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Hi, Looking for some advice on how to go about insultating our 110 year old house. (Apologies if this is the wrong forum) We have a 1 1/2 storey house, with double glazing and central heating, however we can't get the temperature above 16degrees upstairs even with the heating on 24hours a...

Hi, We seem to have a blocked toilet. Its the downstairs loo, think its due to new luxury thick loo paper! I cleared out everything in the bowl, put bleach down and left it (twice), also put boiling water down twice (advice from other sites). The water level slowly returns to normal. I have...

Hi, We moved to an oil-heated house during the summer. We had our first oil delivery 3 1/2 weeks ago of 500litres (have a 1200litre tank). Our heating stopped last night, and on investigating discovered the tank to be empty. Our house is 5 years old, boiler serviced in September...

Hi, My shower has stopped producing hot water. Last night I turned down the temperature to do some cleaning and when I turned it on this morning I couldn't get the temperature to go back up. I have turned it off and on at the power supply. Its only just over a year old (typical!) and we move...

Hi, Looking for advice about my fridge freezer. Its about 4 1/2 years old and seems to have stopped working. The light still goes on in th fridge, but the food in the freezer has partiallly defrosted. There is no noise coming from it. We tried turning off and on, and changing the...

Hi, We have just unwrapped our new washing machine and there is water inside it - the drum is wet and water has poured out of the hose! It is a John Lewis machine and it was delivered this afternoon. We phoned John Lewis but was told the department we needed is closed and doesnt open til...

Hi, When we moved into our house, some separated paint oil (we think) leaked onto the hall floor from a binbag - leaving some dark stains. We didnt do much about it at the time (being young and stupid!) but are now wanting to sell our flat and the marks are quite obvious on entering the house...

We had a Gainsborough Stanza 9.5 Electric shower fitted last week and have noticed a drip from the shower head - which seems to be getting worse. Is there anything easy we can check ourselves before contacting the company? We took off the shower head and are hanging the hose downwards but it is...

We are hoping to restore our parquet flooring and need some advice. We have a large mark on the floor (due to me being extremely stupid with oven cleaner) and looks like the wood has been stripped. We oiled the floor (as per previous owners advice) when we moved in. Do we - sand the floor and...

Hi, We are planning to decorate our lovely artex living room and looking for advice. We have a large crack in the artex (due to upstairs neighbours dropping something heavy a while ago). Can we fill this with polyfiller and paint over? What is the best way to go about painting artex walls...

We bled our bathroom radiator last night - but didn't get any water out. When turned on heating today, a minute in a big loud clanking type noise and no hot radiators. Initially the overheat light was on - have reset this and light now off. We then loosened big silver screw on pump as...

I have a Ravenheat RSF 820/20 which is showing the pressure below 1. It has been steadily falling for weeks and the heating/hot water is now not working. I can't get anyone out for a few days and have no manual - how do I increase the pressure (no technical terms, i'm a girl)