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Hi, I have come to do a job because our bathroom fitter has left us in a bad way with a bathroom that is a total can of worms and has said they just had a bad day but wont come back to fix it. So the grout has failed mostly within the quadrant shower enclosure and when I have spoken to Mapei...

Hi, I think I might possibly have the only brick in the UK that no one seems to have ever seen. These bricks have been used on an estate in Yorkshire and we are desperate find out what they are or if there is something similar to use on the house. Has anyone seen this brich before? Many...

Hi, I am not expert in this but I am trying to come close not match exactly but get as close to the original mortar as possible. The house was built in 1992 and since the mortar has weathered significantly on one half of the property but the other half is very sheltered and remains very much...

Hi Folks, I am posting in this forum as my Worcester Bosch certified engineer of 40 years has no clue about this and we are at the stage nearly a year on where we are just stabbing in the dark. He says he has never come across this before albeit he his work has spanned new and older home and...

Hi I must be loosing my mind but I have just started replacing all of the greasy light switches and sockets in a new property and I cannot figure out where I am going wrong with the 2 gang light switches where they have three T&E cables feeding in. Inhale wired 2gang 2 way fine and all the...

Hi, I have just had to throw out our really nice sofa we purchased from Ikea only a few years ago. The reason for this is because I discovered white and yellow mould spores on the bottom edge of the sofa arm rest. Upon further investigation I found the sofa to be riddled with mould...

The rear elevation of the house is looking like it is has never seen the light of day of fresh mortar and is looking in the need of some maintenance. We live in Yorkshire and many of the houses of this era seem to be held together with some form of black mortar? A chap that plastered the house...

Hi I am imagine most Franke Kitchen mixer taps are pretty similar in the information I require, but it a sad time when not even Franke can give you the information I need. The tap was purchased direct from Amazon, at the time I did not know it was a Polish tap and not a UK model. The...

I am looking to install a basic cooker hood in a new-ish kitchen and I would like to know if anyone has any advice on the installation. I am currently in search of cooker hood that costs under £150 but has a reasonable extraction rate to be wall mounted. We currently do not have a cooker...

Hi We have an old unused cooker socket that has a spur with a 2 gang socket for a 13A cooker and 3A hob. We are looking to install a 13A extractor fan which just plugs into a socket and therefore requires an additional socket. Can we just take a spur of the cooker socket? Mandy :?:

I am looking to install a basic cooker hood in a new-ish kitchen and I would like to know if anyone has any advice on the installation. I am currently in search of cooker hood that costs under £150 but has a reasonable extraction rate to be wall mounted. We currently do not have a cooker hood...

Hi, We have just had a bodge job by an electrician trying to vent an extractor fan through drop eaves which is almost impossible. We have told him to we will get a price for a slate roof vent as we were not happy with the fan almost venting inside the loft. Is there anyone that could...

Hi, I recently posted a query on here about the installation of a bathroom extractor fan and after going back to my electrician that I found through "My Builder" and expressing how underwhelmed I was with the fan and I was worried about how he had vented it I think I may have found the answer...

Hi, I recently posted a query on here about the installation of a bathroom extractor fan and after going back to my electrician that I found through "My Builder" and expressing how underwhelmed I was with the fan and I was worried about how he had vented it I think I may have found the answer...

Do I need to insulate the ducting coming from my extractor fan if it is fixed over the boards in my loft? Mandy

Hi, After having an over shower bathroom extractor fan installed in the loft and being underwhelmed with the lack of suction of the fan I decided to go up into the loft and check out the electricians work. I have a 1930s house and there are not any soffits as such just the gap a narrow...

Hi, An electrician installed a ceiling mounted fan that goes up into the loft above the shower in our bathroom it then is vented through the gaps in the eves where the walls join the roof. I used it for the first time and it is not extracting much of anything. There is a generous gap under...

Hi, We have own a 1930's house for about 2 years and we are finally looking to move some of our excess stuff into the loft space to free up the space in our spare room. There has been some kind of loft boarding done prior to us buying the house but I am unconvinced about how well it has...

Hi, We would like to get an extractor fan fitted in a small bathroom in a two bedroom mid 1930s terrace house. After one shower the walls are streaming with water and the small windows does not pull out any of the steam. Is it worth getting one fitted and how much does one cost to...

Hi DIYnot doesn't have a drainage or ground work section so I am hoping some of you guys might be able to help me out. We have had an under stairs cupboard leak for some time which we have monitored over time. We have and others have come to conclusion that the culprit may very well be...