In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving

Hi i have an ongoing saga with a builder who is acting in behalf of my next door neighbour. Just a background to my situation, i have moved back in with my mum along with my husband and two kids as i am applying for a mortgage to a seperate property. My mothers english isnt very good so im dealing with this matter for her.…

If you need some fresh air but you don't want sun light or at night time, the roller blinds tend to bang against the window frame which can be annoying! I found on Google that you could purchase some type of clip to "cushion" the bang but they seem pricey! In the interest of MSE and DIYers….what do you use to prevent the…

Just looking for advice on the next step - having exausted all indoor possiblilties. I've just received the quarterly bill from South West Water and it shows we used over twice the amount of water compared to usual, and compared to the same quarter as last year. I looked at the water meter out on the path and the little…

Hi Anyone used this company to buy a kitchen. https://www.betterkitchens.co.uk/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20419170643&gclid=CjwKCAjwuO_QBhAWEiwAIkVhUyzuyel3MPQTC6BPhAJPL5JX0EIdBOiUEzIXGGKsFfzwSTe83dEzABoC8oAQAvD_BwE Any good? Wgats yiur experience been like? Thanks

Nowhere else to turn so try knowledgeable people here…..does anyone know where I can get a replacement solar led thingy for this owl garden ornament. It lights up 2 eyes and although there are plenty of replacements on Amazon and such for 1 connection I cant find one with two connections. It's 7cm long a couple of photos…

We suddenly had a huge leak coming from upstairs into our dining room on Friday morning. I had to call an emergency plumber who came within an hour. He said he can do the works but he won’t know a definite price until he takes the ceiling down and finds the cause etc. He estimated £1200-£6000 which I had to agree to as the…

i have seen stepped cracks on outside wall and noticed same place inside as well. initially i thought inside was just blown plaster. blown plaster in other parts of house as other walls need re-plastering as well due to cracks. also noted a crack outside in straight line where bay window is attached to house. also , cracks…

I own a Leasehold in an Apartment that has 4 others all together. All of the meters are in the communal area as you come in and each has their own meter. I am trying to get a Smart Meter and I have had both Octopus and British Gas out who have said they can't do it because of the wiring leading to the meter. (This is after…

Hi, Do B & Q do solid wood kitchens? If so what material are the doors made up of ? Are they any good? Do they last few yrs? Thanks!

Hi 6 years ago we renovated our 70s family bathroom and added a dual pump for the shower which created a lovely power shower experience. We had a 20 year old boiler in the kitchen, hot water tank in the airing cupboard, and a cold water tank in the attic. Yesterday we started some more house renovations and have had the…

In my head I had frosted glass, but not too sure how big of a fan I am of it. The shower is against the window so will need to be a high privacy rating, but not sure whether to get frosted or some kind of design.…

Not sure where to post this. Can anyone recommend a rechargeable, good suction cleaner which is on the light side, weight-wise? OH and I are getting heartily sick of trundling our corded, cylinder job around… but we've heard three main accusations levelled against the cordless models: They simply don't do the job specified…

hi, i have a shower with curved doors. One of the doors keeps popping out of the track at the bottom every time you try to shut the door ( see pics) . It feels really loose. I used to have a similar door in the old house and the silver square cover had a button which released it so you could tighten a screw behind it. This…

I live in a 1930s semi-detached house (say, number 10) joined to number 12. The drains run along the back of the houses, from number 2 down towards number 14 and so on. The manhole cover is about 1m from the back door. I have a grate into which the water from the bathroom, dishwasher and washing machine pours (from pipes…

We have lived in our house for 1 year and hadn't thought about access to drains etc until now. We can't find any manholes on our property to access our drains. The nearest manhole is just over the fence in our neighbours' alley. Are we missing a manhole on our property? Nothing was flagged up during the sale. The drainage…

I want to redo my kitchen. If it is possible I would like to move the sink from its existing position on the side wall to the front wall. The move would be along two sides of a right angled triangle roughly 180cm x 110cm, with a straight line between the old and new positions forming a hypotenuse of about 211cm. I think…

The slim, pipe, furthest away in photo, is the drainage outlet for my shower. It emerges from the wall on a downward slope and inside the white/grey connector thingy, is the pipe that the outside black pipe, needs to connect to. It seems to be just a push fit connection. For some reason, of late, the black pipe bit is…

Wondering about buying one of these to help see into confined spaces - mainly dry ones, like under and behind kitchen units, under floorboards etc. Places where I can't get my camera in to take pictures or record video. Anyone found good ones that will work with a Moto Android mobile phone (a bit old now) or the latest…

Anyone used Wren to supply and fit their kitchen? What was your experience of them?

We want a new kitchen fitted. The one we have is about 15 years old and was from Ikea. We've been relatively happy with it, but it was a budget option and now we are willing to pay a bit more to get better quality. So far, we've been to Howdens, who are coming out in 10 days to design the kitchen. We designed the Ikea one…