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Thank pilsbury I’ll take a look. There are so many products out there it’s hard to know where to start! And Mr Chibs - actual domestic vegetable oil? That you buy in the supermarket?

I've just sanded the oak floor in our lounge/hallway, it having been caked in a horrible thick, dark brown stain the past 30 years. I love how its come up, and have been testing with some finishes to protect it. I purchased some Ronseal clear, satin water-based varnish in the hope it would keep...

We're currently in the process of redecorating our lounge and hallway, which currently has a real wooden floor in. However, we hate the current colour of it. It is far too dark, and we're really looking for something lighter. Here is a photo of the current finish: I've sanded back a sample...

Just to give everyone an update, I found a solution. As the glazing tightly covered the glass pane, there wasn't anywhere easy to drill a hole through without risking cracking the glass. However, I managed to drill a hole at an angle. So with the window open, I drilled a hole at 90 degrees...

Thanks JohnD - very helpful. Will see what I can do with the drilling. Thanks so much for your help (and very interesting!)

So the glazing covers the entire window? How do you open the windows though with this sort of glazing? I'm going to have to just save up for the sliding secondary glazing aren't I :).

They're attached with clips screwed to the window. Though I am considering changing to magnetic strips for ease of removal. They are near the bathroom which I suspect is the main source.

Hey endecotp. Everything I've read online though suggests these units will always let moisture in eventually, regardless of airtight you try and make them. Is this not correct? I'm coming to the conclusion I'll just have to take the glazing off occasionally and clean them :(

Thanks JohnD. The hole has to be inside the secondary glazing though? As there isn't a lot of room to play with. The glazing pretty much just covers the glass + a cm or so for the seal.

Thanks Gazman. We have sliding glazing downstairs, but are not in a financial position to get it installed upstairs yet (plus I'm informed one of the windows is too high (in terms of length) for sliding glazing. But will check out other mechanisms if JohnD's advice below doesn't get me anywhere...

My wife and I recently moved into a grade II listed cottage, which has timber casement windows, with secondary glazing attached to each glass pane internally. When we moved in, the majority of the windows had been neglected for 15-20 years - all mouldy and black. I have recently embarked on a...

Hi there, We've looking at repainting the rendering on our cottage as it hasn't been done in a while, but am unsure of what to use to fill and chips or holes in it. I'm not really sure of what the rendering is - it's a brick cottage, with a render on the bottom half of the house, which has been...

Your comment about it being a stainless steel unit with the hob and oven built into it made me go check some more, and you're right - thank you so much. The oven and hob are by separate manufacturers, and if you check carefully, the oven is a separate unit. Obviously going to check, but it seems...

Thanks for your response, jj4091 :). It's not a carcass per se - the oven is actually part of the unit and can't be removed. At least it looks like it is - you've made me want to check now :). The problem is repairable (there are in fact 2 issues), but we've been quoted between £160-£200 to...

Hi there, We had a new kitchen installed when we moved in, and we (regretfully now) decided to keep the existing cooker (ie: oven and hob). It was fairly old, but due to budget constraints at the time, we kept it, and I (naively) assumed it would be easy to replace at a later date. A photo of...

Thanks everyone. The flat does have storage heaters - there are a couple of other 20A isolators in the room too (not sure if that's a good or a bad thing!), but they're marked as 'isolator switch' - so were pretty obvious. This one looked different/odd, so I wasn't sure. As you suggest, I'll...

Thanks PrenticeBoyofDerry :). I meant to get a picture of the wiring but didn't have time (it's a rental flat, so won't be back until next weekend - I'll take one then and post it). Top is marked by 'on' in red text - not colour. I thought a lightswitch, but the text on it makes me think it's...

Hi there, I'm in the process of replacing a load of mismatched light and electrical switches in our flat, but I'm a bit confused what one of them is. I have attached a photo - it looks like a lightswitch, but has 'on' printed on it, which makes me think it is some other type. Usually I've seen...

Thanks Gaz - that's a good start at least for me to start looking! :)

Hi there all - we've recently moved into a new house, and the previous occupier left a water butt in the garden. However, it's not any ordinary water butt - it's a huge one. I've attached a photo below. It looks like a pretty hefty one, and can't have been cheap. The problem is, it doesn't seem...