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All sorted - went with extreme scrubbable matt :)

Thanks so much - 'Black Japanned' seemed to be the magic search term I needed. Found some ideal screws now.

Hi everyone, We've been renovating an old 1900s terraced how and finally have plaster on all the walls. I have a decorator coming in on Wednesday to spray a mist coat onto all the dry plaster (he's using Leyland Trade emulsion watered down for the mist coats...). I have a 30% discount with...

Hi all, We've had our original rim locks restored (new springs, paint stripped, refinished) and they've come back looking lovely (photo below). Sadly the original dome-top screws were beyond saving. Any suggestions of a sympathetic modern screw type for mounting these back onto the doors...

Thanks everyone - I've had a chat with the chap who runs a local woodworking club who is putting me in touch with someone who specialises in woodturning. Appreciate all the suggestions (and especially the confirming this won't necessarily be a common style).

Hi everyone, I'm in the process of renovating an old (1904) house in South Wales. We found under lots of boxing in the original stair case was mostly intact - but it is missing a couple of spindles. I'm struggling to find this exact style - lots of similar ones on the various stair part sites...

Hello, We are currently renovating a early 1900s house in South Wales for us to move into. The house came with a tiny kitchen extension and we'd asked our builder to remove the dividing wall (which previously just had a wide door opening) between this and the dining room to allow us to create...

Thanks everyone. I've ordered a couple of Aico EI3016 now. Really appreciate the suggestions. Steve

We're considering buying a Brita filter tap for our new kitchen - but wondered if anyone has used one/knows if they're reliable (as they're quite pricey)? Or if anyone knows of any Brita P1000 compatible taps from other brands? Thanks in advance, Steve

Help... I've been reading reviews of smoke alarms and getting nowhere. We have a 1900s terraced house in Wales that we're renovating. We're having to re-wire, plaster and decorate throughout so now is the time to install mains smoke alarms if we are going to have them... This is where my...

Hi, We're in the process of completing on a mid-terraced house. The chimneys have all been closed up with the exception of one that used to hold an old coal boiler and now holds a freestanding gas boiler (about the size of a dishwasher). None of the chimneys actually extend out beyond roof...

You super-star. Thank you.

Hi all, We had a leak from under our kitchen sink yesterday and it turned out the pipework connecting our mini/rinse sink to the waste had rotten away. I've struggled to find the right replacement bits of pipe/connector. It's a standard 40mm waste/plughole connector going to exactly the same...

My fallback plan right there - although the space may mean it's just a hacksaw blade and a slow process as no space for the full saw. Thanks :)

Brilliant - thanks :)

Amazing - thanks, that looks like it might be ideal. That and a new p trap coming tomorrow.

Hi folks, After some advice. We have a bathroom basin where the pop-up waste has failed. I have a replacement waste to fit - but the plastic connector onto the existing pop-up waste seems to have been fitted by someone who didn't know they're meant to be tightened by hand only. I can't get...

Thanks - I've managed to get the transformer down now. I opened up the black cable junction and connections all seem good - multimeter is showing no power getting that far so I'm assuming the transformer is the failure point. Transformer is labeled Aurora Cat No: AU-E60 - looks the same as...

Finally had a chance to get back to this... this little black box was attached to the fitting. Does this look like a transformer?

It is sloped - but there's a hollow box between the ceiling and roof tiles...