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This isn't a disaster yet, but I fear it may become one... any help would be appreciated. We have a 4-panal, frameless glass shower screen (pics attached). It's been there for a few years and the rubber sealing strips in between and below the panels have become and pretty grotty. Decided it...

Hi, I'm replacing an old & noisy bathroom extractor fan... The old one was a basic one, the new one has a timer (unintentionally purchased). There new one has a connection for live, switch live and neutral. There old one only needed live and neutral and there is no switch live cable...

I have a new washer (indesit) and when it fills it draws cold water. The hot and cold inlet pipes are both connected and the valves they connect to are fine (when i take the inlet hose off, water comes through the hot valve) and open. When the washer fills it only fills with cold water...

My Indesit di 620 has stopped draining. The filter is clear but the water doesn't drain away. I've tried hot water & detergent down the hole, poking down the drain and also poking down the outlet pipe but nothing happens. When I blow down the outlet pipe, nothing happens so I'm assuming...

I have quite a bit of rainwater leaking it along the top of the frame of an upstairs upvc window. The window is set in a recess and the recess is lined with a wooden frame that is covered with a pvc panel. I've taken off the pvc panel and the water seems to be running in from the outside, along...

Hi, I'm planning on making a cupboard in a chimney breast alcove. THe lower half of the alcove currently is a cupboard, with open shelves above. I want to leave 1 open shelf in the middle and put a pair of doors over the upper shelves. The current shelves are recessed enough to accommodate the...

Is it possible to store made up wallpaper paste for a short while? I'm attempting my first wallpaper project this weekend, it's not a big room but i will be going very slowly and I'm expecting it will probably take me more than 1 day. I also have to go out for a couple of hours in the middle...

hi, what's the best way of attaching plasterboard to the cellar ceiling? This is partly for insuation (stripped floorboards in the room above) but it also part of a longer term plan to tidy the cellar up for storage etc. The water, gas, phone wires, electric etc run under the joists. At their...

Hi, I've got 3 halogen lights in my bathroom, each has its own transformer in between the false ceiling and the original ceiling. The middle light of the sequence isn't working (I've tried more than one bulb in it!). Next thing i checked was the cables that go into the bulb fitting. On one of...

Hi, I tested all my sockets this weekend with one of those plug in testers. All my kitchen sockets are showing up as L/N reverse. I checked behind one of the socket plates and the wires are connected to the wrong terminal - I'm assuming all the others are the same. THe sockets are doubles and...

I have sanded floorboards in my living room - they look great but since taking up the carpet it's definitely colder in there. Under the living room is the cellar, which is unheated and a bit damp but it is a full height room so access is easy. There are no gaps or holes in the floorboards so...

I've bought a new pendant light - the instructions say to wire live in the light fitting to live in the ceiling, neutral to neutral (using a jointing block). But...all the wires coming out of the fitting are white (a whitish tranlucent casing round the cables). One of the 3 wires is slightly...

Recently, when i let the water out of the bath there's a really bad smell comes from the plug hole. The bathroom sink's drainage links into the pipe coming out of the bath and then this pipe runs under the batheroom and bedroom foor to the outside wall. I've tried one of those wire unblocker...

Has any one used Carpet Stone (or is it stone carpet??!)? We're wanting to relay our patio and this is one of the options we're looking at. It's like a mat, made up of stones that are held together by plastic wires on the underside. It's meant to be faster/simpler to lay than individual bricks...

Does anyone know where I can get a good quality, basic vertical radiator? Most of the places/websites I've tried offer 'designer' versions at a high price. I'm happy to pay for quality but don't want/need the 'designer' look; just a plain radiator. I need about 5000 BTU's. Any suggestions?

Is it ok to put vinyl flooring over the tiles on my bathroom floor? I've been advised that the floor should be screed over, but the tiles are only a couple of years old and in good condition so I don't want to damage them. The vinly shop said that if I don't do this the grooves inbetween the...

I have a Vokera 20/80 RS boiler - not sure how old, as I've only lived in this house a few months. The radiators heat up ok but I've got worsening problems with the hot water. To get any hot water in the bath or sink I have to turn the taps right down to a dribble, but it only runs hot (though...

Hi, I've recently moved into a new house & am doing some work in the kitchen. The existing extractor fan has never worked so I'm replacing it with a new one (the same model). The old one was wired into a junction box & I've wired the new one into the same sockets in the junction box as the old...