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I need to change my radiator valves to TRV's. What ones are good qualitiy without costing the earth as I have 12 off. I 've used B&Q ones for my son but I've noticed they can make a noise. Thanks in advance

Treat me like a babe in arms.........My plastic ballcock valve in the cistern keeps dripping. Are the seals inside the valve all standard or should I take off the whole valve and take in to my local plumbers merchants. I dont know the make of the valve.

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Is there a website on how to build a door canopy that will go over a door plus a bay window

My son has a monoblock tap in his kitchen that it supposed to swing over the 1 and 1/2 bowl sink he has. Unfortuantley it stiffens up. Is there a suitable grease he can use or has he bought a cheap tap?

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I 've got to fit a handrail on my stair well. 1. My idea was to fit the brackets to the handrail (3 posns) 2. mark the wall with a measurement (whats the standard?)perpendicular from the stairs so the line is the same angle as the stairs. 3. Line the centre of the brackets with the marked...

Hi All, Whats the best (and easiest) way to to remove moss from between block paving joints. I've tried weed killers and also been on my hands and knees scraping the joints but I would like someting more successful and easy.

My old house was 70year old and the air brick was plastered over. I had to knock the plaster off and no nailed a plastic grille over because I kept geting damp in the corner of my bedroom. It solved my problem. If I was you, I'd pull off the cardboard cover, cement in a clay airbrick on the...

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Hi hope someone can help What are the standard maximum dimension for spindle centres on a landing?

Thanx. My water problem was due to me being a crap plumber and using a compression elbow not a soldered one. Water leakage problem is now solved.

Whats best painted over a watermark on a ceiling. After 200 coats of white emulsion its still there.

Yeah thought about patination oil but it doesn't colour it. At the moment the black paint on ti is peeling off and it looks unsightly

Whats the best paint for lead covering over bay window

I want to have fitted a gas fire but at the moment I have a bonnet type insert in the chimney pot. I was going to have a DFE inset fitted but I 've been told I can only have this if the fire is class 1 because the internal diameter of the insert is 5". Does this matter as the insert is right...

I bought the clarks drains from B&Q. I dont know if they're priced wrong at nearly £6 per metre run including glavanised slotted grid plate as they're about £17 on the internet. B&Q also sell clarks drains with plastic tops which are cheaper. Both systems are designed to drive over. I think...

I've had the same problem at my house although the rain gathered in one corner. I was able to put in a grid and connect into a near storm drain. My son has the same problem but he's got slabs. We're putting in a clarks drain going the full width of the house and the going into a man hole...