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I have a 4 year old Beko american style fridge: GNEV221/GNEV221 In the fridge side, it feels cold at the bottom, but is only about 18 degrees at the top. In the freezer side, recently it's started making ice at the top, but then sometimes the ice melts/is half melted, although food generally...

I want to build a quick rough and ready canopy frame for a wooden sleigh bed without damaging the bed itself by screwing or gluing anything to it. Since I can't use cable ties or anything to tie the vertical pieces of the canopy frame to the bed (since there are no 'bed posts' I was thinking to...

Hi, I bought a house about a year ago, and today was the first time I turned the central heating on. The central heating works fine. I also replaced the old radiator in the upstairs bedroom with a new one at the same time, I THINK I got the return and flow the right way. Anyway, I am...

Hi, just looking for some advice as have just started out :) The walls in the bedroom are painted very badly (in my opinion), see picture; slightly textured and not smooth. I would like the final result to be a smooth finish using matt or semi-satin emulsion. Also, I had a plasterer in...

Hi All, I'm renovating a room in my house. It had a picture rail, which I removed. But now I find the bottom section of the wall is out of alignment with the top by a few mm. I've had a plasterer come in for a quote, and he tells me in order to do a perfect job, he's going to have to apply...

I bought one of these from Screwfix http://www.screwfix.com/p/self-cutting-tap-15mm-x/21250 to connect to my central heating pipework since I don't have a drain off valve. I've connected it up, but it's leaking very slightly and it seems to be from the locking nut. I've done it up very tight...

Hi, I've got a few Twinflex Multipoint detecors installed (before I moved in). I'm trying to remove them, I've bought the head removal tool, but I can't see a screw inside attaching it to the ceiling. How do I remove it, is it fixed from below, or above or is it adhesive...

Hi, a couple of simple questions. I have a pine subfloor which runs in the same direction as the solid wood flooring I am laying down. So, I'm told I need to use 5-6mm plywood or hardboard over it to make the floor as level as possible. 1 - Can I use underlay such as the fancy foil stuff...

Hello all. I'm renovating the bedroom in my late Victorian house, but never done much DIY beyond putting up shelves and fitting a nightlatch, but definitively got the enthusiasm and motivation to see a job well done with my own hands. Apologies if the questions seem stupid.. I've pulled...

Hi All, I'm stripping out the master bedroom down to the pine floorboards of a circa 1900 Victorian terrace, intend to re-lay them to get rid of gaps, sand them down, remove and replace skirting. I've got some questions though since I'm just a beginner. 1. Do these floorboards look OK or...

Hi, I have a Saracen multi point door lock for the garden, with “032” mark on it. It has 2 hooks, 1 deadbolt, and 2 roller cams. When I turn the doorhandle up (with the door ajar), the hook and roller cam at the bottom comes out a little, deadbolt in the middle comes out about 5mm, and the...

Hi, I have two identical dual flush toilets (before I moved in). The downstairs one is fine, but with the upstairs one the flush (even for number 2's) is very weak, it doesn't even manage too remove urine entirely. It's a dual push button flush with the button on the top. How do I fix it...

Hi, I have a leaking outdoor tap that leaks out of the points marked A and B (see pic). It only leaks when the water is coming out and is under pressure (i.e. open the tap and have a hose + spray gun attached). How do I fix this? Thank you!