Recent content by anrkyuk

It is a fan assisted oven, there is a fan in the main oven but that is only for circulating the air in the main oven. On the outside of the oven ( back top, bottom and sides there are no holes, vents etc. The only vents are on the front. There is one front top above the smaller oven which is...

Thank you very much for your reply. I have just spoken with my mother and I wanted to ask before ordering a new oven. Mum is worried ( has been convienced by others ) that there is insufficient ventilation in the oven housing. I am unsure as this was fine for over 15 years before this has...

First as the oven was cold I pulled the oven out and in the exact same spot that the previous shelf had burnt the new wooden shelf was blackened. The cabling was however fine. I then switched on just the top oven at 200c for 30 mins, this did not effect the shelf as was cold to the touch...

Last week my mothers built in cooker oven kept tripping the RCD when switched on at the wall. I removed the oven and the melamine shelf it had been sat on had been burnt through and the cable about 6 inches down from where wired into the oven had been burnt back to the copper. It looked like the...

That is a plastic pipe, that particular pipe was installed just before the outside was painted about 6 years ago when an upstairs toilet was installed. Mum asked for black pipes and the guy installed grey. It was painted weathersheild gloss which on the tin says lasts 6 years and it has so not...

Greetings, My mother had the outside of her house painted about 6 years ago, masonrey paint on the walls and weathersheild gloss on the sills and pipework. Recently the gloss started to flake a little so I rubbed down with fine wire wool, touched up and bare sections with external primer...

Thank your for the prompt reply Jimmy. That’s exactly what I ended up doing in the kitchen last year and am happy to do myself. Could you please advise / recommend which grout to use for the job, preferably one that does not require a sealant or similar treatment after it has dried. Many...

As this is my first post firstly allow me to thank any and all in advance for any advice and wisdom offered and thank you as well for your time taken reading this plea. I recently lost my father and have been doing my best to keep the house in one piece, but have come rather unstuck on my...