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In the process of disassembling and cleaning a very greasy cooker hood, my father-in-law managed to totally detach the wires from the motor assembly. It looks easy enough to solder them back on to the motor, but I have no idea which wire goes where. Does anyone have a picture or diagram of the...

I have a Grohe "Eurosmart Cosmopolitan" mixer tap which doesn't turn fully to the right (cold). I fear was incorrectly installed, but no way to get the cowboy back so must fix it myself. I took the grub screw out no problem, but for some reason the handle isn't coming off like it should. Is it...

We recently did a full rehab or our 1890's house in South London, including removing some cement render, replacing a surface layer of sand-cement based mortar with lime (the original was lime). Inside, wallpaper was removed and a new skim of plaster added in most rooms. I now realize that the...

We recently did a full rehab or our 1890's house in South London, including removing old cement render from part of outside wall, returning all mortar to original lime mortar (some had 1" of cement mortar on top), and new plaster on inside walls. A couple of the walls are now having some...

I have had some new sash windows, (external) french doors and a back door (with large glass panel) custom built on-site for my house, and it now emerges that the carpenter used biscuit joints rather than mortice and tenon. It was my understanding that the only way to properly make such joints...

This might be a silly question, but I'm preparing to paint the alcove just outside my front door - walls are plaster or something very plaster-like, but the alcove is quite well sheltered (ie, not exposed to any serious weather). I'm a bit stumped about what sort of paint to use. Does it...