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Leak in boiler
Hi, I have a leak in the boiler. I was just wondering if you anyone knew what's causing it and if it needs a plumber or is an easy fix? Image below (valve above cup?
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Stock fence query
We have this stock fence at the bottom of our garden. We want to replace it, but it’s runs down to two other house and another house in another side. Do we have to get permission to replace it etc?
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Is it unreasonable of me to be angry at my neighbours?
I live with my mum in a house she bought a few years ago. Semi-detached, we love the house but the neighbours ruin it for us. Next door yell a lot, drink a lot, we had to tell them off for constantly having loud garden parties that lasted until 4am, sometimes even 8am. Garden parties with loud loud music - surely other…
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Lily Pollen Stain
Hello, Can anyone help we have a lily pollen stain on the roof of our car. We hoovered the loose bits then tried to carpet clean it. It improved after the hoover but does anyone else have any other recommendations? (Sorry if posted in the wrong section)
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Concrete slabs bridging damp proof course
Hi All, I have a house that is suffering from some damp issues. Largely this is due to defective chimney stack however also because the existing damp proof course had been built over with concrete and paving slabs (about 1 inch above) and water was sitting as the grading had been lost. This is about a 3 x 0.5 meter section…
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Garage brick wall advice + extra skin/guttering
Hi All, My garage is a fairly large building but never had a proper frontage, originally it was infilled with breeze block and an old small wooden door. Fast forward to last year and i demolished the infilled breeze block and set out to rebuild the front suitable for a proper garage door. Instead of filling in the gap…
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IKEA Metod fittings in a Howdens cabinet
There's a howdens kitchen in the house we bought with just shelves in the cupboards, I can't use half the corner cupboards and we have a freestanding fridge so need to take out the fitted one and want to use the cabinet as a larder unit. Has anyone tried putting the IKEA Metod drawers and interiors in a non IKEA kitchen?…
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Cavity wall insulation solicitor and surveyor needed
I am 6 months down the line of trying to get the CWI company who (only partially) installed my insulation in 2017 to acknowledge they have done it incorrectly, not carried out proper pre-inspection, have claimed a grant for 100% installation when only 1 of the 3 walls have been filled, have caused damp & damage to my…
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Council Building Works - disabled adaptations
Hello Guys. Wishing you all a very happy lockdown - that is to all those who are still in lockdown... ... also just popping into the forum to share some problems... It was great, approximately 10 years ago, when the local authority sorted some building work around the house so that my mother could stay at home. The works…
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John Lewis Fridge/Freezer out of warranty and now parts are discontinued
Good evening, Hoping someone may be able to offer some advice. Our John Lewis Fridge/Freezer is out of warranty by about a year. It has developed a fault with the fan. We got an engineer out who checked it over and went away to order the part. Unfortunately the fan is discontinued and as such we have been advised a repair…
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New build dishwasher - any ones with room for hidden service pipes?
So we are putting a freestanding dishwasher in and the unit is a 60cm Width x 60cm depth standard I am told - however, the plug socket is in the space too (so need to allow space for this) and then of course there will be pipes too. Anubody know of any brands/models that leave gaps for the service pipes so the dishwasher…
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Boiler thermostat - replacing
I have an old worcester 24i boiler with a manual timer attached to boiler. I was hoping to replace it with a wireless thermostat. I originally replaced it with a salus stat which was like for like replacement but did not get on with it. I have since bought a Duostat RF room thermostat but come stuck with how to wire it…
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A building owner is flooding my garden
Hello I do not know if any one can advise me but I need some help. For the past year I have been building a pond at the back of my garden. But I have been having issues with ground water I thought it was a natural problem on my 3 foot deep pond. I decided to dig down another 2 feet and remove a tonne of clay and used…
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Garden fence and retaining wall - I want it removed
I've been searching the answers to this for ages, but can't seem to find any information on someone having a similar issue. So basically, the neighbours whole garden is about a foot maybe 2 higher than the front section closest to my house garden (mine is lower and then slopes up to the same height as neighbours about…
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Why is my paint peeling off
Hello I live in Victorian semi and paint on the bay window outside is peeling off really bad. Any suggestions why and how to fix? Sorry if it is really simple question but I dont know much about DIY.
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Repairing gate
My wooden gate has a big hole where the wood has rotted. I didn't realise until I pushed my finger into what looked like a small a patch of softened wood and realised how big it was. To repair it I think I should maybe paint some wood hardener on the exposed wood inside the hole? but then how do I fill it? Do I put paper…
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uPVC adhesive recommendation
Have a set of garden furniture and sadly one of the cross members slats on one seat has developed a crack. It does not go all the way across so the seat is still usable. My idea is to stick a strip of 6mm thick uPVC to the underside as a means of supporting the slat but retaining some degree of flexibilty. (The uPVC was…
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Fence paint
Morning all - could do with a bit of advice... Replaced a number of rotten fence panels over the weekend, and used Cuprinol Garden Shades paint in a lovely light blue. The panels were like a sponge, soaking up the paint, but eventually I got them covered and installed - and it was high-fives all round, and wasn't I a good…
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Neighbours side window
The house next door to us has an extension, which was already there when we moved into the house. The fence between our gardens starts at the end of that extension. On the side of the extension there is a window which faces our patio it is a long frosted glass window 3 altogether We also want to have a kitchen extension…
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Vinly tiles has hump in them, and fitter says its just how old floors are, is that ok?
I have been renovating my bathroom, and its an old victorian house with floorboards that are a bit all over the place, but not too bad. I did my best getting the floor quite flat, replacing some boards etc. When the LVT flooring guy came to do the quote I said is the floor ok, is it flat enough. He said yeah its fine, 6mm…
