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I may be posting this in the wrong place but i can;t find where to put it. We live in a stone built, mid terrace with a blind back (no doors or windows at the rear.) Recently the upstairs bedroom was found to have plaster that had bubbled. We found a leaking guttering which had saturated...

I had a leaky bath tap this morning so thought it had better be fixed. I removed the handle and shroud with no problems. However, the headgear but is almost completely rounded. Any ideas how to remove it please? Because of the position of the bath, I can't get in to the underneath to...

Just a quick query. I've got to put a batten up for hanging some curtains from. The batten is 2" x 1" and is 175cm long. How spaced out should my wall fixings be to ensure its sturdy please? Thank you

At some point the bedroom door had come away from the bottm hinge and been left hanging from the top. This cracked the frame. The previous owner didn't repair this so we are going to have to. My thinking is to cut/chisel away the cracked section of frame and then cut a new piece of...

Hi, We have a combi boiler (Biasi Garda M90F). It does hot water on demand to three taps. The kitchen and bathroom sink are fine. However the bath hot tap seems faulty. When you run it, you get a minute or so of water and then nothing. if you turn it off, run the cold tap for a few minutes...

Hi, We have a little problem that I am hoping has a simple answer. We have discovered our toilet has a leak on it. We've bought a new toilet (and matching sink, accessories and curtains etc!!) however, it has been decided to retile the cloakroom at the same time. I can cope with...

I have been roped into building a craft table for my mother and as I have never done anything like this before, would appreciate some advice please. The basic construction is a frame with an MDF sheet on top to provide a work surface. As part of it she wants a channel routing round the edge...

Downstairs we have two cold water taps which are both working fine and at full pressure. Upstairs there is the kitchen tap which has a feed off it for the dishwasher and a bathroom tap. The water pressure upstairs seems to have dropped quite low over the last few weeks. The dishwasher...

Hi folks, I am helping a friend do some garden work which will involve removing 6 leyllandi conifers. They are between 6 foot and 12 foot high and are up against the fence next to the pavement. Do we need to tell the council for removing trees please? I keep seeing in the planning...

I noticed earlier that my CH hadn;t turned on so had a nosy at the timer. It's a Randall 102 and appeared to have stopped. Next to the timer is a fused switch. Wire comes out of the switch into the timer and then wires come out of the timer to the boiler and to a device labelled "Commodore...

One saturday evening, just before christmas I got a phone call off my dad. Apparently my sister and hubby were coming up for xmas and stopping. They were due in two days. Mum, in her infinite wisdom, decided that the spare bedrrom was looking a little jaded and should be redecorated so she...

I am trying to find a part for an aluminium shop door and haven't a clue where to look so i was hoping someone here might be able to help. At work we have an aluminium door where the top is hinged by a pivot extending into the frame and the bottom of the door has a cup in the frame which sits...

I appear to be locked out! My flat has only one door which is a UPVC door (not sure of manufacturer over 10 years old). Normally you push the handle up and turn the key to lock it. To unlock just turn the key and push handle down. It locked fine this morning but now, if I turn the key...

Not really one of my disasters but the chappie involved thought it was!!! I work as a newsagent and happened to, yesterday, be doing a paper-round. I got to one house and as i pushed the paper through the letterbox, felt a bit of resistance. Assuming the end of the paper was merely caught on...

The last person to live in my flat was a bit of a woodchip fan and every wall is covered in it!! Does anyone know the best way to remove it without ending up with loads of bits stuck in my hand!!! Cheers

I have just had a lump fall off my ceiling!!!!! I have a lath and plaster ceiling which has previously (5 years ago) had a leak in the roof. There was a bulge in the ceiling and, while changing a light bulb, i prodded it!! (big mistake!!!) A lump of plaster fell off leaving a hole about...

Hi, Not sure if you cna help but if you can't no one can!!!!! I ahve just moved into a flat which has had a lot of decorating started but none finished. One of these is the kitchen floor which is bare floorboards that have been painted. I have found int he cellar the tin of paint used...

Hi folks, I appear to have beggared my radiator!!!!! I was bleeding it, tightened the bleed screw adn got a bit over-excited and managed to snap the screw in half!!!! :oops: The square end dropped out but the other half is still stuck in the thread! It is not leaking or anything but I...