RCD protected one but told me that I have a borrowed neutral from…
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Vacuum cleaner for builder dust?
Hi, we've had our house extended which has involved knocking through three external walls. The dust has got everywhere, even under all the stuff we have covered! I was thinking of hiring an industrial vacuum cleaner - any ideas on what I should get? Or should I buy a Henry hoover? Any tips on how to tackle the dust? It's…
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instantaneous hot water heater
We're an all electric household who don't need a tank full of hot water every day. Trouble is, we never know which days they might be so our HeatPlus (like ecomony 7 but with 3 extra hours) immersion heater is either on all the time using the 10 hours of cheaper leccy or switched off for weeks on end and we have to manage…
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Electrical Certification
Hi About 9 months we had house rewired. the guy who did it failed to provide any certificates and to this day has not provided any We have had this protracted discussion with Elecsa (and him) but still not getting anywhere and Elecsa are proving to have no teeth.... What can I do? I have tried asking other electricians but…
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Zanussi larder fridge
Bear with me as I'm having a "senior moment" I think. We have recently had a Zanussi larder fridge delivered. The temperature controls go from 0 to 7 (past 0 is off). My question is this ; Is 0 the coldest and 7 the warmest or the other way round. The manual simply advises 4 and thats it.
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How much paint
How do I work out how much paint I'll need for each room?
