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I'm in the early stages of selling my house. About 30 years ago I built an extension - got the usual planning and building regulation permissions. I cannot now find any final certificates which I believe I need to show the vendors solicitors that the work was carried out satisfactorily and in...

Just about to embark on a bathroom re-tile, have estimated 20 sq yds of tiles, any one know how much tile adhesive I will need and is it best to buy separate grout or is the all in one stuff acceptable ??

Yes I could - but have you seen the cost of those flimsy side bath panels, about £60 in B&Q - thinks its cheaper to tile !!

take your point about not being worth it for rented property - thanks for the other info

I am giving one of my rented out house bathrooms a bit of a facelift. I am fully tiling, floor to ceiling, currently the side of the bath (suite is white) has a cheapo plastic cover which over the years has discoloured and gone kinda off white. I am contemplating tiling the side of the bath to...

Thanks John - what I thought of doing is adapting the spanish socket for a square english socket and taking a British fused 13amp plug with me and just plug in and away you go (and some spae 13amp fuses of course)- does that sound like it would work ? - would hate to dismantle the gas hob and...

Thanx 4 that John - the mini hob I am taking out to the Canaries to fit into a studio apartment (changing from calor gas) - there is already a small 2 ring gas hob and I merely wish to switch from a gas one to an electric one. - there will be no chance of increasing this to a full 4 ring hob at...

I am fitting an electric hob (just the 2 ring jobby) 1 plate rapid 1.5kw and the other rapid 2.0kw - not sure as to the size of wire I need to connect this can anyoneone oblige - thanks in advance (would it be poss to connect to the ring main ?

when I say these I mean the small battery (or mains) driven anti vermin pest control thingymagigs that you often see advertised in the weekend newspaper supplements. Promising that the item emmits an ear piercing noise not audiable to humans which aissupposed to keep rabbits cats dogs away...

Many thanks for your help lads - job done and complete, although I did use vaseline and wool !! - does the wool colour come into play, as it was a yukkie shade of purple !! :) :)

Have a dripping stop cock, which will not stop dripping whether the stop cock is closed, open or halfway, it seems to be coming from the spindle. I understand this can be fixed by wrapping wool around the spindle having first unscrewed the retaining nut. My question is can this be done with...

Thanks Crafty. I've got a couple of these Creda panel heaters one in each bedroom, one is virtually silent, but the one in question is very noisy when in "clock mode" - I just wanted it to be less noisy, like the other one, which has a very low amount of noise

Could anyone tell me if there is a remedy to prevent the timer switch from being noisy on my Creda panel heater. It's situated in the bedroon and the timer runs in the evening and is a disturbance when trying to sleep. Would a squirt of WD40 or the likes solve the prob. Also have a noisy...

A few years ago I installed a new kitchen and had a cream 1.5 sink. The sink came complete with a cream plastic coated wire basket. The plastic is now looking very sad and coming away from the wire. Does anyone know where I can get replacement cream plastic coated wire kitchen sink basket from...

Thanks Andy, thought I was ok with 15amp - cheers

Could you please tell me if a 15amp fuse (blue) is correct for an immersion heater - thanks

My storeage heaters struggle to retain their heat all day long. I recall years ago it was possible to get the electricity supplier to offer to boost them in mid to late afternoon. Mine merely heat up overnight on economy 7, anyone got the answer. I'm with Atlantic (supplier) Thanks in advance

Thanks for that, I didn't realise that I could actually undo the handle part without turning off the water at the mains outside the house - will give that a go. In my mothers house she also has a strange stop cock inasmuch that to turn it on and off (from fully off to fully on) it only takes...

I have recently discovered I have seeping water from my stop cock, seems to be leaking from where the shaft from the handle goes into the body of the stop cock, have tightened up the retaining nut and this is a little better, is there anything else I can do ?? Thanks

Sods law or what !! - just back from B&Q got a new tap innerders (value) fits a treat, but now the original tap top doesn't fit over the spleens of the value, neither does the little screw fit in the top of the valve - talk about one step forward two back - oh well, perhaps thats the last of the...