In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving

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…

The clip on one of my guttering connections has broken and I want looking to buy it, I assume it would be readily available but appears not. Seems like you have to buy the whole corner piece. I'm looking at the clip that clicks into place see below:

Anyone else think that Zinsser Permawhite isn't exactly that white but more of a cream colour. Don't get me wrong, it's brilliant stuff but when I first bought a tin for the woodwork and doors for my bathroom I did notice it was a bit off white but didn't really bother me as I using it for all areas on the bathroom but…

after five years the mattress has after independent inspection been found faulty. the edges all the way around the mattress has collapsed. the springs are broken and there are 5cm dips, I cannot get comfortable. its a John Lewis mattress. lady at J L said we wouldn't entertain a claim as your mattress has stains on it. I…

We’ve got a Qettle boiling water tap with the 4 litre boiler and an inline charcoal filter (about the size of a rolling pin) under our kitchen sink. Our mains water has been off for about 5 hours due to a burst main locally. When it came back on earlier we heard a couple of knocks from under the sink (sounded like the…

We own a house which was built in 2017. Two panes of four of the patio doors have failed, with condensation between them. I contacted the makers, Patiomasters, they agreed that they have failed but have said we need to find the installer to activate the warranty. The house was built by a small scale developer, only three…

Hi all We are about.to start the process of renovating the kitchen in our Victorian terrace. Everything need ripping out and starting again. Kitchen is 3.5m by 2.54m We are planning on staying in the house for another 3/4 years so don't want to go high end but still want it to look good when we sell, so don't want to go…

Ive no idea who designed the plumbing in out building but its crazy, 4 stories, with at least most having multiple unshared soil stacks, our carpark is a web of soil pipes coming out the ceiling and merging together. We also have suspended ceilings that are a good 30cm below the structural ceiling. So… if I look under our…

Looking for some advice on radiator BTU sizing. We’re looking to replace a standard radiator with a vertical one in our upstairs spare bedroom/home office because it works better for the layout of the room. Using online BTU calculators, the room seems to need around 2550–2650 BTU. The plumber gave us a couple of options…

Having read a few threads on this topic, I can see this is a common and frustrating issue. I am in a rental, the lady below me owns her flat. Almost every watery thing causes water hammer. Very bad from the shower in particular and I hear it from washing machine, but kitchen taps by washing machine also cause some noise.…

The flexible pipe under this basin is spurting water. I have zero plumbing skills so is this a diy job or had I better call a plumber?

Hi, we live in a Victorian terrace and had a new engineered wood flooring laid over our floorboards about two years ago. In the past two weeks we are finding a pile of grey thick 'dust' near the copper pipe that goes from the floor to the radiator. We vacuum the dust and a couple of days later it reappears. There are ant…

Anyone tried a PIV (positive air pressure) system for reducing dust? We don't get condensation, but we live next to a main road and the dust is quite bad. We have cavity wall insulation and double glazing. We have a couple of extractor fans that were installed with the insulation. So air is coming in other ways,…

This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks… I’ve been sent a £1,584 VAT bill by a contractor who did work in my garden over a year ago, and more drainage/building work in August. At the time, he didn’t charge VAT for either job as he wasn’t VAT-registered. He now says he had to register from 1 May and needs to charge…

there is a small gap between the laminate flooring, can this be fixed without replacing pl?

My neighbours cat is constantly on our front garden and driveway seeking attention from school children and passers by on a daily basis. It has got to the stage where crowds of people are standing on my front garden stroking the cat as if they have never seen one before it feels like an attraction at the Zoo. I have tried…

I'm thinking of getting a wool duvet as I'm fed up of my duvets getting clumped and trying to get mainly natural fibres. Some claim to be good in cold and warm weather. I'd welcome experience and recommendations, particularly ones that can be washed at home , or if too large at the launderette. Many thanks

We are getting a new fence installed across the back of our garden, and we are starting to remove the old one (the fence company charges £600 to remove the old fence apparently!). We have an old metpost that is firmly stuck into the ground and just will not budge. If my measurements are correct, it has about 1ft stuck into…

Hello What are the rough prices people have and for Windows and Doors? We've had the classic £23,500 down to £12,000 within a couple of phone calls for 6 new units (one is a bay) and two new UPVC doors. Very subjective but is this a relatively okay deal?

Been living in my house 14yrs never had a problem before but in 5 months had 2 rats come up from sewer pipe into the downstairs toilet pipe and chew through the flexipipe. The reason the plumber did a flexipipe is height difference between the pan and pipe on the wall which is cast iron and sits lower. Note this is toilet…