Recent content by PeteMP

Well the light works fine although there does seem to be a smell of fumes initially when it's on with the cover off.

Firstly, I am clueless about electrical matters...right... I am probably being overly cautious but here goes... The cleaner I use came round earlier this morning and sent me a message an hour later when I was out saying that smoke was suddenly coming out from the right hand cover for the...

It's an awkward part of the loft to get to with very limited space to crawl into - from memory, there aren't pipes up there.

Firstly, I'm quite clueless about DIY/home matters - I've had marks on part of the main room ceiling in my top floor flat (with a loft above) for a month or so, but they've particularly worsened over the last week. There's no water coming in through the ceiling but the brown marks are a bit...

Not good enough ;)

Thanks for the replies so far. I actually tried running cold water from the kitchen sink (was only running hot water before) and after 30 seconds or so, the water rises up into the shower - so that's both sinks leading to this. After the plumbers left, being slightly dubious, I ran water in...

Toilet's fine, I'm on the second floor & nobody else is having a problem.

They were recommended by a plumber I occasionally use.

I am.

I've had issues with water rising up into my shower if water in the kitchen or bathroom sink runs for a few weeks. I had this issue 3 years ago and a plumber got a company to come out with a motorised snake to clear it, solving the issue in about 5 minutes. Unfortunately I didn't keep the...