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Hello, I wonder if anyone can help me, My cistern is continuosly overflowing back into the bowl. After flushing, it will refill as normal until the float is in its up position but then very slowly it will continue filling and overflowing down the pipe. There seems to be a hissing sound, as if...

Hello, I recently had a new kitchen fitted and the extractor now vents up the chimney, which is capped in the loft, though a vent pipe which passes though a lead slate. I went up into the loft when it was raining to check if it was watertight and found a small amount of water dripping on...

Hello, I had my boiler replaced (and relocated) a few months ago and the old one removed but the cable (1mm) for the old immersion heater is sill in place, connected to a timer on the wall, and running back to a 15amp ceramic fuse in my wylex consumer unit. I want to redecorate the...

Hi all, I am in the early stages of planning a new kitchen. My house is c1910 and the room measures about 4m X 3m, but on one of the long walls there is a (disused) chimney breast about 1.2m wide and 0.5 deep (The same in the adjoining room) I currently have a small cooker sitting in an...

i'm still in the early planning stages of giving my tired kitchen a cheap make-over until i've saved enough to completely re-fit (2/3 years away). Is it a good idea to lay another layer of lino / vinyl over my existing lino or will i need to remove the old stuff and all the sticky /lumpy...

Hello all, I (not me personally) have recently removed a back boiler and gas fire from the fire place in my living room and replaced the boiler with a combi (now in my kitchen), and a new gas fire (in my living room). There is an air vent in my living room behind the radiator, presumably it...

Hello, Now that i've decided to lay laminate flooring through my hallway and dining room, i now have to decide on which underlay to buy. All the laminate manufacturers recommend using a damp proof membraine when laying over ground floor floorboards with no heating below, otherwise this...

Hi there, i'm planning to lay Laminate flooring though my hallway and downstairs cloakroom, and running into my dining room at the back of the house. I just wondered if anyone had any good recommendations of the stuff i should be buying. I like the idea of a 'click' system as i have layed...

I've just installed some mains 50 watt recessed spotlights in my hallway and landing, the only problem is i drilled one of the holes a bit close to the one of the loft joists and the lamp holder is touching it. Does anyone know how hot these things get and whether this is a potential fire...

I know its wrong but I need some advice: When i was decorating my bedroom i pulled up the floorboards and noticed that a previous owner had connected a 13 amp in-line connector onto the ring main cable (presumably to lengthen it). I meant to change it to a 30amp junction box ASAP but somehow i...