Recent content by GillObrien

Hi all, Does anyone know what kind of floor we have on the attached pictures. We are in France, the house was built in 1973 and the floor is original. It is an ex council house so I don't think it is anything expensive. When I do I reverse image search I either get limestone, marble...

We have this LVT click flooring in our kitchen. https://global.aspectaflooring.com/product/alpin-chambord/ We found is very sturdy - it has been down for two years and hasn't moved. It cleans really easily. It was quite tough to click together. We took off the skirting boards so we could lay...

Hi all, I removed my solar pump from the pond filter for the winter, because it is attached to.an accumulator battery and there isn't enough light to reach the threshold for it to turn on. I left the small fountain in to aerate the water a but as it runs on low light. My understanding is that...

There are thousands of houses where I grew up that are like this - the roofs slope parallel to the road, and aren't stepped horizontal. Which I assume is why the back looks wonky because the extension roof is horizontal :). Not that it helps with the damp.

I know nothing about building but it looks like you don't have a drainpipe out the back and your gutter has a low point at the join just next to the small window. Maybe it overflows in heavy rain onto the roof below, hence the dark patch on the wall at that point? This probably doesn't help...

We will most likely do this even though my very tall husband can't see the hob in that case :). We really should just remove the cupboard and put a proper cooker hood! At least we didn't wire it to the light switch..

We have it set up like your photo but at 50cm. Honestly, if you use the front ring it doesn't draw the steam, which goes up the front of the cupboard and has already started to make the carcass laminate (or whatever it is called) swell. Yes it looks nice, no it isn't practical. If I were doing...

@blip That would have avoided a lot of worry if I had known that!

Thank you all. I had a look at it this morning. I couldn't see any wires that we could have touched, all the wires were still free in the void and out of the way. The bracket was no longer showing voltage, so I think that I had used the tester wrongly (I admit to not reading the instructions...

The electricity was off :). I used tension because I am in France and that is what it says on the tool. It translates to voltage I think. If I had a multimeter would I understand what it was telling me? The tool usually tells me the voltage e.g12v and displays neutral or other depending on...

Hi all, We just put a bracket up for a light fitting on our ceiling. The ceiling is thick plaster sheets hung on long screws I think (I.e. there are no battens behind, in the void you see right across and it is just punctuated with metal "screws" or "posts"). We generally have hooks in our...

I had this until I realised that you can remove the plug hole. Sounds stupid I know but it wasn't obvious. I had to lever it out with a fork. Then I found that it had a cylindrical waste trap with a screw off bottom that was blocked full of... well...it was gross. Now I take it out once a week...

I put the tape on and refilled the system with water. It seems to not leak if I leave the radiator off. Hopefully it will be properly fixed soon! Thank you all :)

This is the plan (in fact to change the radiator) but in the meantime we have no heating and the plumber can't come for a couple of days. I am going to buy some PTFE tape now. I took the top nut off and I can see the spindle and a washer. Do I just wrap a string of the tape around the base of...

I turned it as far as I could with the spanner but it stills leaks. The pressure is down at 0.3 bar. I can take water out of the system by the boiler on the return pipe (there is a sort of drain with a tap). It seems to be slowing down so hopefully it will just stop overnight or at least stay...