Recent content by Jimafblack59

Arggggg - do I really have to crawl into the corner of the roof again!!!!!!! Jim

I have recently moved into a five year old, three story town house. When I was up in the loft I noticed that the soil pipe vent pipe for two of the bathrooms had become detached. I also noticed that the vent pipe for the two shower rooms that was located close to the eaves was disconnected. I...

Graham and Brown say that there is a problem with the paint and are working with the manufacturer, which I suspect its Farrow and Ball based on what the shop manger told me. to identify the problem. They offered me replacement paint or my money back. I see a complete repaint looming, but will...

Thanks for the reply. That was my initial thought but I have power from the spur as the lights on the extractor work and the power neon on the extractor is on. I'm leaning towards the motor being fried or the switch blown. A new motor is £180 and a new extractor hood starts at £49....Just a...

After painting my kitchen, where i eased the extractor forward to cut in with paint, the extractor fan has stopped working. I have power as the lights work. I think that the supply cable had dropped into the fan so think it may have been switched on but the fan was prevented from rotating. Its...

I painted my kitchen and dining room last week and I've had a big problem with color variation. I've used Dulux mixed paint in the past and never had any issues. For the project I used Graham & Brown scrubbable emulsion in a fairly dark to mid brown color. I bought 2 x 2.5 litres. After the...

Hi there, I want to create some nice solid wood shelves for my kitchen/dining room. I was planning to use scaffold boards with shelf brackets designed for boards that I've found on eBay. But I'm thinking it may not give me the look I'm trying to achieve. So came across a pic on on of the eBay...

I had a "painter" in to freshen up a few rooms in a house I'm moving into. I was pretty specific about proper preparation of the gloss woodwork but he has ignored this and looks as if he has painted the satin finish paint straight on with no prep. He hasn't made a great job of the walls either...

Now fixed. I checked all of the connections to the switch and they were all solid. So I went ahead and changed over the switch - all good now. When I was looking at the switch afterwards, when I switched it off and on, about half the time there was often a very long delay between switching on...

I've tried the three different switches that screwfix stock including the MK version. The one I had bought last weekend just in case it was the switch was different from the one I had installed about six months ago even though itr was the same part no. I assume screwfix chaneg their suppliers...

We have a mains shower that seems to have developed an intermittent fault. I've had ongoing problems with the ceiling pull switch burning out and this seems to be a common problem according to the reviews of the switches on the screw fix site. It stopped working a week or so ago so had assumed...

£60 more for the orbis than the sport max. The only difference on the Mira website is that the orbis has a "Thermostatic temperature stability keeps showering safe for all the family" feature. I'm assuming that this prevents temperature changes due to a cold tap etc being turned on in the...

Mira seems to get great reviews and seems to be the trades preferred brand as well. Will look again at their model range. Plan to fit this weekend as wife and three daughters cannot live with baths alone. Will let people know how it goes. Jim

Hi, looking for advice on replacing an Electric showers. Our Triton Millennium shower blew up at the weekend. The fault must have been quite severe as it cracked the top of the cover. This is the second Millennium shower we have had in just under ten years and the third triton shower. The...