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Hi All, My tenant is moving out in a few weeks and there is an infestation of carpet moths which have chewed through the wool carpet. I am planning to throw the carpet and underlay out and get a man made fibre carpet. I thought it might be worth while spraying something on the floorboards...

Hi I moved into a new house about 9 months ago. Around 3 months after moving in I started to notice an intermittent sewage smell in the bathroom upstairs. For the last few months I have been checking all traps and trying to pinpoint the smell. There is no issue with the traps, I believe the...

Hi, Any views on the Fernox TF1 Sigma Filter? Good offer on at the moment at city plumbing £64 including chemicals. Are they easy to install? I did a magnaclean about 7 years ago. Thanks

Hi, I have a novorol roller garage door system. The whole rooler door managed to come off its rollers. I have fixed back but when I "open" the garage door it only goes half way up and when i "close" it then it continues to run even when its fully closed. I think there is some height setting...

Hi, I have recently moved into a new house. I took the shower trap apart to clean it and I think there is an internal part missing? Shouldn't there be a small trap/container in the trap itself? Can i buy replacements? ShowerTrap2 by SkipFeeney posted 16 Nov 2020 at 3:00 PM ShowerTrap1 by...

Hi All, My toilet is leaking when its flushed - there are drips at this point here. ToiletIssue by SkipFeeney posted 16 Nov 2020 at 11:54 AM I thought it must be related to where the flush valve meets the cistern / basin. However the flush valve can be removed from the cistern so I removed...

Hi, I am trying to cut some high gloss pelmets. I am using a chop saw with a 40 teeth blade and its chipping it quite badly. If i invest in a 60t blade will that make a difference? Also is there a technique to it? Do I turn the pelmets upside down and plunge the saw downwards through it...

Hi, I am creating some bench seating in my Kitchen. There is no radiator in the kitchen which is roughly 40m3. When i removed the kitchen units to fit the bench I have noticed there is some central heating pipes capped off. I am now tempted to fit a 200 x 1200mm rad in the base of the seat...

Hi All, I am looking to fit a new small 200mm high rad in an awkward space. Is it possible to have inlet and outlet on the on the same side or not? So cap one side off, have inlet at top of the other side and outlet at the bottom? I am looking at the Ultra heat Compact range. Thanks

Hi All, I recently moved into a new house and after a week we are getting the error message "No Water Flow Lockout" on an Ideal Logic Plus Combi. I have checked the pressure and that looks ok - its almost 2 bar. My wife said when she couldn't get hot water earlier she "tried to boost the...

Hi, Does anyone understand Sewer maps. I am trying to take a guess on how the property outlined in purple with a no2 connects to the sewer. Whats also a bit odd is that the house opposite has a public sewer running across the garden but not connected to anything else public?! Thanks Thanks

I understand a combi would struggle to supply more than one bath / shower but how often do two people in a house have a bath or shower at the same time? We are a family of 5 with 2 bathrooms supplied by a tank, not once have we had two people using a bath / shower at the same time. I am in the...

Hi, I am off to look at a house this weekend. If we buy it we would like to build an extension at the rear. The extension will need to go right to the boundaries on the houses either side. Would this likely to get through planning ok or is a big no no? See picture below for how it would...

Hi, I am thinking about buying a grade 2 listed building. It was a barn that has been converted into a house. Can anyone indicate if generally these changes below will be allowed without consent? Replace kitchen (layout will be exactly the same) Put playground equipment in Garden - slide /...

Hi, Does anyone know if these hinges can be adjusted up or down? They are on a door in my apartment and the door has started to catch at the bottom left hand corner making it difficult to close. P90809-155746 by SkipFeeney posted 10 Aug 2019 at 10:01 AM P90809-155748 by SkipFeeney posted 10...

Hi All, I am considering purchasing a bungalow with a view to modernise it. Can anyone give me a rough idea on the cost of a new roof - like for like. I understand its difficult to estimate but in what area are we talking - 10k? This is the bungalow: Roof1 by SkipFeeney posted 21 May 2019...

Hi All, I am looking at buying a house next to a railway line, on further inspection i am worried there might be some Japanese knotweed growing just outside the fence. Can any experts confirm this? JK3 by SkipFeeney posted 2 Apr 2019 at 8:07 PM JK2 by SkipFeeney posted 2 Apr 2019 at 8:07 PM...

Hi, My washing machine started leaking at the front underneath so thought I would pull it out and double check the connections. Unfortunately as I was pulling it out the plug got stuck in behind it and I managed to rip it off away from the washing machine Washing Machine Cable by SkipFeeney...

Hi all, I need to install a small garden gate onto a path running down the side of my house. The path slopes upwards - so i need to somehow raise the gate when its opened. Can you get some special hinges to do this? Is it possible to angle t hinges to do this? Thanks

Hi, I am planning to install low voltage lights outside running from a transformer. Is 0.75mm pond flex suitable? I will be running 5 or 6 1w lights over 20 meters Thanks