Recent content by GillObrien

Great, thank you.

Hi I live in a house where the garden is at first floor level at the back because we are on a hill, and the ground floor is a full basement at the back and normal rooms onto the front garden at the front. I have put our pool on the back patio but should I worry about the weight on: a) the...

We have these all over our house and it is very difficult to put a fitting that has to go flush with the ceiling because: a) 99.99% of the time the wires are stiff and you can't manipulate them to fit in the fitting and get it flush and b) the hook is in the way of any modern fitting We gave...

We have an internal bathroom with no window and, whilst the fan works relatively well despite being ancient (we have an in-line one with two ceiling ducts), we also do the following: - clean water off all the shower walls with a squeegee after each shower. - run a small table top dehumidifier...

You have saved the day. Finding a similar one led me to a replacement mechanism, which showed me how to take everything apart! So now dismantled, cleaned, new joint arriving (5 EUR) and all should be good :) Thank you!

It looks like it. I think the ring that it sits in needs replacing as well because it is full of limescale. I have soaked it in vinegar but it hasn't all come off. I can't figure out how to take the thing apart to get at the valve seal. Porcher replied and asked me to send photos, so hopefully...

We live in a similar set up and would be the house on the left. This would be for us to fix - we just had ours redone. Anything on the wall (painting, cracks etc) would be yours.

Thank you - I will do. I found the original manufacturer (Porcher) who still exist and seem to have a similar model but with a different flush (same principle, more modern). I emailed them as well.

Hi all, Our upstairs toilet is from the 1970s I think, and has a flush mechanism that I haven't seen before. You pull the small knob on the top to flush, the bowl fills up then drains. Inside the cistern there are two floats. The toilet runs all the time into the bowl. All the other toilets...

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..