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Before getting new carpets I need to do something with my floorboards. The only way I can describe them is rippled, the carpets dip and rise at every floorboard like waves. Our house is 90 years old and the floorboards are original. Every floorboard is raised in the middle right along the full...

I have a leak in the back wall of my tenement flat. It is not clear where the water is coming in. There are three different wet areas. There are pipes outside but no obvious problem with them. We have checked the pipes under the floor of the upstairs flat and they are dry. My question...

No water coming through sprays for carpet cleaning. This has happened twice before and I have had it fixed and was told it was blocked by a build up of soap. It has now happened again after only one use so I am trying to fix it myself as its not worth spending more money on another repair...

A couple of years ago I bought four touch lamps. One by one they have all stopped working as touch lamps - the light stays on permanently and can only be put off at the plug, which is not really convenient for bedside lamps. I really like the lamps so don't want to throw them out. Can...

Hi, Last year I got a new belling double gas oven and gas hob fitted. The hob has 4 burners all different sizes. The problem is only the smallest ring can be used for simmering and even that is a bit high. Is it possible to get the gas level lowered so all the rings go low enough to...

For HMO licence we need a metal internal letter flap for our flat to reduce smoke in the event of a fire in the stair. Easy I thought and bought one from B&Q. But the problem is the existing letter box is vertical and the internal flap just fell open when fitted. I have scoured the...

We need to put door closers on internal doors for an HMO licence. The doors are old panelled doors with moulded facings. We bought surface mounted closers from screwfix the type that fits half way down the door frame with the rod that slides along the door to push it shut. We have fitted...

I bought a P shaped shower bath and screen on ebay (new) - my first mistake. The seal that came with it was too short and barely touched the bath. In short the company I bought it from promised a bigger seal but did not deliver. I bought the only deeper seal I could find on the...

I am having a new sink and taps fitted in the kitchen. I have a heat only boiler [according to the plumber] and I need to get a 0.5bar tap [seems to be very few of these available]. I have found 2 on the internet that I like that are 0.5bar but they both say single flow and quad spout...

We have a ground floor tenement flat that we rent out. We had a damp proof course put in as the internal stair wall was damp, we also had upvc double glazing put in and gas central heating. Everything was fine with our first tennants who stayed 8 months, but now 3 months after the new...

Can anyone tell me what to paint onto plywood to make it waterproof before tiling? thanks

I have a Potterton netaheat 16-22 boiler which was in our house when we bought it 24 years ago - so its pretty old. My energy bills are horrendously high and I wondered if getting a new boiler would be more energy efficient. Are some boilers more energy efficient than others? Any...

I recently bought a basic B&Q electric cutter, the scoring type cutter I usually use would not cut the thicker 10x10 kitchen tiles I bought. The instructions said to use a light pressure to push tiles through but I found that half way through the tile it became very tight and I had to use more...

Thanks for your replies, most of the chips are about 4 - 6mm past the putty so are very noticeable one is a series of joined up chips about 60mm long and there are between 4 and 9 chips on each of 3 panes. I am worried in case the panes have been cut too small and that the edge of the glass...

We are in the process of having our original wooden sash and case windows renovated and are having 6.5 laminated glass put in them. Quite a few of the panes have visible chips up the sides of the glass, which the joiner says is to be expected when using laminate glass because of the way it is...