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Hi all Had a composite door fitted a year ago and it appears to have dropped on lock side..catching frame slightly above handle. I'm a novice but it looks like a flag but hinge. I'm assuming I need to adjust laterally but I cannot get the hinge cover off! Removed security screw visible from...

Hi all, My neighbour is building a single story extension full length of house stops 4 inches from my extension built in 1984 which is on boundary, regrettable but done. Neither of us can maintain property cannot even get in to clean out debris. My foundations are exposed because they are...

Have a beech hedge 10m x 2m any idea of cost of removal. First quote £450. PS agreed yesterday with neighbour to kissing hedge goodbye. (They hated it,) Just come in from shopping and my neighbour is stood in the garden with a chainsaw and hedge is down!!!? His friend has just arrived to...

Hi all. I have a 10m X 2m beech hedge, any idea how much for removal. I like the hedge along with the birds, unfortunately neighbours don't. It was planted in the 60s I inherited it in 1978. It was planted on boundary. Their side is awful because of subtle attempts to kill it off. Now they are...

Hi. I am having small single story extension. The existing soil stack will exit the new roof pass closely between 2 windows and above eaves. This is also reflected on the drawings. The builder doing the roof wants to remove the stack and fit an external vent which will be a short distance below...

Hi All, have 2 questions hope someone can set me on right path. Had an electrician in to upgrade 16 edition box to 17 edition did some like for like work on lighting circuit, and new chrome switches etc. I took this opportunity as I am ripping up carpets and decorating. Happy with work very...

I have a Bosch dishwasher No. SG145E16GB/28 FD 8711. Yesterday I came home to find the dishwasher which I had set on a quick wash cycle, had stopped and drained with 66 minutes still on the clock! The check water light was on. When I set the timer before leaving the clock read 50...

Hi, My alarm activated at 4 am a couple of mornings ago. It is four and a half years old. The alarm is connected to the same switch as the outside light, the bulb went and tripped the RCD, am I right in thinking that the reason it activated is because the battery is flat? Had a power cut...

My Veritas 8 alarm activated at 4.am a couple of days ago after working faultlessly for 4 years. The tamper light was flashing. I managed to stop it by entering my code but it continued to go off every 15 minutes until the battery was flat. Didn't have a clue what to do, and my neighbour...

I have a Smeg 220-240v Pyrolytic single oven with a connected load of 3k. The installation instructions state that if a fixed connection is used fit the powerline with an omnipolar circuit-breaker. If a plug and socket connection are used avoid the use of adapters and shunts as this may cause...

Hi everyone, I have a flat roof extension to the rear of my house, external wall measurements are 4.50m x 3.50m with one upstand to original building. Existing decking boards are good so is the felt considering it is 18 years old. No leaks. I require new UPVC fascia's the original wood...

I have a flat roof which a builder inspected a couple of weeks ago and declared ok for probably another 10 years. However, the wooden fascia boards are rotting on the corners and I would like them replaced with upvc and at the same time a warm deck installation. The builder didn't seem...

I have a five section bow window with leaded roof. Water is getting between the lead and the wooden boards, as the lead is not damaged it is assumed to be getting in as a result of damaged felt allowing the water to bypass gutter (which means when the fascia and soffits were replaced years...

Hello all, I have recently had LED down lighters installed in my bathroom, replacing halogen. Above the shower is a light/extractor which is fine but the down light closest to the shower keeps failing, the electrician replaced it free of charge, a few days later it failed again. I left it...

Took a friend to The Range store last week she loved it couldn't get her out looked at everything. We both made purchases and overstayed. I was concerned about it but as there was no invoice on the car thought it was OK so did not save receipt, nor did she, I paid by card so it is on my bank...

I am trying to troubleshoot a problem with my shower losing pressure, pressure drops boiler cuts out pressure returns and boiler kicks in again etc. etc. step back wait long enough it will get warm again but not for long. I have tried a couple of times to get some advice on this forum but no...

Does anyone have any idea why my shower which starts up great and slowly loses pressure and temp, switching the shower on and off solves the problem then follows the same pattern. Stays on long enough to get a quick shower. Tried it with shower head on or off, boiler on or off, makes no...

Can anyone help with this problem. I have had a Mira platinum rear fed digital shower fitted, it was connected to electric and commisioned on 20 December. Worked OK but it was only tried without shower head. The first time I used it, seemed to work Ok, then next morming heard very loud...

My external soil stack had been reduced to below upstairs window level and an internal air vent fitted, no idea why this was done but never had a problem and it had been like that for years. Just had a wall hung toilet and washbasin fitted along with new bathroom, everything seemed fine until...

My plumber has fitted a slimline resin (not stone) shower tray on my suspended bathroom floor. The floor is to be tiled and I have noticed that the 18mm ply is butted up to the tray and not underneath it, do I need to discuss this with him as I understood the tray should be fitted on top of the...