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We have these porcelain tiles, and we have a very deep rust/water mark on the tile. My wife has used so many methods of cleaning, but to without the result she is looking for, other than taking out the tile and replacing it, what else can we try Thanks Chris IMG_3434 by chris mul, on Flickr...

Repair of an HDMI cable The lounge was already finished and fully decorated when I moved my AV equipment in. However wife and kids didn’t like the color of the lounge, something like to wrong tint of white. So as usuall she changed it. My wife is very handy with a paintbrush and to redecorate...

I did this job on May the 4th , a day we spend most of the time in the cinema room watching Star Wars movies as it was **** Star Wars day **** However before the kids are over and we will be settling down with drinks and popcorn I thought about to tackle a few of these little jobs One of...

Low block salt indicator for water softener I have recently installed a whole house water softener system (with a separate kitchen non softened water tap and it excludes, outside tap & central heating filler) All I can say I should have done it ages ago, its brilliant, no more scale...

Need help in finding the right connector I have bought a used Jacuzzi bath and found the waste pipe of a different size then you would normally find It’s a flexible waste hose which at the trap is the normal 40mm but the other end is only 28.5 or there a bout’s At the trap it look like...

Progress is steady by slowly What has been done so far: finished the bedrooms finished the dressing rooms prepared the bathrooms ready for tiling- which will be the next project Bathroom 1 Untitled by mcluma, on Flickr Untitled by mcluma, on Flickr Untitled by mcluma...

Spraying with the Earlex Pro HV5000 I have had now 2 days of spraying with the Earlex Pro HV 5000, in total around 4 hours 2 hour base coat 2 hours finish coat This includes spraying / mixing and setting up time Last week I bought the Earlex Pro HV 5000 to help me speed things up...

Lifting and repairing the floor After 100 years with little settlement it was time to repair the floor on the 2nd floor, the floor beams for the 2nd floor are resting on a brick wall which is running through the middle of the house. Over time with little settlement and shrinking the...

The plasterer has left and Debbie (my wife) has put a first coat of paint on the wall – a watered down bathroom paint which is to stop any moisture penetration or moult This coat will be followed by another two coats of white emulsion. We are very pleased with the work of the plasterer, he...

the wife bought for our new bathroom a concealed shower valve and a singel function shower kit from the bathstore - all of the concealed pipework type Are there any special fitting kits for these, or is it (for me) cuttig a hole in the brick wall as to where the shower valve goes and chassing...

I hate doing insulation, especially Celotex; well this room is ready for plasterboard, which I hope I will start this weekend Next time around I do spray-foam; I noticed that they are now selling in the UK do it yourself portable spray foam insulation kits. This is a 2 part polyurethane spray...

I have 4 aico RC164RC, 1 aico EI166RC and an EI529RC switch I went for the RC range so i do not have to fit an interconnecting cable between the lot The instructions that come with them are not so clear, so i just want to confirm it. Do I need to fit an interconnecting cable between the...

Fitting a Velux window is normally not a hard job, but it is if you have to do a lot of repair to the original roof to get it right. Originally (from new in 1900) there had been a steel window been fitted, which had been replaced by an idiot in the 1970/80 with a Velux window, which had been...

Does anybody know where to find tables or calculations to size up an accumulator somethign that takes into account the flow rate in and the usage Thanks

I will be pouring a number of concrete pad stones in situ These pad stones will be according to the building inspectors spec, however, what is the best way to do it, make the pad stones at perfect height so they will take the RSJ and are at the perfect height, or do I make them about 10mm...

As a rule of thumb, by how much does a catnic lintel need to rest on the wall is it 200mm or 300mm or more Thanks Chris

I'm doing a side extension and have 5 airvents which need to be bridged to the new outer wall as the new extension will have a solid concrete floor and the existing house has a wooden floor with crawl space The building inspector told me to put a pipe in from the existing airvents to the new...

I'm thinking of replacing a number of MR16 12v bulbs with the new 3w led however it says that the transformer needs to be a minum of 3w. the transformer i have is 10w-60w and minium load for dimming is 35w I'm stating the obvious here, but still would like it confirmed Thanks

I'm thinking of replacing a number of normal gu10's for the led GU10 3w's some of these resellers say that these bulbs cannot be dimmed by a halogen dimmer. what does this mean. what kind of dimmer are we speaking about Thanks

I'm planning (have spoken to the building inspector and he is ok) to build my two story extension in block work, goes quick and is solid, and, the outside wall is going to be rendered (hence the blocks) I’m looking for a 3.6n block (these are according to the inspector enough) So I’m...