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I live in a 1930's build house - recently our hot water tap in our bathroom started making a lot of noise intermittently when turning it on; there doesn't appear to be any logic as to when it happens I think it may be air stuck in the system but we aren't getting the issue in any other hot...

I bought a new house 6 months ago and we had a few chips in the paint around the kitchen, so I touched them up with an existing tin of paint that the previous occupants had used to decorate and were kind enough to leave. However, upon applying the paint and letting it dry, it appears to be a...

Hello Can anyone advise the name of this cistern component and where I can pick up a new one? The one we currently have in our toilet is leaking at the top and causing the water to overflow into the pan

Hello I would appear to have an airlock in our ensuite cold water tap which runs off a tank in our attic We have one of those fancy mixer raps (imaged attached) and unsure as to how to clear it (most videos suggest the tap trick which we can't do with the tsp we have) Any suggestions?

Apologies if I have posted this one the wrong forum section Ive recently had a plasterer come to my home to skim our bedroom wall. Unfortunately some of the plaster has got onto our untreated oak wooden doors. Im keen to avoid causing any further damage, does anyone have any advice on how to...

Ive recently had a walk in wardrobe created in the dead roof space in my maisonette flat Im looking for some guidance towards a suitable fittings solution for hanging clothes etc As you can see from the photos below (apologies if they aren't particularly clear) the ceiling of follows the...

Hello, Im in the process of removing some ancient wallpaper from one of our spare bedrooms in prepartion of having the walls skimmed by a plasterer. We have some unsightly telephone cables which go round the door frame which are giving us concern as Im worried that it will look awful once the...

Im in the process of arranging to have one of our spare bedroom walls/ceilings plastered My question would be in regards to the lovely 80's ceiling artex we have in our bedrooms - would a plasterer be able to skim this or would overboarding be required? Ive included a picture below...

Hello I'm in the process of removing old wallpaper before getting a plasterer to skim the walls and ceiling The issue I have is that the gyprock plasterboard that makes up the wall in the room is ancient and I'm finding that I'm scraping into the board when I'm taking the wallpaper/lining...

Hi there I'm having an issue with my condenser pump, the pipe is leaking slightly at the silicon caked joint between the clear pipe and the main pipe. Unfortunately we have had a small leak into our living room, however Ive managed to resolve this by wrapping a cloth around the pipe to catch...

Hi there Im currently having gas central heating installed in my flat, and as part of this process Im having pipes embedded in the wall My question is, what would be the the best way to conceal these - my concern is that the pipes may expand and contract with the cold/hot water...

I am looking to put down a chipboard floor in the dead space in my maisonette flat with a view to using for storage space and, eventually, putting a walk in wardrobe in the space behind one of the bedrooms. My query is, there is currently some chip board already installed and I'm unable to...

Hello Im currently looking at getting central heating installed in my maisonette flat. At the moment we have storage heaters with E7 energy tariff, however we got gas mains put into the gardens last year and ive subsequently arranged for SGN to put in a meter for me. I am working with a...

Looking for some advice. Whenever I flush my ensuite toilet water pours out from the point where the toilet outflow connects to the waste pipe. Having removed the toilet I discovered that the rubber seal has decayed My question is can this be replaced rather than a new waste pipe, and...

Apologies first of all if this is posted in the incorrect forum. I stay in a maisonette flat which is part of a block of 12 flats. I have a neighbour below me with a line of garage along the ground floor. We used to have storage heaters as our heating source, however, a few of the...

Hi there, looking for some advice around gas central heating installation. I live in a block of maisonette flats and we are currently getting gas installed into the gardens from the main supply. Im looking to get gas central heating to replace our (useless) storage heaters, however, I was...

Apologies if this is in the incorrect forum section. Looking for some advice, I stay in a maisonette flat (over two floors) and currently have two box rooms which fit double beds but not much else at the moment. One of the neighbors has turned this into one big room and it looks fantastic, so...

Hello, Im wondering if anyone can advise on the approximate cost of removing an old standard sized door and installing a Upvc replacement?

Hi there, looking for some advice. I recently purchased a maisonette flat and the stairwell has some rather old and scruffy looking wallpaper, therefore Ive stripped off the wallpaper, but ive discovered the wall underneath varies between thin plaster (guessing this is between the joints) and...

I have a rather large stair well in my new flat which has rather battered looking wallpaper. Rather than rewallpaper, I was wondering if it is possible to remove the wallpaper and plaster the stud walls underneath? Photos enclosed: If more specific information is...