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Hi. Our whirlpool washer / drier model AWZ 412 has stopped spinning. Have had a quick look but no loose wires etc. Have read that brushes may be worn. Are they inside the motor at the bottom of machine and do I have to remove motor to access them ? Could it be an electrical fault i.e pcb gone ...

Hi all, Am going to paint some cornices that are in an old victorian house. At the moment they are painted with gloss but the new owner doesn't like the smell of oil based gloss. Can I use a two coats of a water based gloss or even eggshell after rubbing down or do I NEED to apply a water based...

Sill was def dry so suppose could be the polish.... Could this still happenn even after sugar soaping and sanding ?

Hi all, My problem is on a couple of window sills I've glossed. I sugar soaped them, cleaned them with clean water, sanded them and glossed. But as the gloss was drying it looked like I'd sprinkled drops of water onto the drying paint. What have I done wrong. Is it grease ? Happened before in...

Hi all, I rent out a house and am going to have the boiler replaced. At the moment it's a tank system and were going for a combi. Because were upgrading from an old system to a combi will we still be entitled to the £400 does anyone know. Also the boiler were going for is a Main 30 HE at £620...

Help needed if anyone any suggestions. Papered one of our hallway walls. Our dog keeps ripping the new paper!!! patched it up 3 times now. Is it the paste he smells. Anything we can do so I don't have to keep patching ? Wife says I can't shoot him; cut his head off; or even put him in the lounge...

Hi all, I'm papering hall stairs and landing with paper that has to be specially ordered and extras can't be taken back. Is there a way that I can measure so that I can order the exact amount of rolls. It's 25 quid a roll so want to get it right. cheers.

Hi all. Just having our shower room done up. We have a 8.5 kw electric shower which we've had for 4 years...it's great with no probs. Howerver it doesn't look great and we fancy the stainless steel looking shower with pipework buried in the wall...are they called mixer showers and do they work...

Thanks for replies esp. John D. Yes he's Gas Safe registered and I'll check the advice about the 'flush.' Cheers.

Thanks all for your replies....seems it's a fair price. Also seems the engineer, according to some of your replies is doing the job for next to nothing !!!!! ' Wouldn't get out of bed to do a boiler change for £500 ' Wow some of you guys must be rolling in it. I've got friends that are highly...

Little bit of pipe was the engineers term not mine. Rather pay him £250 per day than a solicitor £150 per HOUR but still £250 per day seems excessive >>>>

Hi all, Just a quick question to see if I'm being 'ripped@ off by a gas engineer. Basically our 20 year old boiler is Knackered !! Gas engineer suggests replacing it with a new condensing bolier....fair enough. But he says the labour cost alone would come to about £500.!! This he says would '...

Hi all, Anyone any good ideas how to clean what appear to be yorkshire stone flags in the kitchen of a house we've bought. The room was newly plastered and the floor not covered so it's full of dried plaster etc. Acid ? Scrub hard with soapy water ?

once cleaned do they need to be sealed in som e way?

Just bought a house and it's got what looks like stone flags in the kitchen but they're filthy with bits of plaster etc on them. Anyone any ideas as to how / they can be cleaned ? Brick acid ? Brick cleaner. Thanks

Hi all, Have painted an old plaster / cornice using Johnstones White Covaplus Vinyl Matt. Have used two coats but there are places that it appears not to have covered...still appears streaky / dirty. Do I just paint on another one or two coats or should I have used a different paint i.e an...

Zampa..not impressed with super leytex then ? What about Mcphersons eclipse for new plaster ?

Richard..thanks for quick reply..the sheet gives me the ammunition for when I challenge his advice tomorrow. Cheers.

So, I have a full bedroom to paint which has been newly skimmed. I know I have to 'mist' coat it first....or so I thought. I went into our local Johnstones today and the guy behind the counter showed me some Johnstones Premium Contract Matt. so i said ' I mist coat it first, watered down a...

cheers zampa...understood.