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Hi all Noticed the condenser pipe had come out of the bottom of our boiler a couple of days ago so switched the boiler off for a day and then realised it was an easy fix so pushed the pipe back into place. When I put the boiler back on again I noticed the pressure was low so opened the valves...

Hi all - I need to increase water pressure on my boiler and I know I need to open one tap fully and then slowly open another but I'm not sure which is which o_O Picture attached - am I right to think the top one I open first, fully, and then the one on the left I slowly adjust?

Hi all, Our front garden is a bit of a state - it's concrete and someone has tried filling some of it, which has made it worse. I have a feeling we'll need to get a professional in, but I thought I'd check first - can anyone recommend what you'd need to do to dig this up and make it tidier...

Hi all, Replaced washers on both sides of a leaking kitchen tap, switching the water off at the mains. I've switched the cold water tap back on and the water is discoloured, then 'hammering' out - making the pipes move with big gaps in the water stream. Weirdly it looks like steam or smoke...

Hi all I've used paint stripping gel to remove white paint from the steps of my stairs (still needs work but it's getting there)... The middle of the stairs were originally covered with carpet so as you can see from the pic the wood colouring is different, but I'd like to keep the steps in...

Hi all, Noticed the connector shown in this pic is leaking, the piece immediately after the cold tap. Any idea what part I need? I can't seem to find anything similar that splits like it does. Is it an easy thing to replace? Just switch the water supply off, undo the white valve and replace...

Hi all, Complete newbie here, apologies. Redecorating a house with plasterboard ceilings, with a skim plaster finish. There are a few straight hairline cracks passing through a number of them, so I need to repair these before decorating. Very stupid question but should I use Toupret powder...

Apologies for the stupid question but I have a door handle that's become loose and I'm unsure how I fix it. Picture of the handle below. You can see the angle the handle should be at on the other side - the part you hold with your hand has loosened and is sagging. Do I have to remove both...

Hi all, Bought an Ikea knife magnet to go on the wall in my kitchen. Drilled two holes and screwed some screws I had into the wall - quickly realised I'd messed up and the screws weren't holding. Long story short I ended up with two lovely holes and a knife magnet back in its packaging. Just...

Hi - I need to wire a light with standard blue, yellow/green and brown wire into this ceiling fitting: I can't seem to find any guide on which parts to add wires to. Apologies for the stupid question but every time I've tried to Google this the diagrams show many more wires.

Hi all, Just put up a baby wardrobe in our nursery and I'm quite shocked at just how uneven the floors are in this house - pictures below show roughly how far the front needs tilting. How would you approach fixing the way the wardrobe leans? I've got an extra piece of wood in the same finish...

I've got 2 rows of ceiling lights in diffusers in my bathroom ceiling. The row on the right all work fine, but after one light flickered and went out, the whole row on the left are failing to illuminate. Replacing the bulbs hasn't helped, so I'm guessing it's perhaps a loose connection...

This morning I noticed these cracks had appeared in 2 bedrooms of my house and I'm worried I've done something very stupid by putting too much stuff in our loft. http://i.imgur.com/FjPLUC5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/HAQxuAi.jpg I'm clearing the loft out as soon as I get in but I wanted to ask...

I've moved into a new flat and after a few weeks the door has fallen off one of the cabinets! It's a wooden cabinet and as you can see from this pic, someone has tried to put the doors on (badly) a few times. http://imgur.com/jju8w11 What would be the best way to get the doors back on? Is...