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Hi, thanks for looking. My fridge has been too cold for a few weeks. There is ice permanently at the back and it sounds like it is always running. I've changed the thermostat but that hasn't made any difference, so was wondering if anyone had any ideas what else could be wrong? I'm hoping to get...

Hi, I have recently had a loft conversion and on the 1st fix the plumbers installed a shower plate called the showerpl8. This has a plate behind the wall and leave a piece of pipe coming out that you attach a male coupling to after tiling...

Hi, I have just had a loft conversion and they have laid 22mm moisture resistant chipboard throughout. I am having a go at doing the walls in a couple of days and would also like to try the floor with porcelain tiles after. In the tile shop they recommended ditra matting, as it wouldn't leave a...

Hi, I need one of these for tomorrow http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Single-Rod-Kitchen-Bathroom-Tap-Fitting-Kit-/270709397003?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Kitchen_SinksTaps_GL&hash=item3f0789960b and none of the plumbers near me are open, does screwfix or anyone sell something like this? I'm not sure if...

Hello, I had this boiler serviced last year (3 years old) and thought I'd leave it 2 years until the next one, anyway as winter is coming I thought I'd clean the trap as this would be ok for DIY and found maybe a teaspoon of black grit in the trap that I had to wash out. Had a quick google...

Hi I'm thinking of doing this myself and was wondering if anyone had any tips? I'm just going to drain the system as I would for removing / installing a radiator then cut the return pipe to the boiler (identified from the manual) install and refill system. Is that right or would there be...

Hi, I am looking to replace the bathroom radiator with a towel rail (I will only be doing the pipe work and capping it not installing the rail until I have tiled). Anyway I only have to drain off the top half of the system and the tight arse in me doesn't want to waste the 2 lots of inhibitor...

Hi, I think I'm going to take the old plaster in the room down and start again before I tile my bathroom. I was just wondering what would be the best stuff to use on the wall (I will have a bath with a shower fitted in one corner). I don't want to wait for ages for plaster to dry so was...

Hi, I have recently removed the tiles in my bathroom, only the bottom half of the wall was tiled and the top half was painted. Anyway after removing about 20 layers of paint from the wall I have discovered the plaster in the photo, it appears fairly cracked but doesn't really sound hollow...