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We have bought a house with a lovely little summerhouse. The problem is the shiplap rotting on one corner (so 2 sides of the wall) this damage extends at its worse about 40 cm on some bits of cladding. The previous owners just patched it up for the inside and painted the outside. I know what...

Hi all we have an ikea rengora dishwasher which came with the house. recently it tripped its antiflood sensor, I took off the inspection panel a then mopped up the water- job done no more 3 beeps but now it has the following problem: it fills up fine but when it should drain (about 5 min into...

Taylor, Many thanks. when I find the report I will read it. Thanks again for your time.

Taylor, Thank you so much for your detailed reply. With regards to the kitchen, I think it must be a radial as before the sale they had to have the electrics tested and signed off so I cant see that if it was a spur off a spur that would have passed (though I seem to remember that there was a...

I wonder if you can help me? I have just moved into a new house which was rewired by the previous owner and has had all the safety checks done but I am a bit confused by the wiring of the plugs In the kitchen there was a single socket (which should have been a double in my mind) so I thought it...

thanks nozzle and magic. would I need to use a baton to move the door from the frame or can I screw direct to the frame?

Foxhole: the problem with that is that then the fireplace is blocked off- hence the 2 small door meeting in the middle option. Chud: that could work but I would have to cut a notch out to fit the radiator. But what I really want to know is how I can fit a door with 180 degrees swing. thanks

The radiator does cause a problem in that we cant have the door shutting in the normal position. As the doors will only really be used when someone stays over, the idea was to have two doors that meet in the middle, then I realisised I could use one door to shut off the stairs and then swing...

Ok I see what youre saying now thanks

when you say landing to you mean a door frame? its not commercial the room is just used as study

Hi all Its been a while since ive been on here but a new (old) house means I am back. Bit of an unusual one and difficult to explain so bear with me. If you look at the diagram hopefully it makes sense. We have an open plan office which, at the moment includes the top of the stairs area. This...

Guys I do appreciate the replies, whilst I agree that it may not look nice in the sense of you wouldn't want in your kitchen (nor me mine) the kitchen will certainly be stripped out by its new owners. to put it in a fuller perspective I will give you the full picture of the kitchen...

thanks for the replies. Its worth thinking about but money really is tight and we have to look at everything with a view of how much we spend to what it will put on the value on the house. Whilst I do appreciate that it may well be easier to get a pro in to board and skim (and it will look...

Hi guys long story short. we have a house that we are selling. The kitchen has had a leak above it for several months and a section of the ceiling has come down (I have cut down 1.5m across 2 joists) the estate agents said only to make the kitchen less like a building site as whoever buys the...

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Hi all I wonder if anyone can help. we have a aqualisa quartz that suddenly would only run tepid. Investigated on here and worked out that the processor was knackered. Bought one of ebay and it looked in very good condition ( had to take it apart to extend the mains cable) in the process...

I have had a look at the shower pump. it is an aquilisa quartz a2 on the panel it says 250w /240v which is about 1 amp isnt it. http://www.aqualisa.co.uk/upload/INSTALLATION%20GUIDES/Install_QtzDigExp_adj.pdf the feed is from its own 40a breaker so i am thinking that i could put a couple...

the marks are on the top of the dressing table so no not discrete. I will try cleaning it with turps. we have a touch up pot and it is chalk paint so i may try cleaning touching up and re waxing any suggestions as to the best wax to use? thanks

Hi I have been asked to look at some electical issues in my new partners house ( more investigate than cure!!) first one- bedroom there seems to be only 2 double sockets in the master bedroom- neither in a usual place. So one socket has a 4way going to the other part of the room, it also...