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Hi In my semi detached house i have for about a year got a brown patch on the ceiling which is getting worse There are no pipes there as it is happening on the ceiling part which is part of the outside wall as the house next door sits a bit back so part of our living room has a outside...

Hi I have a fan assisted oven cooker and it has stopped working. No light comes on when turning the knob and the oven does not kick in. The grill works fine. Any ideas guys?

Hi I am having issues with my cold water feeds which are causing water hammer. So to try to resolve the issue my plumber put a pressue arrestor under the kitchen sink which sort the problem downstairs. But upstairs the issue was still happening. So we put a pressure reducer valve under...

Hi I have recently in my living room started getting a dampy kind of wet smell but not al; the times. After it rains and clears normally. So I lifted the carpet in the corner of the house which tends to get the most build up of rain due to the house being at the botton of the estate...

Hi I am attempting to put a toilet into my toilet downstairs. The soil pipe in the ground is clay. i have bought a flexi pan connector. In regards to fitting do i need any additional seals or plumbers mait to put around the rubber seal or is it as simple as putting fairy around the rubber...

Hi I have bought a house and there is a small extension at the back of the kitchen. I added some spot lights here but noticed there is insulation in there. There is a flat roof on it. The spotlights i have added are fire rated but was wondering if it is safe to put the spotlights where...

Hi I have recently bought a house and the kitchen internal wall which is next to the wall outside wobbles when i open and close the wall. Have been quoted to redo wall. It was built back in the 1970's and the wall does not have any wall ties it seems. But was wondering if there is a cheaper...

Hi I am putting ceiling speakers into my living room and have chased the wall and pulled the wires down the wall. I need to cover this wiring as the walls are getting plastered. I also need to create a bend to take the wires where i need to. So wanted to know should i be using plastic...

Hi I have a whirlpool dryer AWZ 7303 which leaves black marks on clothing . They are like random lines any ideas how i can resolve this issue? cheers

Hi I have a vokera linea 24 boiler and just purchased a Honeywell cm 907 thermostat. The vokera boiler has an internal timer. I attempted to install the thermostat and currently have it working but with the internal timer. So in my boiler I removed the link which was from TA-TA, The internal...

Hi I want to know what i can do to fill the double galzed windows edges on the inside of the house. Just want the edges to look more fresh and they are black in the corners? what can i use to do this? cheers tj

Hi Been in my house for 6 months now. Last night discovered some mould in the corner off my built in ward robe. The corner is on the corner of the house. This was not here when i moved in. Is this condensation?? there were black spots on the wall but were scattered close to one another...

Hi Just got my house recently plastered. It rained yesterday and i noticed in the hallway window that in the corner there was a wet patch. and there were a few dots of water a bit on the side. The hallway window outside has a slab (not sure what the right name for it is) and above that...

Hi I recently got my house plastered. I put the radiator in the room but it doesnt drip water but builds up then lands in pan. but not alot its only when heating is off or cooling down. when on there is no water and its dry how can i stop this? cheers

Hi I have just got 2 radiators in my house as i have currently got the whole house plastered so waiting for the plaster to dry. Ok yesterday i attempted to bleed the radiator so that it fills up it took forever it heated the top half a bit but i didnt have time. This morning when the...

Hi, Looking to regrout my bathroom wall tiles as they are a bit dirty what options do i have? cheers

hi i have made a chase in the wall and have got my hot and cold pipes put in for the sink in my downstairs toilet do i need to cover the pipes so that condensation does not occur? cheers

Hi i am looking to replace my radiators which make would people recommened stelrad or Myson? cheers

Hi I am currently decorating my house. I have taken 7 radaitors in the house. Only 2 radiators are actually on. But i noticed that when i put the heating on the bottom of the radiator is really hot and top is slightly warm? its on both radiators any ideas how i can sort this one...

Hi Was taking skiring boards off last night and in the process i made a small hole in the system. I thought id turned off the central heating valves there are 2 located at the bottom. I drained the radiator system but the pressure dropped. But when i repressurised it started to leak...