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Hi, my mother has an issues with heavy curtains. The curved curtain track she has is situated in a bay window and its fixed into plasterboard, not brickwork. The old curtains were fine but the new ones are pulling the fixings out of the plasterboard. I'm stuck on what to do to keep these...

We have an electric garage door that keeps opening by itself. Basically its operated without a remote control by a box with a push button switch. The switch started to play up so I replaced it and it works fine when pressed. However, every now & then it opens by itself for no reason. Ive...

Im just about to replace our internal doors. All are 76cm wide but the bathroom door is a good 10cm smaller. Can anyone recommend a supplier for matching doors that also come in smaller sizes?? thanks G

We have an old fashioned pantry that had a small window. Rather than replace the unwanted window we asked a local tradsman bricked it up for us, just a few weeks back. This morning I opened the door to find water all over the shelves and floor. It appears to have been happeningf or quite...

A very starnge issue. A modern, top flush UK toilet started to play up, in that it was refilling the cystern very slowly compared to normal. I took the left hand valave system to bits but couldn't find any fault. Ive replaced it with a brand new one which filled quickly and then went the...

Hi, I live in an ex council house and having problems with noise coming through. Its rather strange as if the neighbours are just talking downstairs, we hear it very clearly upstairs. Ive had the wall to bits and its basically plaster then 1 brick, a cavity, then a brick. Im...

Potterton Surprima 50l is our boiler We were using it fine last night & then switched the heating off. All night the pump or something was still going - as it usually does for 20 mins after switching the heating off. Today unable to switch the heating on but all the usual lights are...

Hi The barrel lock in our pvc door has jamed - at least the door is open not closed. I thought to replace it I could just remove the screw that holds the lock in place. Ive done that and the barrel lock is much looser but it wont come out. Ive tried to remove the metal stip down the door...

I hope this is the right place to post I have a pc that works fine 99% of the time but when I download files or upload files via ftp they become corrupt. the daft thing is it works ok with virus software updates etc. strangely I have 2 seperate setups on this machine the one that works...

Hi all got an ignis electric oven - the sort that slots into a cabinet. AKL828WH single fan oven - only a few years old for some reason the oven has stopped working but it shares an element with the grill - as its all one compartment. The grill is working fine - so I think the element is...

I have a suprima 50 L by potterton I have been away for 2 weeks and found the gas supply had been turned off. I have turned the gas back on but the pilot light is not showing and the boiler does nothing when I switch the heating on I think I need to reset it but not sure how as i have no...