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Hi all, I have this big cupboard/porch type thing downstairs which houses my gas and electric meters and my pushbike (photos below). It's a single skinned wall so gets very cold inside. Anyway when I first moved into my home this cupboard had sunk slightly in the ground and cracked all the...

Hello everyone, I have this Newworld gas cooker which is about 2.5 years old. One of the hobs doesn't spark anymore. I suspected I broke it myself by cooking pasta and water spilling and/or me cleaning the cooker with too wet a sponge. I've tried a hairdryer on it the dead sparker thing...

Hi all, I live in a one bedroom maisonette, and all the walls are what I refer to as "drywalls", I'm not sure if that's the right term. But they are like 2 boards of plaster with a gap in between them, and the plaster is covered by some sort of paper. Anyway, my big utility cupboard the old...

I appreciate that's not how it's meant to be done. I'm just trying to figure out what the hell this soft brown stuff was. Is using plumber's mait a common bodge job for this? My flat is full of bodge jobs seriously.

I've just started pulling off the silicone sealant around my bath cos it's come loose in places and mould etc. Turns out the 4 thin strips of tile that sit horizontally behind the taps were actually held in place by the silicone! So they have now come off in my hand. The original plain white...

Hi all, another extremely minor and probably laughable electrics question from me... This plug socket has always been loose since I bought my place 2 years ago, it basically hung out of the wall by about 1cm on one side if you put a plug in there and pulled it back out. The wall is a dry wall...

Ah good I made the right choice then! I rode my bike there last night and just randomly made a decision on the spot and went for the MK one as I already knew they made good plug sockets. Saying their not as good as they used to be is the same for everything these days really ain't it. Having...

Right forget that, I'm either gonna go for one of these 2 options (assuming they are both the right spec that I need)... http://www.screwfix.com/p/british-general-6a-1-way-pull-cord-switch-white/88475 http://www.screwfix.com/p/mk-6a-1-way-pull-cord-switch-white/17309

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p42145 Toolstation has the worst website ever, Hardly any detailed information, and no reviews. But it is in stock there!

Thanks for your reply, you're right I should spend a pound more for a branded one (I should already know this but got dazzled by the low price and high reviews and just thought that will do lol). Will go for this Crabtree one. Only thing I don't like is that the screws are showing. But...

Thanks for the detailed response!

There are a total of 2 terminals :-)

Don't laugh but what are terminals lol? Are they the holes that the cables screw/clamp into?

Hi all, my pull cord bathroom light switch has broken. On taking it apart I can see a small spring has snapped so the mechanism bit isn't springing back into place. Anyway I've bodged it for now using a random spring from my spares tub but it isn't going to hold. I can see replacement switches...

It is an old door yeah, I've just replaced the dodgy handle, flapping letterbox, and cheap numbers. This panel is all that's left to do. A local double glazing place has quoted £60 for a replacement panel and they will cut it to size and colour match the white. But looking online, as always...

Hi all I'm looking to order a replacement lower panel for my white upvc front door. But apparently there's loads of different types of white? Are any of these numbers stamped into the door frame the colour code? There are more numbers stamped around but this is the only photo I've taken so...

When I say brass I mean the gold colour my letterbox currently is. But I don't know if it's classed in the trade as brass?

Hi all, This is my first home, bought it last year. But this front door is a right state. I've attached a load of photos, and here's a list of issues... Number looks rubbish - Easy I can sort this one cheap, just going to buy some brass looking numbers and stick them on - To the left or...

Go on Tommy! Right so this £2.50 basin wrench from Toolstation worked perfectly, not that the back nuts were tight at all. I've literally just loosened them off at the moment, then saw that the rubber washers were squashed up inside the hole, rather than sitting between the back nut and the...

Right I trust you lot so I'm going to buy this tonight... http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p26461 What I mean by the sealant is there's no chance I'm going to be able to angle a tube like this and the gun into the gap... http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p85399 Whereas a toothpaste sized tube I...