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Did this turn out to be a fault? I have the same thing on an ex-demo DWH c10 dishwasher I picked up today in 'bargin corner'. Thanks Ste

Hi chaps, Need some advice on fixing up my fireplace ready to accept a gas fire. The opening is currently far to large compared to the min/max dimensions the fire manufacturer dictates. The work required is closing the width by 50mm each side and fitting a lintel/bricking up to reduce the...

I was originally thinking of using paving slab, superb! Any excuse to get the angle grinder out :p Thanks chaps!

The sweep that came said the liner was fine, think it is 8 and a half inch diameter best measurement. Starts above the polo. Will take a closer picture. It is a valor seattle (deep inset). MIs say: Max width: 45.7cm Min depth: 21.8cm Max height: 57.5cm Current opening is 54cm(w)...

Yes that is woodchip on the wall, and there was a live electrical socket in there when we took the old fire out.

Hi chaps, Not sure if this should be in this section or building but... I am preping our fireplace so accept a class 1 inset gas fire, obviously I am doing none of the gas work myself. I have had a chimney sweep in to do his thing and he gave me some advice on prepping but want second...

kk, thanks for all your advice! Ste

No, the first picture was taken in situ. Have just pulled the cable though into the light to take some more pictures. Obviously you chaps have seen far more of this sort of thing than I have so I will bow down to your expert opinions! I do not want to get the firm in question in any trouble...

Oh...can this happen 7 feet up? It is at the exact point where the cable rubs against the roof also...would be very surprised if a little begger could get its teeth in there!

Hi chaps, We had a full house re-wire done around a year ago by a local company registered with the NICEIC. It was supposed to take a week but ended up being 5 with the guy who did it not on the job more than 3 days in any week. At the time this annoyed us but we struggled through and were...

Hello kind folks of the floors, stairs and lofts section! I need some advice. Our kitchen floor is in a bit of a state currently. Half is a concrete base (appears to have dark red colouring), the other half currently has vinyl tiles over most of it, with water based self leveling compound...

Hi all, Having moved into our first home, my partner decided she hated the nasty, badly made, 'falling to pieces' kitchen. So, we set about overhauling the whole room. After months of living like students, we have a lovely new working cooker are approaching the stage where we the extractor...

Hi, We had our whole house re-wired, by a trusted person/company, a few months ago and each time various items plugged into a mains socket (small fridge, large TV, etc) are switched on we get a momentary dim of the lights. I have also noticed that the main fuse into the building, a rather...

Super! Thanks for the advice! Ste

I am pretty sure the frame was flush with the steel and the frame has been adjusted in the recent past to accommodate a straight door. The gap is a triangle in shape from one side of the door to the other. Same approach? Wooden spacers and mortar? If the frame had not been adjusted, 2cm...

Hi, Whilst striping back the paint and architrave from our door linings, interior, I have revealed a gap between the wood lining and wall above. The wall has a steel plate/beam that I guess once sat on the lining. The lining the level and frame pretty square. If I moved the lining to sit...

The house is 1960s, not sure whether it has a DPM under the floor, the DPC in the wall is higher that the floor and there is no evidence of anything in between other than plaster, breeze block, brick and mortar. The main drain is about 3 feet away but, I think, does not run past the problem...

It appears the puddle _may_ be accumulating from where the wall meets the floor. I jammed a piece of kitchen towel into the gap and left it for a few hours and the kitchen towel is now damp with no puddle on the floor. The wall was plastered(re-skim only) yesterday. So, in light of this new...

Some more info. 2 feet left of the puddle is an outside wall. On inspection lowest visible layer of mortar is wet and has come away/been washed away about 1cm into the brickwork. The kitchen waste pipe had been removed internally and had fallen away from the wall(!) revealing the brick and...

What am I looking to find? As info, the pool produced (both times) was right next to, but was not up against, an outside wall. After applying the 2nd lot of pva/water it appeared to be drying, then on return it had produced the water pool. After cleaning up the pool no water appears to be...