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Hello, I have recently bought a Georgian house (character & loveliness = lots, but amount of work to do = LOADS!). The cellar is surprisingly only slightly damp, considering the ridiculous amount of rain we've been having. However, the timber floor joists (for the ground floor of the house)...

Hello I need to replace a couple of kitchen drawer fronts and a couple of cupboard doors in my kitchen. However, the kitchen is about 10 years old and it is no longer made (it was from B&Q). The surface of the doors/drawers has been damaged by someone leaving the grill on for way too long in...

Well, this isn't strictly a DIYnot question, but there are so many helpful people on this forum, I wonder if I might be able to get an answer: I have a Philips AJ3051 AM/FM clock radio. While listening to any FM radio station, every six minutes (I've timed it), white noise interference...

Hello I need to install a cistern about 2.5 metres from the WC pan and am thinking of using a pneumatic flush actuator. Does anyone know how far away the flush button can be installed from the cistern for it to work reliably? In theory, assuming the air pipe is not too stretchy, it could...

I am proposing to build myself a double garage and wondered if anyone knew of any plans which I could download for free on the internet. Planning permission is not an issue so I will not have to submit plans to the local authority - I live in Cyprus. The plans are for ideas and details which...

Hello. I have recently purchased a water filter which I would like to fit to my system. My plumbing fittings and the 3/4" thread on the filter are brass. I need to connect the female fitting on the filter to a female fitting on my plumbing system, so have purchased a nickel adapter. Am I...