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The title pretty much sums this one up, our staircase is next to our living room and it has a plasterboard wall separating it with a small door way to make the area underneath the stairs into a cupboard. What we'd like to do is remove some of the plasterboard wall to make the area into more...

Thanks for the replies, I appreciate the fact not everyone is out to fleece their customer. I was just hoping some people in the know might be able to point out likely candidates (and maybe how much i'd expect to pay) for the repair based on the fault description. Can anyone recommend a...

Hi, The title pretty much describes my problem - A few days ago our boiler started playing up, the hot water went cold and we noticed the fault light on the boiler was flashing 4 times a sec. After holding the fault button and leaving the boiler for ~30 minutes or so it will fire up again...

What a small place the internet is! :lol: I'm wondering if these crimpers are just rubbish as they came from B&Q too! Here are some closer pics of what I'm using (crimpers are fully closed in the pic);

Hi all, I'm lowering a socket in our kitchen at the moment and the cable is not long enough (socket was at head height due to being used for a tall fridge freezer) I've read about extending the cable and how if it's not going to be accesible (i'm going to repair the area where the socket...

Hey guys, The side that leaks is the output side when the Y adaptor is fitted (where the dishwasher and washing machine plumb into) Is there a T valve that outputs to 2x 3/4 so that I can simply remove the compression fitted one that is there at the moment and replace it? I had to cut...

Hi Guys, Recently purchased a dishwasher and I plumbed it in a yesterday, I got one of these for the inlet; http://www.screwfix.com/prods/15272/Plumbing/Washing-Machine-Accs/Washing-Machine-Y-Piece-BSP So that we can use the existing water feed from the washing machine to also feed the...

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Anyone ? It's freezing downstairs at the moment since all the cold is coming right through the gap in the door.. I'm loathed to pay anyone to come and tinker with it since as of Thursday i'm unemployed so can't really afford it at the mo.

Hey all, We are getting quite a draught coming between the door and frame on our UPVC front door, it's on the hinge side and I've popped the covers off to have a look at it. There are hex screws to adjust the door left to right and back / forth (closer/further from the frame). I've wound up...

Hi all, We moved into our first house around a year ago and have recently noticed that there is black mould around most of the insides of the window frames at the bottom, and along the back door.. All of the windows in the house have condensation on them which is obviously causing the mould...

its quite scary when you can see it all adding up.. lol At idle, so just fridge/freezer, wireless router, cable modem, microwave on but not running, we are using 0.22kwh So even at idle we are getting on for nearly 5.5kwh in 24hrs ! Computer seems to use about 180w Electric oven is about 3...