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Our bedroom ceiling is standard plaster painted with white vinyl emulsion, which is now getting a bit grubby after many years. If I give the ceiling a new coat of white emulsion it does not seem to cover the black marks adequately. Is there a primer, or alternative paint I can use. What do...

After the last wash on my Servis dishwasher I noticed a pool of water inside the dishwater at the bottom. Fortunately there was no water seeping into the kitchen. There must be a blockage somewhere. I have checked the filter and jets and they are clean. Any idea what the problem is and how...

I very stupidly overheated an extension cable by using it for a electric heater. The mains on the curcuit automatically switched off and I expected to see the trip switch for the circuit to be in the OFF position. ( I have a Hager Consumer Unit). However what has happened is that the trip...

I am about to change the battery on my renault clio (1997R). Problem is my current battery has a sort of fixing on the battery terminal posts. The cables have metallic loops on them so that they can be screwed down securely onto the fixings on the battery terminals. I need to transfer...

I have a Hotpoint Iced Diamond fridge. The water at the back of the fridge, as part of the defrosting process, collects at the drainhole but the water does not go down the hole and ends up at the bottom of my fridge. The drainhole must be blocked somewhere, but there is no obvious blockage...

I want to install a new toilet (low flush and close coupled) and wish to get one with a push button flush that you press from the top of the cistern. I have had problems in the past with flushing systems that get stiff and difficult to use (the ones with handles). I would therefore like to...

I have a flat that has been rented off and is currently vacant. The flat uses gas for the Compact 100p Gloworm Combi Boiler and a hob for cooking. There have been no problems over several years. The gas boiler was working OK whilst we were tidying up the place over a few days ie it was...

I wish to save some disk space and intend to compress my outlook express emails. I have 163Meg in the Inbox and 111meg in the Send folder. If I compressed everything does anyone know how much disk space I am likely to save? Also I cannot see any instructions for restoring the emails when...

I am laying 6mm laminate flooring in a small room 2.4 x 2 metres. I am keeping the existing skirting boards. The instructions say that I should allow a gap of 10 mm for the laminate around the edge of the room. However this seems to me to be too much considering that the beading is...

I am using windows XP on my main computer and windows 98 on my laptop. I have a BT voyager wireless router. My main PC is hard wired into the router and the laptop accesses the internet via wireless through the router. However whenever the laptop is switched on and tries to access the...

I need to paint a new pine doorframe. The wood has lots of knots which I have painted with Knotting solution. Then I have applied a primer on the doorframe, but I have noticed that the knots are coming through and the primer over the knots is cracking. Was I wise to use knotting solution...

I have small area of pebble dashing to paint - around 3ft x 4ft where a window has been blocked in. Can I use masonry paint directly on the pebble dashing or should I fix it first with something like diluted unibond. The rest of the pebble dashing around the house was painted white some years...

I need to find some extra storage space on my C drive. I have got rid of all the unnecessary applications which are listed in 'add/remove programs' in the Control Panel. But, looking in the Windows Directory I can see that there are other programs in there own folders that I do not need eg -...

I have just had my garage (which is integral to the house) converted to a room with the front double glazed. The windows have been in around one month I have noticed for the first time that the front of these windows (ie on the exterior) is misting up this evening. The mist can be wiped off...

I am looking to install a thermostatic valve for a gravity fed shower. I am puzzled by the fact that nearly all the valves I have seen in the showrooms have only one control knob. I would have thought that you would have a control knob for the temperature and one for the water pressure you...

I have a 1987 renault 5 TL. I have been using a lead replacement additive in my petrol eg redex. Recently I have noticed that this form of redex is disappearing from the shelves. Is it appropriate to use normal redex additive in its place. Do I actually need to put in an additive. Can...

I have a hall light and a landing light. I can switch either of the lights on or off from the wall switches - one downstairs and one upstaris. These have been working OK for many years. I want to change one of the switch units for a more modern kind. The old switch box has two on-off...