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Hi I want to replace the toilet in my flat but before I call in the professionals I would like to know whether it would be possible to remove the metal pipe connecting my toilet to the exit in the wall (see brown pipe in picture) and how easy it would be for a plumber? I was hoping...

Hi The clock on my alpha cb28 needs replacing and I want to replace it with a radio frequency themostat/clock and the RF receiver just needs to be swapped with the clock on my boiler (it is all modular). Having spoken to alpha to get part numbers they told me that is fairly simple to...

Hi I had a selv bathroom fan (12v) and transformer (24v to 12v) installed, that has recenly stopped working. The fan turns on when i switch my light pull cord on and turns off when the light is turned off (then 10 minute timer after). A couple of days ago the fan stopped working and i'm...

Hi I want to have laminate flooring in my kitchen which has a concrete subfloor but i am a bit confused about what to buy. Do i need to get a particular type of laminate as i've seen moisture resistant ones but also ones with have a moisture resistant core and are suitable for the kitchen...

Hi My Alpha CB28 boiler has started to make a hissing noise when it is cold and also when it is on. Just wondered should i be worried as my boiler cover with alpha will not start until 28 days. Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks

Hi Need some help with laying new tiles on my kitchen floor (just moved into the flat). Currently I have 3mm ceramic tiles (common in council houses) on my kitchen floor, which easily break and come loose and in some areas there are no tiles at all (Assuming work units where previously...

Hi My kitchen floor is convered with old style council tiles (dark brown thin ones) and when i lifted the old vinyl from the floor, i found around 40% of the tiles were shattered or cracked and were loose. Also there are areas where no tiles were covering the concrete as no adhesive was laid...

Hi I want to fit some blinds or a curtain pole to my window (pvc) but the surrounding wall is a bit weak and cannot really be drilled into (old council flat). I thought perhaps i could use a length of wood and a adhesive and then screw the curtain rail/blind to that (like it is in many...

I've just stripped one of my rooms of its wallpaper and washed off hopefully all the wallpaper paste, however is there any thing else i need to do i.e. seal the wall up as i used a steamer. The wall was painted before wallpaper was put on and there was some damp stains from when the roof was...

Hi Just started trying to repaint my kitchen and i realised that there are a couple of spots where the plaster has come off exposing the brick work. One area is damp (near the window) and the other area is perfectly dry. On closer look, the remaining plaster surrounding it, is like sand...

Hi Just moved into a new flat and i found that one of the radiators has been leaking (and it looks like for while too). I will try and expla On closer inspection i can see that water is coming out from the join underneath the nut on the thermostat and also some water is forming on the...

Hi I just painted my bathroom ceiling but used masking tape across the area where the tiles in the shower meet the ceiling (which has silicone sealant along it). Now there is a small gap where the ceiling paint meets the silicone sealant and i'm worried that moisture will get up in there...

Hi Just got a new 12v manrose timed extractor fan fitted in my bathroom which is wired to come one when the light cord is pulled and turn off after 10 mins when the light is turned off. This is wired into a transformer in the loft. Working fine for two days. I decided to paint the bathroom...

Hi I've just removed all the mould from my bathroom ceiling and want to paint over it and the walls in the bathroom. The ceiling is painted white but has a few hairline cracks in it as well as patches of paint that are cracking, flaky and where the underlying wall is exposed (not sure if this...

hi I've got mould all over the ceiling of my bathroom - possibly due to the extractor fan not working and the previous occupants not opening the window. I want to remove it so i can paint the ceiling but i'm not sure how i should go about doing this. I'm going to get the extractor fan...

Hi I just moved into a house where all the rooms only have a single 1 gang electrical socket - so i decided to change these using socket convertors 1g to up to 4g, but when i removed the wall plate i could only see 2 red wires going into one terminal and 2 black wires going into one terminal...