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Just a couple of quick questions for the experts. I want to re-roof my small shed. It's a flat roof with a slight slope. It will need two strips of felt across it with a slight overlap. Is felt adhesive good enough to hold down the felt, or do I need clout nails along the overlap too? And as...

I have vinyl flooring laid in my bathroom and kitchen that has some kind of sealant filling the slight gaps between the flooring and the bottom of the skirtings. It is a bit grubby and has separated in quite a few places. What sealant should I use to replace this? Ordinary silicone? Reason I...

I want to replace the flex in all the standard ceiling pendants in my house (the short length between ceiling rose and bulb holder) as they are really discoloured. After decorating, the discolouration stands out. The roses and bayonet lamp holders are still good as new. Can the experts tell me...

After a bit of advice please. I need some cheap (£30 ish) Wickes or B&Q type internal 4 or 6 panel primed internal doors to replace old ones in poor condition. Standard new doors seem to be 1981 in height. My doors are 1975, 1988, 1994, 2000 and 2007mm in height and all 762mm width. So the width...

I recently posted a question on here about changing a battery on my brother's 2006 Merc E220 to one of a higher output. All is well, and I'm grateful for the help I received. However, I have some more questions. The car's battery is fitted in the boot on these cars. There is a breather tube for...

Bit of advice from the experts please. My brother's car battery has just died as they're prone to at this time of year. The spec on the current battery is 100Ah 760A. It's for a 2006 Merc E220 CDI diesel. I've found an Exide which is a really good price, but the spec is slightly higher. It...

I'm the lucky ;-) ;-) owner of a lovely Worcester Greenstar 28i Junior MK3. I have a few non gas jobs to do to it which will involve me undoing the unions for flow and return and maybe cold in and hot out unions where the boiler meets the jig. It's the washers that sit on the top of the...

My daughter bought a small flat that was owned by a heavy smoker. The bathroom and kitchen tiles are only a few years old, and both the tiles and grout are in excellent condition. Only problem is the grout has been discoloured by the nicotine/smoke in the house. Is there a way to whiten the...

I want to emulsion the walls and paint woodwork in a house that is badly nicotine stained everywhere. I know I can use Sugar Soap on painted woodwork, but can I use it on woodchip that's been emulsioned previously? Will the Sugar Soap damage the surface of the woodchip paper? Or is there...

I've already posted this once, but for some reason it disappeared. My daughter bought a small one bed house at auction. The previous owner was a heavy smoker. Everything in the house is covered in a yellow/brown smoke/nicotine film or staining. Like pub walls used to be years ago. It needs...

I need to replace the cracked low-level toilet in my bathroom, and was wondering if the pros on here had any preferences for toilets in a box or toilet to go that places like Wickes, B&Q, Screwfix offer. Are they any good, and which one should I buy so I get a reliable one? Which ones do the...

I want to mount a roller blind in a 6' (1.8m) wide window. To do this I will need to drill upwards into the lintel that spans the window. It's an early 60s house, standard brick faced, cavity and blocks inside. I plan to use red plugs which are 1 1/4" (30mm) long plus a bit extra for the screw...

I'm after a bit of advice from the experts. I've just fitted a new Drayton Mistat N110R wireless room thermostat for my parents combi system. I'm not keen on TPI/TP, so set the stat to run as a normal on/off stat. On these stats when you select it to run on/off, it gives you the option of...

Would be grateful if anyone can help with a problem concerning my Glow Worm 30 CXi combi boiler. These boilers are known to have a weakness with the PCBs, as turning them off on the power switch on the front of boiler often wrecks the PCB when it's turned on again. This has happened twice, and...

The first click up/click down basin waste lasted 18 months, the second a year. Both wouldn't stay down - they weren't clogged but actually broken. Right pain to change. Don't know what make they were. Is there a quality brand of these types of wastes? Is the other type of swivel/pivot waste a...

I've been lurking on here for a while and reading up on which boilers the pros seem to favour. Intergas seems very good, and after watching some Youtube videos on them the engineering makes a lot of sense in keeping things simple and hopefully long lasting. My daughter has just bought a 2 bed...

I've just bought a new separate power supply (transformer/switching adaptor) for my LG flat screen pc monitor. It came with a 13 amp fuse fitted in the plug which I thought was a bit high. The old p s of the same spec had a 10 amp fuse fitted. The p s spec is INPUT - 240V 1.2A 90VA...

Wondering if anyone can tell me what the ohms reading should be for the pump on my Turbomax Plus please. It's single speed. Also a way to test the start capacitor. I've got a basic multimeter. Many thanks.

Occasionally I need to clear the old salt glaze back entry gully for the kitchen sink. The gully chamber has an inlet from the sink waste pipe, and an outlet to the main sewage system. It's this outlet that get blocked with fat, etc and it has a tight upwards turn that I can only just get my...

Hello to all. Just a quick question. I have replaced an old window with a new UPVC unit. I now need to fix some quadrant trim to the sides and top of frame outside to hide the gap between frame and brickwork. I have some plumbers solvent weld, the stuff you use to join plastic waste pipes. Is...