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Hi all, I've been putting up architrave in our 1970's house. I took the old architrave off a few years ago but due to illness have only just been able to put new stuff up. All of the door frames are out of true, but I had no idea this gap was going to be so bad! We've two doors at right angles...

Hi, My fridge/freezer died on Saturday. Bought a new one and tried installing today, but the power cord is too short. Thought I could solve this issue as the socket is one of those wall mounted ones, not inset in the wall. Thought it was coming from the socket near it, but nope, it's going...

Hi all, I've been trying to change the sockets in my bedroom from basic white to Black Nickel. Can anyone tell me what the heck is going on in the attached picture? The way it's set up is this: Regular grey wire with black (N), Red (L) and Green/Yellow (E) wires which go into a 2-gang...

Hi, My Mum and I recently moved into a Chalet Bungalow which was built sometime in the 70's. Long story short, my Mum gets cold really easily and I tend to overheat. She's let me have the upstairs rooms (the original 70's construction and a loft conversion done sometime in the 80's) but as heat...

Hi guys, Hope this'll just be a quick question: I've just replaced a (very!) old T80i shower with a new Enrich one and it's all fine. But when I did the commissioning the water just seemed to keep on bubbling out. It gets better when I turn the dial up high, but when I turn it back to the...

We got an electricity bill last week and it was an estimated bill so we checked the meter. According to the meter we've used six months worth of electricity in three months which is, frankly, impossible. There's only two of us in the house and we're very energy consious; nothing is left on...

Hi all, The people on this forum were extremely helpful during my bathroom re-fit woes, so I'm hoping someone can advise me again. We've just bought a slimline dishwasher and, in order to fit it, I need to swap my sink around so that the bowl part (currently on the right hand side) sits on...

...How much should an acrylic bath move? I've just fitted one, screwed it into the wall with the two mounting brackets provided and screwed the 5 feet to the floor, but when I stand in it to test it it moves slightly. Not loads, but I'm not sure how much it should move. You can see it coming...

Hi all, Having a nightmare time with this bathoorm install. Bought a flexi push fit 22mm pipe for the hot bath tap, fittied it and it's leeking so need to get it off. Went and bought the removal tool from screwfix and a replacememnt flexi pipe, only to find that I can't use the tool to get...

Hi, Not sure if you all check other boards, but I've been having a hell of a time with a leaking shower. Shower is now removed and we've decided to install a bath. Trouble is, the rotten boards are obviously not going to hold the weight of a full bath and I'd prefer not to end up in the...

Thought I'd start a new topic as the last one's gone off somewhere and this is a whole differen't ballgame anyway. Can't replace the waste of the shower and, for many other reasons, we've decided to fit a bath instead. Due to the poor work previously carried out by whoever decided they were...

Hello everyone, I'm hoping someone will be able to advise me on this. Several months ago the shower unit began to cause us some problems in that water was dripping into the kitchen directly below. I found a similar problem on this site and I followed the advice given; removed all the...