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Electricity Failure. Help Please.

Earlier this morning I put on my oven and set the pyrolytic cleaning mode. About an hour later the oven, the second oven, hob, and switches in the kitchen all lost power. I looked in the consumer unit...

RATTER15

Lime To Whiten Concrete

I have been looking at various youtube vids about lime being used to whiten concrete. Does anybody have any experience of using lime this way. Is hydraulic lime better that hydrated lime etc, what mix...

RATTER15

Real Silver Sand Is It No Longer Available?

Years ago I used to buy silver sand in many builders outlets around Devon without a problem. It was very attractive and real silver in colour. Now I am trying to buy some more, only now it is 3 times...

Bramleyboy

Airing Cupboard Running Water.

In our airing cupboard we appear to have an overflow connection which was a drip but is now a running flow. There are two 'taps' in the pipe line which are sort of sprung. When you turn them the flow...

gness

Dave's Pocket Or Shoes?

What a quandary.... :-( The quote for my car insurance renewal was £281 so, like others, I phoned to get it brought down. The only change is having Dave as a named driver and that was when they came...

crapmemory

Mantlepiece

My son and his partner have just moved and there is a wood burner with a wooden mantlepiece above it. I think it's pine and it has been varnished and possibly stained. It doesn't match any of their...

Ric.ror

Emulsion Blown And Peeling

I’m trying to re- emulsion a wall but some of the previous paint has blown and is peeling off the wall right down to the plaster. I can’t emulsion over as that makes it worse Help please...

Chipchopper

Screw Driver Attachment...

Is there some sort of gadget the can make screwing screws and nailing nails easier for those who's hands are not so steady ? TIA....

sandyRoe

Drain From Shower Tray Blocked

I think there's a shallow u-bend and there doesn't seem any way to get a wire into it to try and clear it. Any thoughts?...

blulok

To All Carpenters And/or Brillant Diyers...

I have a wooden construction as part of a small animal business. Several pieces of tannalised wood(altho' that's not too important) have become worn/scratched. I have an idea what plasterers do to get...

gadgetgeek

Bathroom Shower Replacement

When an electric bathroom shower is replaced does this need to be carried out by a qualified electrician and/ or does a certificate need to be issued? The internet seems to give differing answers....

fuggy

Soil Pipe

I have a leak between the soil pipe and toilet pan. I cannot find the stop tap. I would like to replace the lot I cannot turn the water off. I am under the immpression that you can buy a kind of...

Helewel

Stabilising Block Paving

I have used Marshalls Keybond in the past but it no longer seems to be available. Has anyone tried Multicrete block paving sand stabiliser? Is it similar to Keybond?...

rosyposy

Advice Or Ideas Re Radiator Please

Afraid this is going to be a bit 'long winded', sorry. In our kitchen we have a tall fridge freezer in the r.hand corner at the end of a run of units, at right angles to it and underneath the window...

BillyBB

Plumbing For Washing Machine, Is This Right?

Just moved into a house and connecting our washing machine where theirs was. Turns out to be a bodged diy job. The outlet runs horizontally against a slight rise into a drain-out kit with one way...

angie55

Damp Looking Marks On Walls?

I’m going to decorate one of my rooms. I’ve removed the books and book shelves and found damp looking marks on the walls. They are external walls. I don’t think it’s actually damp. Doesn’t...

woofgang

Mould After Water Leak?

Yesterday i found that my riser from the main, which is in my downstairs loo, has been leaking and there was quite a lot of wetness in the boxing in around the pipes. Its fixed now. I am heating and...

j0nb0y

Preparing Artex For Skimming

I have a DIY job artex in my bedroom that I am getting skimmed at the weekend, the plaster has asked me to knock off the deeper knobbly bits (if that makes sense). But I have been reading about the...

paddyk

Installing Laminate Flooring

Hi. We are replacing our old laminate flooring with 12mm laminate, the joiner says we should have bought 8mm again as 12mm is harder to lay and he will have to charge us more money to install it. does...

woodchopper

Earth Fault

Came across a problem when I was installing a one of those USB sockets in a ring main yesterday. Was using a Martindale ring main tester to check which circuit to switch off -when it showed up an...

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