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Morning All. We are currently starting to restart glossing our house (only moved in around circa 1 year a go in a 12 year old house), and so we have pre-glossed skirting and doors (the doors however are very smooth like they have been pre-painted with spray for the builders). We have recently...

Now I think i've done this before, but I want to check i'm on the correct path. Our oven has suddenly stopped heating, but the light still comes on at the front of the oven. There is also a noise that, I presume, is the fan coming on. However, there is no heat. I'm sure this happened...

Apologies as I know there is another post on this but having sort of different problems. We are getting regular throughout the day, drops in connection ranging from a few minutes to well over an hour. Time of day and night can be any time too. The strange thing is that the when the...

Hi there. Looking for some advice for a newbie. When we moved into our house nine years ago, we had to install a TV Ariel. This was done and a further white box was added to our main TV which the Ariel went in, and the TV connection came out. The layout of the house is simple: one TV...

Arrghhhhhh.... Another disaster to add to the recent expenses. Spotlight blub (which was on), fell on to our vinyl in the kitchen floor (only 6 months old), and melted a 5p size piece :cry: It is a wood pattern, although the 'space' appearance between the printed planks is very thin...

So looks like disasters come in six's 😞 Long story, but a bulb fell out in the kitchen on some new lino and melted an area around the size of 5p. The Lino is in the shape of wood planks and the melting point is in one wood piece. The wife is not happy of course &#128540...

Well, it seems that things don't go wrong in three's. Five looks like being the new number. Anyway, this has happened before and can't remember what to happened in the end. So, our central heating/HW is a single control for time, and double switch for HW/CH. I noticed last night tha the...

Morning. I'm all for fixing rather than replacing, but struggling with this one. Our door has a letter box (not sure if there are different types, but there are seperate parts for the inside and outside). On the inside, there are two pins that attach the flap to the door fitting and allow...

Hi. Just looking for some quick thoughts on an issue with our boiler. Nine years old and no real issues (not to do with the boiler itself). Our boiler (combi) in on the ground floor, and on our second floor is an unvented water heater (large tank). Above this tank is a small red tank...

Hi. Our dishwasher is now 8 years old. Love it, but its starting to give us some trouble :roll: After each wash (no matter the program), it leaves a sandy deposit. The deposit is only in the top and the performance itself is still good (albeit the wracks starting to rust where the odd bit...

Our microwave is circa 8 years old (the same as our dishwasher, on another thread!). It has recently starting making a moaning/groaning sound when going round. It doesn't seem to do it when nothing is on the glass dish, but when you put something in it, it starts with the moaning/groaning...

Hi. Just woken up in the night by the sound of our water tank (loud as in over working than over loud if that makes sense). I was sounding like it had been on for ages and was warm in the airing cupboard. Water pressure was fine. Went downstairs and the timer for the CH was off, and...

I actually came back on to post about another topic, but thought it would be worth posting this as well. Our house is nearly 8 years old, and built by a national builder. About 1 year ago, the paint started flaking above the shower. To cut a long story short, but the time I finished...

OK. I am by no means an expert or even an amateur at this, but I always like to try and attempt a repair if it is in my realms of capabilities. We are having an issue with one of our radiators leaking, except it doesn't seem to be in the usual place. At the top, there are to ends. One is the...

Well, not having much luck with out plumbing of late (fog horn toilet, leaking pipe on boiler, this and also a cold tap not working)....anyhow. Underneath out toilet (Ideal - about 5 years old), there is a flexible pipe which looks like it feeds in to the cistern part of the toilet. The...

Evening All. I'll try and describe as best a possible on this. In our bathroom, we have a sink (separate hot and cold taps), and a bath (mixer hot and cold tap - where both come out of the same spout?). When we arrived back from holiday during the summer, the cold tap on the bath didn't...

Hi. After spending a few weeks with a 'fog horn' toilet, i've decided to sort it out. After thinking it was the tube where the water comes back in (which does have a hole), Mr B&Q advised it was the Float Valve Diaphragm Washer that needed replacing. So willingly purchased two different...

Good morning Ladies and Gents. We're in a slight pickle at the moment, and was looking for some advice. We currently live in a 3 storey new build, we bought 5 years a go. We have 3 bedrooms upstairs, and a guest room/office downstairs. We currently have 1 child, and would like at some...