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Morning, My downstairs toilet cistern cracked last night, no huge problem, as we wanted to change it soon anyway (it' s the ugliest bog I've ever seen), but I'm unsure of the order I should go about things. Obviously we want to pull out the old suite (toilet and small sink), remove the terrible...

Hi, A friend has asked me to move a switch for her shower that is currently in a bedroom. The shower is currently wired in as a spur from a socket in the bedroom via the switch she wants moving. The switch isn't going to be moved into the bathroom, but I was unsure if it was acceptable to be...

Afternoon, I've a tree in my garden thats starting to encroach on the phone lines in the road not serving my house (obviously put up long after the tree was around), it also pretty close to the power lines serving my house and nextdoor. Question is, Does anyone know if I can get BT or...

Hi, I've been having my clio serviced at a local (non dealer) garage Kwick-fit type place called Tanvic. Should I expect them to carry out the manufactureres standard servicing, or is that expecting to much. eg, Renault state cam belt to be changed at 5 years, so should these guys have done it...

Hi, I'm after a filler for a plaster wall that will fill to a depth of approx 50mm, and will set and bind strong enough to screw a load bearing bracket into (curtain pole). There's no other place to fix the bracket, and the areas been filled and refiled so many times there's just no strength in...

Hi, I've just had a room reskimmed, and I'm going to be sticking up some coving (paper covered polystyrene), what I'd like to know is would it be detrimental, to either the skim or the coving adhesive, if it was stuck up before the skim is totally fully dry (it will have had 4 days to dry out...

They promise it will cover in one coat or your money back. It didn't (close, but no cigar), but they did give me my money back straight away with no hassle, so free paint, can't argue with that :D Much better customer care than I got from ICI :x

....what am I gonna do? Seriously, anyone got any tips on evicting my new found furry friend? Hairy sod appears to be nesting in the base of quite immoveable dishwasher, and coming out at night eating my spuds. Any tips on good traps, good bait, and how stop him inviting his friends to the...

Hello, new to this, be gentle. I've moved into a house with a problem with central heating. When controller is switched to "Water Only" I get very hot water, but also, the radiators upstairs all come on as well. When switched to "Water and Heating" All the radiators come on as you'd expect...