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Just for my understanding if a professional wouldn't mind explaining, why would a drop in pressure cause noises in the valve pipework? I guess what confuses me most is if why we run a different hot water tap first before the bath hot then the problem doesn't happen. Is it because the bath has...

Thanks. Which pipes? Something burried under the floor? I just don't get why it only does it the first time you turn the bath tap on. If you turn it off and back on again then it is fine.

We have a very strange problem that I hope someone can help me with. We have an unvented hotwater system with a Range Tribute HE tank. We give our little boy a bath every night, and turn the hot water bath tap on. After a couple of seconds of running the hot water we get a really loud...

Hello, Each of the interior doors in my house has a hinge with a central screw through a square of plastic. This square has numbers in each corner, -1, 0, 1 and 2. What is this for? An easy way to adjust the door height?

Hello, I need to fit a curtain pole that will hold long, thick curtains that weigh about 8kg. I think the wall is dot and dab plaster onto block. What wall fixings should I use to support the weight? There are so many available and I am easily confused!

The previous owner of our house has painted the black plastic gutters and down pipes with white paint. Some of this is coming away, and as we can't afford to replace them just yet, what is the best paint to use to touch them up? Cheers

Thanks. I hate cracks in my house :twisted:

We have quite a few minor cracks in our house where walls meet ceilings. I've usually put this down to seasonal changes, especially as the house is on clay soil. It was built in the 80s, so most walls are plaster board. Recently I've noticed a horizontal crack about ten cm long, about one cm...

That would explain what I have seen then - behind the cracked red mortar is the dpm sandwiched between yellow mortar. The red mortar is indeed only between 5 and 10mm thick. Why is this done then? Is it purely decorative to keep things tidy? If it is not a problem, and with me being poor...

The bricks are straight, I just wasn't holding my phone very straight! There was nothing behind the cane, which reminded me to throw it away! I had a look at the other houses on my street, and they all have the same brick pattern and mortar. I saw a bit of the dark mortar missing, it is...

Hello, We live in a 1980's house that is built in an area of clay soil. I don't know much about building or diy, and sometimes I get worried when I see things. I was looking outside, and I saw there are cracks in the mortar along bits of the bottom of our house. Is this a problem, or is...

I'm sure this is a "how long is a peice of string question", but I thought there is no harm in asking. When I clean the bathroom, I always look out for mould and stuff on the sealant around the bath and shower - we had a few problems in the past with leaks in the past - and it always looks in...

Hello, Our bathroom is tiled with ceramic tile, but we have a marble strip that runs around, about an inch thick. When this was fitted, the tiler "sealed" the marble strip so it wouldn't let water through. He said this was a one off job, but then I read in the paper that it should be done...

Hello, I live in a house that was built in the early 1908s. The bottom half is brick, and the top half is rendered (over breeze blocks or something I assume). We had a survey done when we moved in and it pointed out some cracks in the render, but said they were nothing to worry about as...

Hello, I have to hang a blind, which has come with screws and plugs. However, whenever I drill, I never know what size drill bit to use. I always end up using one that is too small and have to do it again. Is there a good way of knowing which size to use? Cheers

Ha ha, sorry that probably did come out all wrong! I trust what tradesmen are doing. I'm just one of those people who like to know how things work. When someone does come around I make them a cup of tea and then keep out of the way!

We are having new carpets put in to our house. There has always been a ridge at the top of the stairs, which I have never thought much about. On taking the carpet up you can see that where the chipboard floor meets the top of the stairs it has dropped by about 10mm - you can see a gap under...