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The tailgate has jammed shut on our 2007 VW Polo, there is a slot inside with a manual opening mechanism but this is not working. The electrics sound all OK and it seems to be a mechanical problem. As I cannot open the tailgate I cannot remove the plastic cover to access the lock. Am I going to...

Hello, I am looking for some replacement plastic brackets to secure worktops to kitchen cabinets, I am looking for the sort that push into a pre-drilled hole in the cabinet and then screw into the worktop, a bit like these...

Hello, Following discussions with our plumber we have just ordered and had delivered this radiator; https://www.heatandplumb.com/acatalog/reina-rione-single-designer-horizontal-radiator-rnd-rne1200 We opened it up to check and apart from the radiator itself all that came with it is a packet...

We are planning a re-vamp of our kitchen and could do with some thoughts on fitting an integrated dishwasher. The kitchen is a 'galley' arrangement with the sink and the dishwasher comprising the central section, currently we have an old noisy freestanding dishwasher sitting in an open space...

Hello folks, Sorry for this rather basic ignoramus question but anyway here goes. We have a Worcester oil fired combi bolier and recently did up our utility/boiler room and installed a sink, which was plumbed in by our excellent local plumber. What we are finding is that operating the hot tap on...

We are looking at a Panasonic Combination Microwave (microwave/oven/grill). It comes with a standard 3 pin plug and so you immediately assume you just plug it in. However, we noted that the plug is fused at 15 amp. The microwave has a total electric rating of 3 kw except that you cannot have all...

We are planning a re-vamp of our kitchen. One thought was to move the built in electric oven into a larder/recess area in our kitchen space. the recess is 580mm deep, 1200mm wide and 2200mm high, currently there is a door at the front 600mm wide by 2000mm high, although we think this doorway...

Hello, Our house has wooden floor boards in the sitting room, as far as I can tell these are laid on top of a solid (concrete?) floor. The boards are 134mm wide and appeared to be tongued and grooved, the boards have bowed across their width and in places are very creaky when you walk on them...

Hello, Not sure if this is the right forum for this? but worth a try. We have a woodburner with a Colt 2 cowl fitted to the chimney, most of the time this works absolutely fine, draws well, good heat all hunky-dory. Then last night we had a strong wind from the South with big gusts and the smoke...

Hello, we are widening an internal doorway and this will involve moving a socket and a light switch. The wiring for them both drops down the wall from under the upstairs floor and so it is just a case of moving the point at which the cabling drops down and then refitting the socket and switch...

Hello, Our old 9.5 kw Triton shower has died beyond repair and we were thinking about replacing it with a 9.5 kw Aqualisa Aquastyle. The shower cable is 6mm and runs openly through the ventilated roof space at the edge of our dormer bungalow and then up the un-insulated internal wall to the...

Hello, Our old Triton electric shower has burnt out and is beyond repair. Our shower cabling and electric supply restricts us to 8.5 kw and our dormer bungalow plumbing means the upstairs shower needs to be electric. We were looking at the Triton T150 thermostatic shower but it looks as though...

Hello, Our power supply and foul drainage sewer currently run together across land owned by a third party. The mains water comes in separately from the opposite side of the house, the phone is overhead and heating is by oil, so it is just the sewer and power cable that share the same run...

Hello, following some previous good advice here I am having a go at fitting an outside tap on a timber framed house wall. I have made a small exploratory hole on the inside where I am looking for the pipe to go through. Gently feeding a thin probe into this hole it goes through to a depth of...

Hello, I have seen other threads on this but would appreciate some further comments. We have a timber framed house built 12 years ago and we wish to drill through the kitchen wall, near the sink and put up an outside tap. What is the correct sequance for doing this safely and properly...

Hello, to cut a long story short, we need to sort out the power supply to our house and put it onto a proper basis. We have permission, wayleaves etc for a trench to run a Western Power Cable onto our property. The cable line passes by the site of the new detached garage we are having built and...

Hello, We are moving house soon and the new house has a derelict double garage that will need demolishing and replacing. We are planning a traditional single skin block and rendered garage, with a with tiled rood. The Council have advised that the new garage will require planning permission...