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    Leak under kitchen sink

    Hi all The tenant of our flat just emailed me this picture of the very slow leak under the kitchen sink. The colour and location suggests it is to do with the pipe above. Any suggestions as to the cause and how I fix it? I'm at good DIYer level and don't really have the change to call a...
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    'Solar-control' glass: does it really work?

    Hi there My wife and I are looking to add an extra room to the rear of our house. We're torn between a single-storey extension, with tiled roof, velux windows and bi-fold doors onto the patio; or a glass conservatory with bi-fold doors etc. We live in the South-East of England and have a...
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    Electric sockets not working but MCB not tripped

    Hi - hope someone can help. The upstairs socket have stopped working, yet the MCB has not tripped in the CU. I have tried unplugging everything and turning off/on again, but no joy. It went in the middle of the night, so it doesn't seem related to anything that was being plugged in at the...
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    Shattered Plaster - who's right?!

    Hi - hope someone can advise in a small disagreement between the builder of my house and me. I am putting up a curtain rail into the ceiling of a bay window. I've put up many others around the house and all has been fine. With this one, I drilled the holes ok, stopping when i reached the...
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    Switching built-in oven

    Is it necessary to remove the worktop to do this? I've just moved into a new house and realised the oven is gas and not a very good model. I would like to either upgrade it or even better, switch it to electric. I don't want to undo to much of the building work in order to do this though...
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    Combi making whistling noises

    Please help! I have a Chaffoteaux & Maury 'Britony' combi boiler with three radiators connected. The boiler has recently started making a whistling noise every so often when it pumps hot water to the radiators. I can feel the right-hand pipe leading from the base of the boiler and it is this...
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    C&M Britony Combi making whistling noises

    I have the above-mentioned boiler with three radiators connected. The boiler has recently started making a whistling noise every so often when it pumps hot water to the radiators. I can feel the right-hand pipe leading from the base of the boiler and it is this pipe making the noise. Any...
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