The fitted wardrobes in my house were here when we moved in 22 years ago and are really tatty. I would like to remove them and replace them with freestanding furniture. The wardrobes have lights over...
I need to replace a toilet siphon on a close coupled cistern. The existing siphon has SRC on the top cover. I was wondering if I could replace it with a Fluidmaster kit and do the inlet at the same...
The plastic plunger on the top of your toilet has broken. http://i60.tinypic.com/2zityjd.jpg Please can anyone identify the make and where I can just buy a replacement. The loo works very well, it's...
Scenario : Upstairs En-suite created comprising WC, WHB and shower. Ensuite at front of house....drainage away at side/rear of house (Victorian mid-terrace) therefore Macerator fitted with discharge...
The wood in our house is painted with a non-gloss paint, I don't think it's eggshell, there's a slight sheen to it. What kind of paint will give such a finish to wood? I need to repaint and I don't...
I am in the process of decorating my bathroom, we have a big wooden boat that is hung up I painted it a beautifull ocean blue, I loved it that much I decided to paint the bath panel with the same...
A largish piece of the render and roughcast has come adrift from our side of a shared chimney (semi detached, us homeowners, them council). The piece is currently sitting intact on the roof and I was...
Whats the best way to clean a mustard coloured rendered wall. Thought about pressure washer but a)will it take the surface off and b) I will need scaffolding to pressure the top of the house? Any...
We have a walk-in shower room. It is fitted with Roper Rhodes furniture in particular with a BTW WC unit with concealed cistern and BTW pan. I have just noticed that there is a collection of...
My defunked washing machine is connected to the u bend in the kitchen Every time I empty the washing up bowl half the water seeps out through the bottom of the washing machine. I can't uninstall the...
I am going to put tiles above the upstand on the kitchen worktop.
Do I put the first row of tiles directly on the upstand top or put a spacer in?
Thanks in advance....
My shower has been leaking into the cupboard on the floor below. A plumber came round and said that the water was getting behind some of the tiles and they need be taken off, let the plaster dry, then...
My neighbour has recently laid laminate flooring in the living room which has an open gas fire. In doing so he has covered over the hole which was in the suspended timber floor next to the fire place....
Central heating joint (nut) has a very slight seepage. When heat is not on a little water would seep and form at the top if the nut. When the heat is on it evaporates. This is ok at the moment as I...
Some of you answer-bankers may know that my other half and I are currently nearing completion on buying a house. We're beginning to think about decorating and one thing he particularly wants to change...
Immersion heater timer has stopped working, preventing the immersion heater from working. How easy is it to just remove the timer and connect direct to the switch. Currently there is a switch which...
Any ideas how I can get the nut from the present small gas canister connection off so that I can put on a new adapter to take a patio size gas. I can't get it to budge.