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Shower outlet (connects to hose) drip? triton millennium
Me again, the new house is problem after problem! Tried the upstairs shower cubicle last night, switched shower heads (as old one is mankey and half blocked) etc and notice that this morning there is still a drip every so often even when the unit is switched off. I unscrewed the house from the unit (possibly not original)…
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Replacement wireless programmable room stat
Our 6 year-old Danfoss basic wireless room thermostat has developed a mind of its own and seems determined to either cook us alive or reduce us to poverty via our gas bill! We want to replace it with a decent programmable wireless room thermostat, but the choice is bewildering and reviews of, for instance, the Danfoss TP1…
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Laminate flooring on landing
Hi, I shall be fitting new carpet on the stairs and Quickstep Eligna oak laminate on the top landing. What is the best way to join these two? Shall I fit the laminate to the edge of the landing and have the carpet go up the riser, or put some of the carpet on to the landing (about a tread's width) and then have the…
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Filling imperfections on fresh plastered walls
Evening, Over the last few months i’ve had a house completely replastered. During this time marks have been made on walls by accident or around the newly fitted sockets etc and need filling. I am ready to start white washing the walls but wondered what to do about filling in and smoothing any parts off. I’ve read using…
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Cooker circuit upgrade?
The old range-style cooker we inherited with the house some years ago has started to pack up. With one of the two ovens not getting up to heat, the other one's fan being temperamental and the grill long since broken, it'll be time to replace it, probably in the January sales. I've been doing some research and have…
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Remove 1 light fitting
Hi. There are currently 2 light fittings in the dining area. What’s the best way of removing one set of wiring and also moving the other one across into the centre of the room? It’s in line one way just needs moving towards the light fitting I will be removing. Thanks.
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Wickes kitchens any good?
Has anyone had a good or bad experience with Wickes kitchens?
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Please help me understand the central heating...
Hello everyone, I hope someone can help :huh:. Recently the old central heating programmer started behaving erratically (turning itself on and off) and was disconnected by an engineer. We wanted to buy a replacement but were not told which to get...However, we still have hot water (all the time and cannot turn it off, even…
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18 v Cordless drills ..quick advice please
Just need a bit of quick advice please Have been after a cordless drill for some time but wonder how they perform. Do i generally get as powerfull a drill as a wired one? Or do these generate less power as they are battery powered? Not for big jobs just general day to day stuff around the house. Model is a Black &Decker…
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Locking bedroom doors - one side only
Me again, sorry :o In our development project, we are making one '4 bedroom' apartment (and two 2 bed ones), to do holiday lets from. In the 4bed, we would like the ability to lock some of the bedrooms so that we can offer it to smaller families (without the risk of them using all the rooms) by locking some of the rooms.…
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Shared drain issue
Hi All, I live next to a currently empty council house. It has been empty for a year or so as the neighbour moved out with his family as he is 90 years old and now the council are slowly doing bits to the house (he was there 50 years!). Anyway our outside drain is blocked and I know it is our problem as no one has lived…
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Messy toilet :)
Hi All OK so don’t laugh at the back of my mucky toilet (I took this as I was cleaning it earlier, honest!) but look at this mess of pipes. And the big hole (that I’ve just blocked up with a couple of tea towels!) But.... is there anything that I can buy ‘off the shelf’ to cover up this sort of thing without commissioning…
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Is it easy to extend forward over garage?
We are interested in buying a house - it ticks a lot of boxes but ideally I'd like something we could extend in a few years. This house has a double garage attached to the front of the house. It seems to me that it'd be an easy option for adding more space. Is it more difficult to get planning permission since it's at the…
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Valspar 500 paint - anyone bought recently?
We've just had 15l of valspar v500 blend mixed atnlocal b&q after being convinced it's better than dulux easycare. Came home and looked it up and am horrified by really bad reviews and even watchdog getting involved about the bad smell. B&q won't take it back unless "there's a problem with the paint". Decorator is coming…
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Leaking radiator valve
Decided to turn the hall radiator off as it was getting a bit warm. Valve was a bit tight so applied some force and then it started leaking. Now have no boiler pressure and no hot water or heating :( Will be calling someone tomorrow but have been googling to see if I can fix it myself but not even sure what type of valve…
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Identifying a central heating boiler Worcester Bosch 535 Compact ErP
Hello, I've recently had an engineer out to asses the work involved and to give me a quote on replacing my central heating boiler. In the quote which has been emailed to me the replacement boiler is identified as the following type. Worcester Bosch 535 Compact ErP. I've just spent a frustrating period of time online trying…
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Soundproofing advice
We live in a first floor flat in an Edwardian conversion. We have wood parquet floors throughout so don't want to carpet over them, but we have put down rugs and runners in areas of most footfall to try and minimise our clopping about over the neighbours downstairs. The ground floor flat built a new living room/kitchen…
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Tarting up a loo seat.
Ive just finished decorating my downstairs loo. Everything looks great but the wooden loo seat stands out like a sore thumb. Completely the wrong colour. Im loathe to replace it coz its in perfect nick. Has anyone tried staining and varnishing a loo seat before? I live on my own so its quite clean, I know urine can be a…
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Using Leak sealer and inhibitor when servicing Combi Boiler
Getting our boiler serviced next week and I am planning to use a leak sealer like http://amzn.to/2i7rbsz and an inhibitor like http://amzn.to/2i5nxiW . Leak sealer because we seem to loose about 0.5 bar pressure per month due to weepy leak (there is one is in our bathroom and perhaps more in other inaccessible places).…
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Heating Recommendations for all electric flat
My elderly mother has a two bedroom flat which is about 40 years old and originally had warm air heating. The heating unit gave up a couple of years ago and, due to her age and income, my mum qualified for free storage heaters to replace the warm air system. The problem is, she was only allowed three heaters, so she chose…
