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Our current sink with 1.5 basins sits in the worktop over the base unit, the unit under the basin side is 570mm wide. The new sink we are looking at also 1.5 basins is wider and says needs it needs a minimum of a 600mm unit. I've measured the distance between the far edges of the two basins...

It's time for me to replace the interwoven panelled fence. Some of the 75 mm posts have rotted at ground level and been repaired years ago with those metal plates. We'd like a post and rail fence in its place, I did this before with the fence at the bottom of the garden and was straightforward...

The house has a 'Conqueror' alarm system as installed by the builders in 1997. The external sounder battery is flat and worn out again (I replaced it once already a few years back), and I'm thinking to just replace the sounder this time with something like a Pyronix Deltabell Plus. I've come...

We have an Ideal Classic FF250 situated in the garage and it is working fine. Serviced annually since the house was built in 1997 and no other costs, its been reliable, never failed. The only issue is feeling all that 'hot air' combustion gasses coming out of the flue and going to waste. I'm...

I'm helping someone to install a home safe and we've hit a snag. The position has been decided upon and the wall prepared. The wall had plasterboard, then a gap, then high density concrete blocks. We've cut out the plasterboard and skirting so it can fit flush up to the wall. The snag is...

I'll be getting an electrician to install a new induction hob and would like to be aware in advance what new or altered wiring will be required. The house was built in 1997 and has a split consumer unit. The existing cooker circuit is in 6mm cable on a 32A mcb, not RCD protected. There is a...

About a month a go I applied silicone beading around a shower. I've now got more to do and have bought a beading tool to get a better finish and like the results. Can I put new silicone over the month old beading to get the better finish using the tool or does it need removing first?

The composite back door on our 1997 built house is rotting at the bottom. The weather strip rotted first and was replaced about 5 years ago. The door frame is also rotting at the bottom as can be see in the photos. Can you tell from the photos what kind of wood rot this is? What is the best...

My mother has these cocoon like growths pushing their way through the plasterboard ceiling. They are making a hole and 'growing' down through it. Two were noticed a few weeks ago about a inch and a half long, I pulled them off and they didn't seem to have any substance to them, I thought they...

I've just fitted a new ceramic mono mixer basin tap in the bathroom. The cold supply is mains fed, and tap slowly dripped when fully off. When I isolated the cold supply the drip stopped, so the tank fed hot water at low pressure wasn't the cause, it's the mains pressure cold that is doing...

This midpoint valve was making a fairly load clicking/ticking noise whenever the central heating was used and continued even when the CH was later turned off. It seemed likely the motor wearing out, as the noise was becoming more obvious, so I got a replacement head. I fitted it and was testing...

We've got a wooden floor in the hall and would like to change the colour to a lighter shade. It was already down when we moved here, so not sure exactly what kind it is, though it isn't laminate. I'm thinking it is stained and then treated. Its only a small area 3m x 3m and wonder what is the...

Already got a full width single story extension and wanting to add a self build half width 'Victorian' style conservatory to it. All the ones I've seen on the buy on line places expect it to be fitted up against the full height of the wall so the back of the roof butts up to it. Our existing...

We've got an apartment in Turkey, and a UPVC double glazed patio door which opens inwards on butt hinges isn't fitted properly. It doesn't seem quite square and the top of the door scrapes the frame as closes. though lower down there is a gap. The 4 hinges are not adjustable, and also today the...

Every time we get a spell of sub zero temperatures I always get to wishing I had a 240v heater to pre-heat the engine on these cold mornings. Having looked around they can be had for a minimum of a £100 or so and up to £300 or more. I remember my dad had a paraffin sump heater many years ago...

House is 13 years old and the swirly patterned ceiling in one room has cracked along the line of the joist above it. There doesn't seem to be any reason why that I can discover. The swirly finish has come away from the plaster, so maybe just poorly done in the first place? It needs repairing...

Ideal are giving a 5 year warranty on the "Logic Plus Combination Boiler" range. I see the older Ideal boilers were not thought of very highly, but haven't seen any comments at all about this one. Is it any good do you reckon?

The time has come to replace her old boiler, it's at least 45 years old (sorry don't know the make just now), and the system struggles to keep her 3 bedroomed detached house warm. I suspect a good clean out may do a lot of good, but she is determined to have it replaced with a condensing combi...

Our exterior door frames have a built in rubber type sealing strip. The previous owner was careless and splashed paint on it, white paint on black looks quite messy. Do you know if there's anything I can use on this type of material, Nitromors says it's not for use on rubber, vinyl, plastics...

As we're on a water meter it's been on my mind for a while to convert the toilets to dual flush. A bit of research reveals two options, either a syphon or drop valve. So I've found these two items Duoflush or Drop Valve, and wondered if the experts have any advice. The Duoflush is more...