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Hello, Do these ever need replacing? We have one on the feed to an electric shower (fitted many years ago), and the water hammer seems to be getting worse again when the shower is turned off. I wonder if they sometimes need to be replaced. Thanks in advance.

Hi, I would appreciate some advice please. We live in a 1926 built house. Upstairs bedroom has an external wall, with a chimney breast, with an air vent into the room. External chimney is approx. 2m high, with a cowel on top to stop rain going down the inside. For a few months we have noticed...

This may be a "how long is a piece of string" type question, but I'm going to ask it anyway. Our panel radiators are over 35 years old and there has always been rust inhibitor in the system. However, over the years the system has been emptied /refilled a number of times (extend system; replace...

My mother has a 400w PIR floodlight on the outside rear of her bungalow. The cable is fed through a door frame (which is below the light) and it's plugged into a ring main socket in the room. In the adjacent room there is an overhead single tube fluorescent light fitting, run off the lighting...

Hi, I hope that someone can help with the following. We have a kitchen diner with an archway to the main living room. We have an HD Ready Toshiba TV in the diner, and until recently, a Sony HD Ready TV in the living room. The sounds/pictures have always matched on BBC1 & BBC2, not London ITV...

Hi We are about to order a new gas cooker. I intended to disconnect the old one via the bayonet fitting, and reconnect the new cooker at the same fitting (the cooker would be supplied with a new flexible hose). I have been told that this re-connection of the new cooker can nowadays only...

Hi Not my disaster, but I think it's quite funny. I went on holiday recently, and the first day I was away my mother (who lives nearby) found water dripping from her hallway ceiling. Knowing I was away, she phones my brother-in-law who lives 5 miles away. He was putting up new fences...

Hi I'm removing 25 yr old polystyrene tiles from a bedroom ceiling and being left with a very uneven surface of old adhesive with gaps. I'm thinking of using a skim coat compound (I believe that Polycell make one for the inexperienced amateurs) to improve the surface, and then apply a...

Hi Help would be appreciated with the following please: Our semi. house was cement rendered in late 70s. Over the years it has been painted with (initially) brilliant white Weathershield and (currently) Textured Sandtex. Problem is a number of recurrent hairline cracks in the rendering...

Hi I am thinking of treating myself to a planer/thicknesser for hobby work (I want to branch into wooden toy making, but will probably undertake larger projects as well). My budget is up to £400. I do not know a great deal about these machines, so would appreciate advice on points to...

Hi I have a 2004, 1.8 TDCi, Focus estate, 56k miles. A few weeks ago the Glow Plug warning light came on when driving at 60mph,. I stopped, turned the engine off, left it a few seconds, and re-started the engine. No further problem, and has been Ok since. Until today! Again...

Hello I would appreciate some advice about my mother's central heating problem. The system is old (>10 years), with floor standing boiler in kitchen and header tank in loft (water level is a couple of inches above the outlet pipe). Over the years the radiator in the upstairs front bedroom...

Hi I'm looking to buy a table saw for hobby use, up to £180. The Fox F36-522 at £136 looks interesting, in that it has 3 year parts guarantee. Does anyone have this model and can comment on it? Do Fox power tools have a good reputation? I would be interested to hear what other...

Hi I will be tiling a friends bathroom, which will be in use every evening, so cannot be left out of use. He will be replacing the bathroom suite at some time. My question: - Should I wait until he has had the new suite fitted, then tile up to and around the new basin and cistern , or...

Hi folks, A friend has asked me to tile part of his bathroom. The walls are currently painted with matt emulsion on plaster. The paint appears adherent, not flaking. I am unsure whether I should use a paint stripper to try and remove all paint in the areas to be tiled (something I don't...

A friend had asked me to paint his bathroom ceiling. However, the current surface has a matt finish, probably emulsion, which is very badly crazed. I suspect it had been put on top of gloss or similar years ago. He wants it emulsioned, but I am concerned that it will craze again. I do...