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So, the sum up..... I wasn't turning the stop tap hard enough. This is the one directly under the water metre. I have to turn it extremely hard to turn it off which I am guessing is to do with the limescale build-up? The other two 2taps don't appear to do anything. The house used to have a...

Whoop! Free water..... Unfortunately my meter still goes up!

I turned it until it stopped turning. Nowt happened

Plumbing 101.... Moved to the property in summer last year and want to/need to replace a washer/oring in my kitchen tap, but for the life of me, can't work out how to turn my water off. Under the sink I have these 3.... All of which appear to have no affect on the water from my tap

Not sure. A good few years judging by the state of it! How many years do they have to object? If, if I replaced it could they not object at that?

No, I don't own the freehold (that's one question I've asked the leaseholder)

Hello I bought my leasehold property April 2021. The property has a car port. The carport has a trifold door thingy. The lease says I cannot build where my car port is (on my drive filling the gap between my house and my neighbors). I want to try and put and new door on, but I'm slightly...

Thanks for the replies all. I'll try the washing machine trick too..it's in a cupboard space of sorts.

Morning all, and happy new year! I move into my property last summer. The buildings report mentioned a springy or bouncy floor in my kitchen. The rear of my property where the kitchen is is probably a couple of feet above the front of my property due to the slope of the road. When I walk in...

Hello As you can see by the hopefully attached pictures, I have some trellis in my garden that the previous owners put up. I'm a little on the fence about them (get it, hey, hey!). The main issues for me is how the block the view of the remaining garden, but that you can't walk through them...

Binding at hinge?

Hmmm, interesting. I was a bit off when I put it together, but after leaving it stood in place for a few hours it did settle. It's been up now for months, I was just getting round to it

Hi. So, I have one door on my 3 door IKEA wardrobe that it's annoying me. It's the heavy door as it has a mirror finish. It doesn't close properly. I'm managed to adjust so it now closes properly everywhere but the top right corner. By not close properly I mean it almost hangs open. Looking...

Hi Am I being a bit too basic here, but in order to board just a section of the loft.... Do I just measure the space between the joists, buy some bored that spans the gap (well, a little less so that you can support the end of 2 boards on one joists).... Making sure that it will fit through the...

Hello I have recently moved into a new property and like a lot of people I have had to set up a a office at home. My property is from the early 1980s and is a little sparse on plug sockets. In the office there are two single sockets on each wall. Currently I do not have the funds to to get...

But what does self tap mean?!

Thanks, I think I read similar. So, what are self tapping screws?! They just look like screws to me :LOL:

Hi. I didn't know where to put this question... I am wanting to fit a smart doorbell. My external door is a porch which only has brick to waste height. At doorbell height it's glass and uPVC The uPVC on the right hand side (you can see where the old doorbell was suck on) is not part of the...

It's more a question is why do all my screws stop?! There's about 8cm of wood! It's like they are hitting concrete!! Is the pilot hole not enough? Too narrow, too wide?! I assumed they screws would be happy on their merry way once given a nice little pilot hole to jump in too!

So, I have very creaky floorboards I'm putting a carpet down, so taking the opportunity to screw them in properly The house is 1978 and I guess the boards haven't been touched since it was built. They have also been nailed down too, hence the noise. I drilled a pilot near the nail. I then...