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New dishwasher req,d. Which company / brand to buy?
Hi everyone. Yes, our Lamona dishwasher has broken so i need to buy a new one. I will never buy from Currys again and won,t buy BOSCH because of previous appaling customer service. Therefore', please allow me to ask multiple questions: 1. Should I wait until Boxing day sales? Am I likely to save a decent amount of cash? 2.…
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Building control for new windows
We're changing all six windows on the house. They're plain UPVC windows from Eurocell. We have someone competent to install them, although he's not Fensa registered. Apparently he should liase with the local council's Building Control for the windows to be approved. This will cost about £100 on top. Will Building Control…
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New radiator - rust inside?
I've just bought a new towel radiator for the kitchen and looking inside it's got loads of rust all around.. Is this normal or should I take it back straight away? It wasn't very expensive but I don't know what to expect with a radiator.
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Huge long shot but can anyone identify this water tank or give a rough age?
imgur.com/a/zDgBK
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How to remove Roca toilet seat?
Hi, Our toilet seat has broken, we've bought a replacement but can't see how to remove the old one! It's a Roca Damo Senso. We recently replaced a toilet seat in another room, and that had bolts that screwed in from the top and tightened up underneath. But this other toilet doesn't have any visible bolts. All there is are…
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Boiler Cover AA?
I have a newish Vaillant boiler, 5 years old. I have used B Gas exclusively for past 28 years for annual service and breakdown cover. They are now getting very expensive, 225 for boiler and controls cover plus service, that is with 50 excess. I have looked around and can get the same cover from the AA for 120 per annum…
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Built in TV unit, please help me think it through
Hi all, I'm keen on the 4th example on this webpage: http://www.mariakillam.com/tvdecorating/ (the one with the two stools tucked under). This is perfect for the space because it hides the wires, and the footstools tucked under can serve as a coffee table/footrest when needed without taking up valuable floor space the rest…
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Radiator Problem
We had a new central heating system installed by BG in March. Since we started using the heating in September one of the radiators needs bleeding once a week. I've had BG out three times and the engineer just said it's teething problems, could be the inhibitor getting round the system and told me to keep bleeding it and it…
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En suite?
I have an "old pit" house. When I moved in there was a cupboard upstairs in the main room. I extended this cupboard out and was planning on using it as a walk in wardrobe. I actually had another cupboard built and this is now the wardrobe so my original cupboard is being used as a [STRIKE]junk[/STRIKE] store room I'm…
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Help - Builder Problem
We are currently fitting a new kitchen, the job was a straightforward one and should have taken 2 weeks however we are now over 6 weeks into the work and it still has not been completed. We hired a 'family friend' who has done a lot of work for us before to fit the kitchen and he gave us a quote for the work £3,200. He…
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British Gas repair - can I expect more?
Hi, I'm in a bit of a quandary. I have British Gas Homecare Cover for my boiler and central heating with a £60 excess. I've had cover for about 8 years and only needed one repair to the combi boiler in this time. I had the annual boiler service this month and all was fine but this week I had to call the engineer out as the…
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victorian lime plaster/wallpaper
The Victorians used lime plaster. When replacing plaster i been advised to use lime base plaster due to the breathability. But did the walls ever breath in Victorian houses. i live in a Victorian house at the moment and the wallpaper is so hard to remove steam cant penetrate the paper. What did the use to hang this paper?…
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victorian lime mortar
Why is Victorian lime mortar a dark gray colour? and lime you buy today is white. I need it to be a dark gray to match the existing mortar
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Painting kitchen cabinets instead of new kitchen
I thought I'd be brave and paint the kitchen instead of forking out thousands for a new one. I have done all the prep work to the letter, sanding, primer, sanding etc. But I have now run into trouble. I have spray painted the oil-based undercoat on and after 4 days, the cabinet doors are still tacky. The paint is dry to…
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Polyurethane Form Insulation a good idea?
Hi everyone, I've got a call today from a company coming down to survey my property for cavity-wall insulation. They do Polyurethane Form (Technitherm) Insulation. My property is a semi-detached house. The bottom-half is yorkshire stone and the top-half is pebbledash, so I assume the wall under the pebbledash is bricks?…
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Cat flap in internal door
Hello, I want to block one of my cats out of a room and give the second cat a safe room to escape to. So I need a catflap that fits an internal door. The door in question is one of those really cheap pine panel doors. So the panel in which the catflap will go is really, really thin. Will a normal catflap be OK or do I need…
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Pulley system for indoor clothes airer
I bought a clothes airer, the type that is suspended from the ceiling, and though it works okay, I've been wondering how easy it would be to add some sort of double pulley system to it. A couple of images below to help me explain. It's currently fixed like the first image, the extra pulley is just to help locate the cord…
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How daunting to change a bath tub
Hi all, So I discovered the chip board sub floor in my bathroom is water damaged, either historically or recently. It's still damp, but I doubt it's damage from the last two weeks of ownership. The whole sub floor will need replacing, possibly the insulation underneath that too! I'm quite happy to get my hands dirty. But…
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Found an inside wall to be wet!
Hi all, I've found that an internal wall is wet in my house. It's a room a we a rarely use but there are two radiators in it that turn on whenever the run of our central heating is on. I touched the wallpaper and it was wet, wet enough that I had a few drops of water on my hands as well as getting my hand moist. The wall…
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Increase water pressure on Tritton mixer shower?
Hi, We just got a new shower in and have fitted a Tritton mixer shower (old one was a aqualisa turn wheel mixer thingy) Is there any way to increase the water pressure on the new Tritton mixer shower? as I do feel that we got a lot more water pressure and water from the old aqualisa one, though it was hard to adjust it to…
