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Hi, I'm looking for some advice please. I have a Baxi boiler (solo, I think) that was installed 9 years ago. Its been running fine but I hadn't had it serviced for a few years so I called a local firm last week to carry out a service just for peace of mind. The young guy that turned up took...

I need advice please on preparing and painting the under side of a porch roof. Its been left to get in quite a bad state, with alot of peeling gloss paint. The area is 7m x 1m. Its peeled right back in places to what Im told is asbestos. I planned to scrape back the loose, flaking paint...

Im not sure if its a drainage or spinning problem on my 'haier' washing machine. It seems to complete the cycle as normal (doesnt make a difference which programme we choose) but then even after spinning the clothes are still wringing wet. There isnt any water left in the bottom of the drum...

A few months ago I redecorated a bathroom for a customer. The paint was peeling significantly from the ceiling and the plaster coving. I scrapped the paint away, sanded the ceiling, taking it back to the plaster board in most places. I primed the board with an acrylic primer. I used easifill...

I stupidly tried to clean the limescale from my chrome taps with a harpic limescale remover. Then I realised it was for use down toilets only. I think the chrome plating has been burnt as its all tarnished. Is there any way of repairing the damage? Could I polish it with anything? I read that...

I want to change my broken plastic dimmer switch over to a metal one. Ive taken off the existing plastic plate and inside the plastic box there are 3 wires. 2 of which go into the plate. The red goes into the squiggle with the arrow, and black goes into L2. The other wire is an earth (I assume...