Recent content by ellie

All fixed now. Thanks for your time :D

Toddler has been at the dial and been turning it the wrong way, it now turns freely although does catch to set a program after a couple of turns, but doesn't stop at the end of a program. Hoping someone will be able to tell me how I can fix this myself :mrgreen:

vinyl as in tiles :lol: Anyway, its all filled and back to normal, thanx again for you advise.

Thanx gcol, but the rest of the vinyl is already laid, I was just replacing a couple of strips that had got badly scratched (10 min job me thought...yeah right :lol: ) If I use the compound (don't know what that is but I'm sure the nice man in the diy shop will point me in the right direction)...

I need to fill a hole in my floor, its brown council style tiles, a few have come up and replacing them isn't an option without pulling up more floor and risking more damage. Just need it smooth so I can put vinyl on top. What can I fill it with?

some photos here...http://www.angelfire.com/sk3/s_mccarthy/very_boring_photos but they're not very good.

sorry, misleading post subject, it's just an everyday normal light fitting atm, the fans are the ones I want to fit. I don't know any electrical terms so apologies for my descriptions: The switch to the light is a double switch, one for this light, one for the next light along, the second...

I have a simalar situation, bathroom, no tiles and kids, so to keep the walls dry for the time being I've fitted a shower curtain across the wall.

The instructions for my ceiling fan say there should be 3 or 9 wires coming from the ceiling but i've counted 11. Could someone tell me where to reconnect them all to. 3 x yellow/green 2 x red 1 yellow with red sleeving 2 x black 1 blue 1 red/1 blue with red sleeving connected together

I've never encountered any problems as yet but I've only ever filled little holes with it, suppose it would be a pain on bigger jobs

Does that mean 40 year old (at least, quite probably older) paint is okay to just scrub off the walls?

Is lead only in old gloss or is it in old emulsion too?

I always mix filler with the paint I'm going to use instead of water...then it doesn't take extra coats to cover[/i]

mapj1...thanx for your help :D , that's what I managed to find out from the fire officer at work today too, but confusion came from there being no washers and I didn't feel happy about wrapping it round the screws myself as that seemed a sure fire way to fry myself :shock: . Anyway, smiled...

Have photo :D , lost usb cable :( Will post it soon as I find the cable again, but its box with 3 screws up either side, earth on bottom right, live and neutral on 1st and second on left. Don't suppose thats much help. Its a Beko DC3511 but don't suppose thats much help either. NUked beans...