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Bathroom heater

Does anyone know the best type and brand of fan heater to mount on the wall of my bathroom? For the last two years I have had a Heatstore heater, but the same problem always happens - the cord...

Trixie2

Salvaging floor tiles.

I need to replace seven damaged floor tiles. Unfortunately they have long since been discontinued. I have identified an area of the same tile which I can sacrifice for the repair. It means lifting...

woodchopper

My garage was built about 10 yrs ago. It was rendered and painted. A few weeks ago I noticed that a patch of paint about a foot square has started to blister and bubble. when I exmained it By poking...

Myriad2112

Any Plumbers here?

I have a dripping bath tap that has stopped dripping and started running. As they are so old and worn, I bought some replcements and called a plumber out who told me that the taps are too close to the...

Tweed

Paint cracking on outside walls

Hello. The paint on parts of my outside house walls is cracking, probably due to direct exposure of the sun. I've scraped off the paint in the offending areas and it's come off exposing the bare...

Caladon

How to clean brickwork of old paint

We have bought a house which has 100 years worth of old thick paint on it. There seems to be some sort of bitumen underneath making it almost impossible to get off. Any ideas how we can get it off, or...

stokemaveric

anyone know why my cold water taps in the bathroom have stopped working [sink and bath]

the hot ones are fine,and all the other taps in the house are working ok..the cold water tank is full its puzzling me..thanx...

sonicmook

adjoining iron roof structure removal

I live in a terraced house and there is an adjioning ironwork roof structure which used to hold some perspex corregated sheeting between mine and my neighbours house. The perspex sheeting has long...

tonyallitt

Fire door query

I have had a new conservatory built which goes accross my garage at the back, the opening to the garage from the conservatory was bricked up and a fire door fitted, when the work was done my brother...

sigma

Condensation on aluminium frames

I have double glazed windows and exterior doors with aluminium frames. How can I stop condensation forming on the frames or is it a case of replacing with upvc.

sallyrowe

plagued with black mould

I have lived in my 200 year old sandstone cottage for ten years, and every year from October to April condensation builds up on the inside walls which eventually turns black and unsightly. This also...

invisibleLL

cork wall tiles finally removed - what to do next?

In my kitchen when I moved in, the walls were covered in awful brown and red cork tiles. After a lot of elbow grease, patience and with great difficulty, I managed to remove them; however left behind...

carlyon bay

Is there a problem with my electricty or my long life bulbs

Is there a problem with my electricity? I noticed when I slept in our spare bedroom that when in complete darkness the long life light bulb comes on a intermittent basis it comes on with a very low...

queenio

central heating

Does keeping your central heating system on all night help to keep the pipes freezing up?

blondieb

upvc wall cladding

im thinking of doing my kitchen walls in this white upvc wall cladding and taking all the tiles of etc, is this a good idea,i know ill still have to tile around back of cooker etc but i think itl be...

LD_DOLL1611

Why is my tap making a rumbling noise.......

My cold tap at the kitchen sink is making a really loud rumbling noise when I turn it on. Someone told me it needs a washer. Can anyone please tell me if that is correct cause I cant afford to call a...

DIYTRIER

Help with Problem - inlet distance on shower unit

I've just bought a Triton shower and the centres for inlet are 20mm from the tiled surface. Unfortunately, the centres for my elbow joint are 30mm - so I'm 10mm out. The distance is far too great to...

davidk65

Central Heating

Whilst visiting my daughter, I found that all the radiators are hot (very), but one radiator in hall on the ground floor is stone cold.The house has four bed rooms. On checking I found that both...

wickedtart19

i am planning to change my garage into a room, it is integral, do i need planning permission

do i need planning permission to change my part integral garage into a room, thanks

sarahj18

french doors

hi there, quite a while ago someone gave instructions on how to adjust french doors, is there any chance that he is still around and could repeat them if not is there anyone else who knows how to do...

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