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my flat roofed extension has a plaster board ceiling, but where it joins the original house wall the paint and plaster cracks along the joint every six months. normal filler and flexible caulk have both cracked over time and i have noticed that if i press the ceiling with my finger tips near...

i have just moved into a 30's semi and had a fist look at the loft this weekend. The place is covered in black dust / dirt, with a very thin layer of insulation underneath. I dont intend to use the loft for anything, i just need to remove some junk the previous owners left benind and after...

I have bought a house with quite a badly planned shower positon. The shower is next to a window with no where near enough tiles around it which means that water is getting onto the window ledge (no sill) and causing problems with damp / flaking paint / plaster. In an ideal world i would...

no sign of the washer in the trap, it must have gone down the drain :( however i got a 90 degree joint for a couple of quid from B&Q so i could use a washer of it as you suggested and it is all back to normal now. Thanks again.

cheers softus that sounds like the most logical explanation, i will have a bash at it tonight.

it sounds like the rubber washer didnt come out with the spigot so it could be stuck in the pipe, i cant actually get into a position where i can see into the pipe because of the position of the joint in relation to the wall / cupboards. The rubber i used as a temp. fix wasnt sealant it was...

I had to move my washing machines grey wast pipe as it was in the way whilst i was doing a job under the sink. I wasnt sure how to remove it so i gave it a gentle tug where the end of the hose joins the pipe that connects to the ubend (pretty much where the dotted line is on the image. The...

i have had an offer accepted to buy a standard 1930's semi in fairly good condition. I paid for a full homebuyers and the surveyor has given me several points to look into. In relation to the roof, the following points have come up 1) The roof has no underfelting and he didnt climb into...

i have had to remove a wardrobe door to make some adjustments (it was sticking) however the holes that the hinge was attached to have become baggy to the extent that now the screws can be pulled in and out. I need some sort of fixing / plug but the screws are approximately 13mm long going...

i bought some special invisible paint off ebay for myself :lol:, honestly we dont have doors between the downstairs rooms it is a bit open plan so i will be hiding round corners throwing his ball, he is only a westy and they have short legs so the only real jumping he can do is onto the chair...

one fuse was all that was needed, it was the one that was marked "internal speaker". Thank you. I wont be making the dog jump about to test the 'pet' sensors until the weekend but at least i can get my front and back doors covered until then.

Thanks for the advice so far, i think if the problem extends beyond fuses i may call in a pro - just looking at the amount of wires in the main box tells me i could do more harm than good messing with it. As regards the fuse change, the manual tells me i must power down the box to do this...

i am really strating to wish i had not bothered with this whole project, i had to at least change one PIR as when i took the cover off to look at it last week i broke the cover! From what i have read so far the most likely way to blow the fuse is the wires accidently touching - does this...

This afternoon i attempted to replace 3 of my 5 PIR's for my alarm system. I used the engineer code to put the system into tamper to prevent the alarm going off an replaced the first PIR. At this stage i came out of tamper / engineer and did a few tests on the new PIR, seeing that the LED...

i'm not saying you are wrong, i havent tried these things out yet but the manufacturers are trying to claim that these sensors do not rely on missing out the area near the floor but instead "new tecnology" This is from their site, Widely regarded by our customers to out-perform all other...

The sales literature claimed that they would not be set off by any pet under 80lbs in weight which they equated to one large dog or 7 cats. the PDF marketing brochure is here http://www.texecom.com/document.php?docid=2 I will let you know how i get on, fingers crossed.

I have bougt 5 pet immune PIR sensors for my fitted house alarm so that the dog doesnt cause any false alarms and i will no longer need to omit half the house! The wiring looks straight forward, i will just copy the wiring set up with the exisitng PIR's but the only difference between the two...