Recent content by rflook

Hi, some builders have been creating a new dirveway for me and when removing the paving slabs by the front wall of the house, found that the lowest brick work of this wall wasnt protected by a render, almost the raised paving slabs were providing said protection - you can kind of see this to the...

Based upon the age of the house I think it'll be copper pipes. Not easy for me to check though. Buying another rad isn't the end of the world though. Are you suggesting that it flexing/bending the pipe slightly is a bad move?

I am replacing a radiator in my little boys room with a newer one as his old radiator just didn't heat the room well. I have just realised that the old rad is slightly shorter; including the tail valves the old rad was 940mm wide and the new one (with tails) is 970mm. We can make it fit but...

Hi, after doing some paint work on the side of my house, I have realised that the varnish is peeling on the window sills. I don't want the weather protection to fail on these so am planning on sanding them back and then reapplying either paint or varnish, perhaps after applying a water repellent...

Hi, So amid the Corona lockdown I decided to rip out some weeds growing against the side of my house. This was down my driveway and the weeds had grown out of some soil which had settled at the bottom of the house wall. Despite the soil not being deep at all, when I ripped the weeds out, a big...

Hi, I am currently decorating my house to make it look presentable for sale. The bathroom ceiling has been getting flakey for a while now so I have decided to tackle it. However, what I thought would be an easy fix, has turned into a bit of a nightmare really. I have been tackling the ceiling...

Just wanted to say thanks for all the contributions. New 3 port motorised valve fitted and it seems (touch wood) to be working well. The only question is that when I took the old one out, there were what seemed like 3 washers inside of the motorised valve (they were slightly silicone looking)...

Ha, very funny :-P Seriously though - am quite keen to learn for myself and enjoy attempting to fix things first. If I genuinely cannot figure it out then happy to pay someone, but would like to give it a shot myself before I go down that route - you never learn if you just get someone to do it...

Hi, My rather old immersion boiler decided to give up the ghost the other day, notifying the household by tripping the switches at the fuse box. I guess it is the heating element as replacing the fuse did nowt. No problems I thought as we have a boiler which can do our hot water for us - right...

Hi, Just come back from a holiday and realised I left some veg in a bag on my oak dining room table. Said veg had come a bit mouldy and had gotten to that stage where it begins to create a juice (I am sure you know what I mean). Sadly it seems said juice has stained my table :-( Initially I...

Hi, Hoping someone can help me with a small problem. My toilet has been filling slowly for ages - wasn't a problem when it was just me in the house but now its become noticeable. I have taken off the hose to the bottom of the toilet to check the pressure and it is good (I assume spraying...