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Delivery driver delivered fridge and proceeded to drag it across the hallway with fridge’s plug underneath the appliance gouging a ‘Harry Potter’ style mark in the floor. They won’t stump up repair costs as we signed an agreement that states in the small print that we are responsible for any...

As title suggests, I have nowhere to attach cleats at both ends because the bottom of the posts are rotten. Is the only answer to attach much longer cleats up the post or is there another solution? I’m not changing the posts!

Did a mist coat over a satin kitchen paint then a first coat of a different satin kitchen paint....all good until....it came to the second coat of paint. Lots of little bubbles appeared...why? So now do I have to strip the whole wall and put up new lining paper? What might I have done wrong...

Got a leak 3 feet down under crazy paving...I've dug a hole and found the connector that seems to be a 'push' fit type which has worked its way loose. What is the best way to connect lead pipe to 20mm poly pipe? Can a brass compression connector be used under ground? Oh and before you tell me, I...

Lately, when the heating has fired up the kitchen hob and gas fire only work at 50%. I have a 5 year old Worcester Bosch combi boiler that hasnt been serviced yet! Would the boiler have something to do with my problem and if so what would be the cause and would a service solve the problem?

My shower was only running luke warm so after a bit of homework I replaced the thermostatic cartridge at great expense. still only running like warm....... :twisted: I'm using a combi boiler running 2 bar, the temperature gauge on the boiler is set to normal. When I run the shower and the...

I'll keep this as brief as possible....The Thermostatic cartridge has packed up on my shower. It's made by Hudson Reed. Got onto Hudson Reed and was informed that the price would be £115. I thought that was a bit steep so after some detective work I found this...

I'll keep this as brief as possible....The Thermostatic cartridge has packed up on my shower. It's made by Hudson Reed. Got onto Hudson Reed and was informed that the price would be £115. I thought that was a bit steep so after some detective work I found this...

I recently lightly jet washed a friends decking, it was a shade of green and now looks like new. However. his wife has now said that the wood has 'bowed', could jet washing a deck cause the planks to 'bow'?

So, I cleared an area at the side of my house (originally concrete) smashed up the concrete to make a hardcore base and covered in 2 inches of sharp sand. Then a covering of Mypex (weed protective material). I need to raise the stone slabs that I have bought so that they are level with the...

As the title says, overheated on motorway last night, crawled home, checked coolant this morning, seems ok. No visible leaks and temperature gauge is fine (bang on 90 degrees).Trouble is that the heater now only blows cold air. Question - If the water pump has packed up would it affect the...

Hi, Firstly let me say how nice it is be be able to join a group such as this, hopefully I will be able to be informed and maybe even inform a few of you regarding my DIY exploits! Ok, so here is my first question....I have very recently painted my master bedroom with a grey with a hint of...