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So I started this this morning, intending to remove the tired leaky silicone from the bath and replace the grout which had deteriorated. I found a few of the tiles were loose so lifted them up. The wood supporting them is totally soaked. It probably needs replaced to do things properly but...

I replaced an old double plug socket with a newer, nicer looking one. The old socket had one earth connection with three wires going into it.The new one has two connections and I wasn't sure whether it matters which wire going into which socket. I guessed it'd be better to have at least one...

Hi all, I have a plastic (acrylic?) bath which is about 7 years old. It has been damaged by one of those cheap wire soap dishes that attach to the wall tiles using suckers falling into it. There's a chip on the inside of the bath and a small crack through to the other side, small but big enough...

Hi all, The toilet cistern in the photo continues to drain after flushing. Water flowing in just flows straight out of the bottom. If I push down on the blue plunger in the middle of the white housing in the centre of the photo it stops emptying and fills normally until the next time you flush...

Hi all, We had a flood of water through the house caused by a blocked valley gutter. After 4 weeks the wall in the photo is still quite damp, smelly and has mould growing on it. What's the best way to get it to dry out? I know heat and a dehumidifier are probably the way to go but we'd like to...

Hi all, We have a Smeg DF612SDX dishwasher which keeps blowing the fuse in the mains plug. It used to run for a while before the fuse blew but and if we replaced the fuse it'd run for long enough to complete a cycle but now it blows quicker. Any idea why this might be happening? Is this a...

Hi there, We have an old Samsung fridge freezer which has started to leak water. There is also ice forming at the back corner of the fridge compartment near the vent in the back panel and seemingly behind the vent but we can't get the back panel off to see what's going on there. I'm presuming...

Hi everyone, The window in my kitchen has got stuck open. It's the kind of window you can have open just a crack and locked in that position. This is the position the window is stuck in. The handle is in the horizontal, locked position. The handle has a button which you need to press...

Following on from my previous post //www.diynot.com/forums/plumbing/bathroom-basin-leaking-from-basin-waste-pipe-joint.348908/ I've been trying to fit the Basin Mate thing I got this morning. With the parts arranged as in the photos I can't seem to get the bottom half of the waste to screw...

Hi there, There's water leaking from my bathroom sink waste pipe. The leak appears at the top of the plastic collar where it meets the enamel of the basin. The water is leaking when the plug is in so I guess it must be getting past the chrome plug surround. I'm not sure if this has just...

Hi all, I've noticed a damp patch which has appeared just inside my back door. It could've been there for a while without my seeing it or it could be fresh. Either way I need to find out where it's coming from. There is a couple of water pipes set into the concrete floor which run under where...

Yes, I know... There are so many posts on here about this and the general consensus seems to be to go for acrylic eggshell. Fair enough but is there any reason I should not use acrylic matt, assuming there is such a thing. As I understand it modern eggshell is a bit shiny, although not as...

Hi there, I've just started stripping the gloss paint from my fireplace using Nitromors paint stripper. I've managed to get down to the bottom layer of the mantelpiece quite quickly and have found this strange green stuff... ( see pic below ). While the rest of the paint blistered and...

Hi all and thank you for reading my first post on here. As a newbie home owner and first time decorator I'm looking forward to seeing my first house all nicely painted. The house is in need of some renovation and I have a mate who is pretty experienced in this area helping out. He...