Recent content by ruggiero

I want to put up shelves in an alcove in my flat (old Glasgow tenement, red sandstone, large ashlar blocks externally, walls papered inside). Before fixing anything I'm trying to work out what the alcove wall is made of. What I've observed: - Knocking on it, it doesn't feel like brick, but...

We are trying to paint our kitchen cabinets. We have watched a few videos on youtube and the foam roller seems to be the most popular recommendation. However, we are not getting very good results. See pictures. - We have thoroughly sanded the cabinet. It's very smooth. - We have cleaned the...

Do you mean that they are not actually broken? The tumble drier is stacked on top so I would rather avoid moving stuff if I don't have to.

A couple of the feet of the washing machine in the title are loose. I cannot screw them back in. This is the actual appliance. I think i need to remove the front panel to check what happened inside, but I can't find anything online. Do you have any suggestion? Thanks!

Thanks. Do you think I can use a handsaw? Do I need a multitool? I need to buy one.

Hi, I would like to remove these very old shelves from my laundry room. I thought that it would be a much easier task, but I am a bit stuck. It looks like they go 'inside` the wall and I could not find any anchoring screws. They are painted heavily so maybe I did not see them. See attached...

It is a soil pipe. As far as I know there are not issues with rodent. I am on the second floor and the other side is the stairwell. It feels like I need to call a builder. It might be too complex for me and I don't want to risk damaging stuff.

I found this big hole in the laundry room. It is an old tenement flat and the hole was probably made when they first installed the new drainage pipe. It's quite deep as you can see and what you see on the right are the leftover bricks that were just left there. Is it OK to fill it so to make...

Very, very good point.

We need to run a gas pipe over a couple of doors in the hallway. It will be a couple of meters. Can you suggest any decent, decorative cover? Maybe something that looks like a moulding. Or maybe any other suggestion to hide them? Thanks!

Just checked again. When I screw all the way down (clockwise) the spindle does go down. The flow rate though stays exactly the same (12 l/m) for every tap. Of course within the accuracy of my measurement.

Are you saying that the washer might come off and allow the flow? I will measure the flow again in fully closed and fully open position

Not at all. It looks like the valve is not there.

Fantastic idea. I will give it a go. I need to buy a new temperature sensor. Copper has low emissivity and the infrared thermometer gives false readings

I rotate it fully clockwise and counterclockwise. A plumber, this morning at home for another job, also tried and could not explain it.