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So i'm lazy, shoot me :) plus I will need to take the damn thing out find a replacement and refit. Now if i only lived near the local plumbing merchant life would be so much easier. :D

Are all valves the same?

Thanks for the advice. Sounds like I need to do some graft then. :(

When I flush the toilet there is a loud groaning noise. It sometimes sounds like a steam boat has pulled into the bathroom :) If I turn the sink cold tap on after flushing the sound increases. I’m sure it is something easily fixed but I can not see what is causing the problem. Thanks, Mike.

Thanks for the advice. I will look at 10W to improve the light but it is more for effect than to light the kitchen. I have run a cable (this will be behind the tiles) from the visible switch to beneath the cupboards. There is a trim/skirt on the cupboards so the lights and any connections...

I have seen these at screw fix- http://www.screwfix.com/prods/37288/Lighting/Internal-Lighting/Utility-Lighting/Halolite-T4-Linkable-Striplight-6W Would these be suitable for connecting to a 240 v socket in the kitchen? I am intending to link 5 around the kitchen under the cabinets.

My kitchen is at last nearly finished :D I am now installing lighting beneath the cabinets that will sit behind the skirting (or whatever it is called). The power is there and will operate from a normal 240v single socket. I have seen various strip stlye lights What power lights should i...

Need help to get a burn mark out of a white UPVC window. Some idiot placed a cigarette on the window sill outside my house and left it to burn. (so called friends). Is there any product that will cover this or anything I can use to reduce the stain mark left? Help, as always, is very...

So i should- Treat knots with the solution Cover with wood primer Should i then undercoat and then paint OR just paint it.

I have fitted new skirting boards and now need to paint them. I have seen primers and undercoats for sale, but I read somewhere about treating the knots first. Is this with the primer or is there a special product? Yes I know I ask silly questions but I'm no expert. :roll: Mike.

Thanks for the replies. Always appreciated. Mike.

The architrave around a door has been damaged by coathahgers being hung over the door. There are lots of little indents. What is the best product to fill these and get a nice clean cornered finish. I know its probably obvious to some of you but your answers save me time through trial and...

Crikey i'm not sure my fingers could take that. There is so much damn paint on the frame :x Any way, thanks for the advice i will give it a go with meths.

My bathroom has brown (wood effect) UPVC windows. There is a lot of paint around the frame from poor decorating in the past. What is the best way to removed this? It is not thick so it wont scrape of safely. Is there some form of cleaning product that will remove the paint but not the brown...

This may seem like an obvious question to some but here it is. I am fitting 10 recessed downlights in the kitchen/dinner. Having removed the old textured cieling I have fitted new plaster boards. My simple question is this - What is the best way of cutting the circles into the plaster board...

Thanks for the reply Tony. The wall is dry. The pipes now sit back within a 10cm wide gap. The depth is about 25cm's. I will wrap the pipes with some felt. How is it best to fill the gap before the plasterer does his work? Should i use some of that expanding foam stuff? I appreciate that...

I am in the process of recessing pipes into a wall. I have 15mm hot and cold pipes that fee the kitchen sink and 2x 8mm central heating pipes that feed one radiator. Both pairs of pipes run from the ceiling down towards floor level. I do not know wht the previous owners/builders did not...

Need some more help please. I have concrete posts between my fence panels. I want to fix the hinge side of the gate to the house and the latch and bolt side to the concrete post. What is the best way of solving this problem as i do not believe i can drill/screw into the concrete. Mike

Sorry in wrong forum can one of the mods please move this?

Having redone the bathroom I am switching from gold to chrome fittings. However, the handle on the toilet is fitted on the curve of the cistern. The existing gold fitting has a curved spacer. I can't seem to find a product that will do the same job. Does anyone know where I can find a product? I...