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I have an old Belfast sink, sat on a stand, in the corner of my utility room. It is tight up against the tiled wall - but there is still a fair sized gap, that water can penetrate. The walls aren’t square, and the sink has a bevelled top, so the gap between the top of the sink and the wall is...

I raised this problem on the Electrics UK forum a couple of days ago and the guys over there were extremely helpful in enabling me to get a much better understanding of the issue. However it now seems to have run its course on that forum so I am hoping that someone on here may be able to help...

I have recently taken down a partition wall that was in my utility room, as part of some work that has been carried out in the area. In addition to some 13A outlets, the main power supply switch and the timer for the central heating both resided on the wall (it is adjacent to the wall where the...

I'm in the process of restoring an old pine wooden floor... Most of the floor boards were full of nail holes and I've successfully used a PVA/sawdust mix to fill them. What I want to know, is whether I can use the same mix to fill the gaps around where the heating pipes go through the boards ...

The pull switch for my bathroom extractor fan has broken and therefore needs replacement... I assumed this would be a simply enough job: disconnect old switch; buy new switch; connect new switch in the same fashion as old switch. However, there is a problem... My old switch is 15A pull...

I'm not really expecting anyone to be able to solve this problem - but I'm giving it a go just in case...! I've had a plasterer in today to plaster a room for me and he has evidently spilled some of his tea on an untreated window ledge. Consequently, there are now a number of tea 'splashes' on...

I have recently replaced a window and as a result will have to drop the height of the internal window ledge. There is a radiator directly below the window ledge and when the ledge is dropped, the bottom of it will sit just 2 inches above the top of the radiator. Is this likely to cause me any...

I have recently replaced a bedroom window and now need to install a new internal window ledge. If I lay the ledge on the existing course of bricks, it will be about 1.5cm lower than I want. How should I best raise the height of the brickwork ? I am considering 3 options: 1. Screwing wooden...