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He did. Plumb Centre. But I just want to get additional options in case its not available from there when I go tomorrow. No, I have not tested it. If I can get a new one for £20, I suspect that is an easier route to repair. I realise there's a chance it isn't that, but all the info seems to...

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Hi I own a Victorian House - built in 1896, in Derbyshire, UK. I discovered today that covered over by a concrete patio is a 14ft (at least) water well! Proper brick construction, hexagonal in shape. About 4 foot wide. There is about 10 feet of water in it and abround 4 5 feet of...

Hi I have a 42" Samsung LCD flat screen TV, M/N : LE40F86BDX/XEU, version SS04. For the last year or so, whenever it is turned on, the screen starts as partly visible (about20%) but the rest is dark and flickering. Initially, for the first few months, after about 10 minutes, the screen...

Hi I am pleased to say that I have 4 solid wood doors but the folk who lived here before have painted them several times it seems. I'd like to get them stripped down to bare wood so that I can primer them and paint them to get a quality finish and look. I've Googled the process though...

Thanks guys. Short term, the tape has worked a treat!! I wish someone had suggested it to me sooner - such a cheap solution with such great benefits. OK, I might have to replace it each year for a year or two until I can get the windows replaced, but at £20 or £30, it's no bother. I might...

Hi Good idea. I have just bought a roll of this : http://www.tapes-direct.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=801 DO you think that will be OK as a short term solution?

Hi My house has got some quite old UPVC windows in it, and several of them have terrible drafts seeping in where the opener meets the rubber seals (so much so that cobwebs blow in the 'wind'!!). We can't afford to have them all replaced though so I wondered if it's something I can fix myself...

Hi I have a Rangemaster 110 cooker that we bought second hand in 2005 for £350. Its been a good cooker and they retail at around £1200 new. It's worked fine for several years until the other day. Now, when you turn the gas ovens on, they ignite OK, but then the flame never properly fires...

Hi I have a dining room with a real fire fitted in one room, and a gas 'real flame' effect fire in the lounge. When they were fitted and the old one's removed, the steel liners were also removed but not replaced. My next door neighbour has a 'multi-fuel' burner in the room that sits next...

Hi Lots of thread about painting over wallpaper, but not about wallpapering over painted walls. We have stripped our walls of the old wallpaper and sanded the walls down and filled any minor gaps with filla, but the wallpaper we hope to use it moderately thin. Rather than lining paper the...

Thanks guys - just thought I'd check :-)

Hi I have one of those Cuprinol Wooden Decking Sprayers for re-treating your wooden decking with wood stain. The sprayer says that you must use the specific Cuprinol wood treatment with it. Is that true or is it just a way of getting you to spend a lot more on a branded product? Could I...

Thanks guys - I'm glad to hear that was a good deal. No - the tiles and grout were not included - it was a 'laying the tiles' price only. I bought the tiles and grout myself. Cheers all Ted

Hi I've just had a pro-tiler lay some tiles for me (the large kitchen type tiles) because the last time I laid tiles it all went wrong!! (pre-diynot.com days!) He's charged me £125 to tile a 2.2m x 2.2m concrete floor. Is that reasonable or a bit pricey? He started at 0800, had half hours...