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Hi, Thanks for all the help all working fine now. R.

Thanks for the rapid reply I only posted 15 mins ago!!! I don't know if I understand you fully but do you mean this. Place the red cable that goes into common in the first switch into L (top left of new switch) then connect wires between the L's i.e. Top left to middle bottom to top right...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can offer me advice on the following issue. Ok first the history. When we moved in our kitchen had a three way switch fitted but only 2 lights one in the ceiling and one under the units so at the time I thought the third one was reduntant. On having a new kitchen...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can offer me some advice. I was asked round to a friends house last night (i sold it too her earlier in the year) because the hot water bath tap is not coming on anymore. It seems to hardly turn as much as I remembered it but the sink hotwater tap is working fine...

Hi, I have some real wood bamboo flooring to fit in my living room using self adhesive underlay. Could someone please offer some advice on the following questions; (a) The guy at the store where I bought the self adhesive underlay said I didn't need to use a damp proof membrane. On the...

Its a marketing scam!!! Most machines don't have a 30 oC cycle so washing machine manufactures will just bring out new ones and try and make the public feel bad about washing at 40 or 60. Stick with your old machine and don't wash your clothes as much!!! Simple and better for the enviroment. I'm...

Hi, I need to move my washing machine a bit into the utility room but want to use the original water supply. The problem is the pipes will not be long enough. I have been to B@Q but they only have 2.5 m lines or 25 m ones!!! I was thinking of just buying a 2.5 m line and cutting in half to...

Hi, I am hoping to have a new kitchen fitted in a couple of months but wonder if anyone can offer any advice. Is it as simple as measuring the kitchen area and taking this information to a retailer. They will then design the kitchen around the figures using computer aided design packages...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can give me some advice on my lawn which is in a bit of a mess............... Its not a big lawn maybe 20-25 m2 with a nice cherry tree in the middle and surronded by a big 8ft hedge. In some patches it is very mossy and I am putting this down to bad/drainage and...

Hi, Thanks for the advice, I'm in the Cardiff area. I couldn't believe that last night i just put an electrical screwdriver into the key hole and pushed in a little metal plate and was able to turn the button that the key fits in. The two windows now open fine and I can lock the handle if...

Hi, A few years ago I had all the windows in my house replaced with double glazing apart from the kitchen when already had a double glazing window installed. The problem is I think at the time the double glazing company fitting my new windows mistakenly took away my keys for the kitchen...

Hi all, Just removed my cistern which is the type that sits directly on the back of the toilet bowl. The reason I removed this, as when you flushed the toilet clean water leaked from this region so i though it was the rubber/foam seal that seals the union between the bowl and the base of the...

Hi, Just noticed my toilet is leaking slightly from the underside of the join to the soil pipe. My plan is to drain the water, and remove the bowl from the soil pipe thus being able to investigate. I expect the toilet is the original one when the house was built 15 yrs Ok so may be a tad...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can offer some advice on this enquiry. I recently laminated my living room floor which all went swimmingly apart from one tricky problem. I have a spiral stairway in my house which is supported by a couple of beams fixed to the floor. Now the fixings are square with...

Hi, I want to replace the white grout around my shower as it has seen better days. I have a packet of Unibond water resistant grout in the house but it says add the whole 500g to 175ml of water. Now I wont need that much and yes I can scale down the ammounts if need be. My question is does...

Yes I think your right a photo would be ideal and if I have a post again thats a bit difficult to explain I will use a digital camera. The gap is as you describe in that you could keep tiling down the back wall and go down behind the back of the bath. So if you imagine having a shower on the...

Hi, Sorry yes I expect the wall at the back of the bath is not straight thus the back of the bath is not flush against the wall. Thus if you were standing in the bath looking at the back wall you will see a big gap between the end of the bath and the tiled wall. Now with the wall not being...

Hi, Just taken off the old plastic coving round the bath to replace it as it was old and needed freshing up. Now at the back of my bath there was always cut off tiles running parallel to the back of the bath and sealed round the edges of wall/bath. I always wondered why they were there but...

Hi, I want to regrout some tiles round my shower/bath that have become a bit dull looking. I have never grouted before but am keen on some useful advice. I have a grout rake and I was going to take off a layer and simply grout over the top after cleaning with methylated spirits or...

Hi, I am looking for some advice before I start a project in spring replacing a path i have in my garden. The aforementioned path allows access to my house from the pavement down a slight decline onto a flat paved base leading upto my front door. At the moment I have paving slaps maybe 6...