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Unfortunately it is not worth replacing the drum in this old machine as I have seen it at £178 plus my time to do it and I suddenly got very busy at work. Then the rest of the machine will still be old, like the seal. Unless the front part of the drum can be replaced which I doubt as it is...

So it is! I thought that the protruding plastic was the welding between 2 parts of the drum. Now the question is, is it worth trying to replace it? seal it to give it a bit more life? Is it going to cost me more than a second hand machine? Where do I get the spare part? Where do I buy the...

Hello, I am completely puzzled as to where the leak in my washing machine is coming from. Lots of water pour out from underneath the machine. Three clues: 1- There were some bits of white plastic (as the plastic the outer drum is made of) last time I took out the wash after flooding the...

I installed this woodwork in a garage, frames for door and window. The wood was bare and untreated and I was going to treat it and paint it with exterior paint. But I left for several months and it was exposed to the constant rain this year. The door is internal but I thought that I could...

The main roof simply pours the water onto a small portion of the flat roof to the right of the conservatory (it has been like that for years). The it went to the gutter on the flat roof. Now there is a joint to the conservatory too but I cannot see how the water could be comign from the top if...

I find it difficult to believe that water is being soaked up by the walll from the gully area as the wall nearer to the gully has no damage. The damaged wall is not cavity as it was an internal door. I doubt about rding damp as it was not there when we installed the conservatory. The DPC seems...

Roy, No the connections to the gulley are right, the pipe coming from the sink goes into the gully, then the gully goes into the sewer pipe. The local BC inspector has checked this. of course the problem is that the downpipe from the gutter is still not there. I may have to go and install it...

I have hired and fired a number of builders on this job so it will be difficult to pin down any of them on the blame. They will all blame each other.

Yes we cut a hole in the wall for the conservatory. I am starting to believe that water from the gutter with no downpipe above has got through the corner of the brick wall and the conservatory into the wall inside. Here are the photos: Outside corner: I used to put the bucket in the...

Thanks so far, there are no pipes near the wall, really. The box to the left is just to contain the pipes that feed the basin a bit further to the left so they are about 1/5 meter away from the wall but if they were leaking they would damage the wall on the same side first. Supposing the...

Hello, I have a damp patch that does not seem to want to go. It has mould growing on it. The builders who worked on it put a thick layer of it and painted on it before it was fully dry but that was months ago. I do not think it is rising damp as the wall on the other side does not have the...

I am having a carpet installed on a floor that has very old synthetic tiles which I am leaving as they provide a smooth surface and it is too much work to remove them. The carpet will have an underlay. But it has some tiles broken and missing leaving a change of level of 4mm approx. The carpet...

Thanks all, I have various options

The people who decorated my house before did a shoddy job painting the walls without using masking tape. What is the best way to remove the vynil wall paint from UPVC frames, tiles and gloss paint without damaging the adjacent painted wall? Thanks

I have a conservatory with an interlocking laminate floor, measuring 3 x 3 metres. There is a bead around the floor plus 2 door thresholds. The morons who installed the floor before did not leave room for expansion of the floor around the perimeter. Now the floor is bulging and lifting. Is...

Well that is the thing, even though the radiator is connected to the heating system of the house, it has its own control. You can shut it down completely to avoid wasting energy and enable it only when you are going to use the conservatory or for one hour of the day to have a warmish toilet when...

I fell tempted to do what people suggest but I am going to sell the house, provding the BC approval document. So I do not know if that would be a problem.

I installed a conservatory but Building Control want me to isolate it by adding a DG window and door and to remove the heater in it. The thing is I have access to a toilet from the conservatory and it will be horrible to use the toilet during the winter with it being outside the heated envelope...

As Prenticeboy rightly said, yes my question is about the units being hardwired and with electrical equipment fixed to it. For instance if an owner later tries to move the kitchen units and pulling the cables. Of course the circuit has an isolator switch on the wall. I guess this could apply...

I am installing a kitchen with an L shape. The long part fo the L is aginst the wall and screwed to it. The short part of the L extends from the wall, away from adjacent walls, and is tied to the long part. It protrudes 1.2m from the long part. The cabinets are tied together and fixed to the...