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I have a number of double glazed window that do not open. I have had this before and a builder friend managed to fix it. I am not sure how he did fix it but he basically took the glass out and somehow got to the mechanism. Sadly I didn’t watch the rest. A metal part had snapped so it was only...

All my double glazed windows have an oily slime seeping out at the bottom. I have wondered why since buying the house in 2013. Today I was removing a glazing panel to sort a jammed window (another posting to come!) and think I know the problem. The black glazing tape around the glass appears...

This thermostatic shower valve (Trevi CTV Built-in A3102AA) has gradually got worse since I moved into the house 3 years ago. It used to work most of the time eventually kicking out hot water but gradually got worse. It would probably have been professionally fitted as the rest of the house...

I have posted before about my whistling windows and fixed a few through removal and binning the plastic trim, filling, caulking and painting. Looks good and no whistling. Now I have started on the lounge bay window but the gap is rather huge. I have removed a piece of trim from the front...

Got a rather large gap around the bedroom window. 10mm wide by 25mm deep. Considered pumping decorators caulk in as it is dead cheap and I have the plastic cover strips (40mm? wide) that go round the window hiding any dodgy sealant. What about stuffing it with paper and then caulking it...

This morning my toast popped up prematurely. It turned out that HALF MY WALL SOCKETS HAD CEASED TO FUNCTION but NO MCBS HAD TRIPPED. I spent all day working out what my consumer unit controlled circuit by circuit fannying about isolating and checking and all that. In summary I have 2...

I have stripped the cracked and loose silicone from the bedroom window UPVC to wall and sill interface. There was also an inch wide flat strip of UPVC on the window sill which I have taken off. I was going to seal around the UPVC frame but wasn’t sure whether to make good some of the slightly...

We have a wet room in our ensuite of our new house. The water does love to slide under the door and head off to the corner of the room by the loo as the floor (IMHO) hasn't got enough slope on it. That aside having recently regrouted the floor around the shower area (due to a leaking wet room...

My sink basin has been leaking from the underside seal for a while. I have added a few photos to explain this. I assume I have to: Remove the U assembly, Unattach the pop-up rod assembly and arm, Unscrew the whole waste assembly from below, Disassemble and clean any existing...

Moved into a new house a few months ago and the double glazing units which are only about 5 years old are whistling merrily in the wind. Several windows are noisy. Some incredibly so. We thought we had bees / wasps in the bedroom wall for a while but then I started looking and it is obviously...