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I hope someone can help! I have a calor gas heater and it's just run out of gas. I've put a new bottle on, fitted the valve back (which isn't very old) and it won't light! The bottle has been stored outside and may have got wet although there was a plastic protective cap on it. Does anyone have...

I've searched through all the posts and can't find an answer to my query. My daughter has a small flat. Her cold water in bathroom and kitchen are fine, but the hot water just trickles. It's been like this since she bought the flat a year ago! She has asked her neighbours in identical...

Does anyone know if I can paint lead flashing instead of using patination oil? If so, is there a special paint and will I still get the white streaks running down when it rains? I had lead flashing put on a couple of weeks ago and it wasn't treated :cry:

I have just had lead flashing put on top of a flat roof and have been getting white streaks down the woodwork after it has rained. I went to get some patination oil today, but they said you should only use it on new lead. Can I just paint the lead (any special type of paint), or any other...

For the past few years, I have been getting intermittent interference on my TV and radio. I discovered last week that it was the central heating! (each time it happened, I turned the heating swith off and it stopped)! My central heating system is very old but boiler only a couple of years old...

I hope someone can help! My husband died 6 months ago and since then various things have gone wrong in the house. We were both great DIYers so I have quite a bit of knowledge. I managed to rewire my broken vacuum and have just replaced an extractor fan in the bathroom. My problem is...