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I have a 5 year old beko washer WMB71422. A few months ago the display has been playing up whenever I select the "daily quick" wash and now even other wash programmes. The screen starts going "bananas" flipping To the next and previous wash programs. Is it worth fixing or could it be a...

I have owened a hotpoint dryer (TVM570P) for 8 years without any problems which i use occassionally. I have moved house a few times so did not get the news about it being a potential fire hazzard untill recently when a friend came to visit and said it looks like the same dryer they had and...

I am looking to fit a new stair carpet fully fitted wall to wall, I have fitted other carpets in standard rooms quite well so want to have a go. My stairs are plain just straight down nothing fancy. I just want to know- do professional carpet fitters make a template of the stair carpet first...

My fence in the back garden has completely rotten. I want to completely renew myself but that is not the problem. The posts have completely broke off flush with the concrete bases, which are in solid. There is no room to relocate the posts in concrete elsewhere due to next door neighbours patio...

I have seen toolstation selling waste pipe clips for solvent weld 40mm plastic waste pipes for clipping to a wall Would these also work on push fit pipe? i already know that the actual fittings are not interchangeable but these clips seem quite expensive to buy online.

I am decorating the hallway and stripped off the anaglypta on the side of the staircase (in a 1930s semi, stairs with one of those little under cupboard door access to gas lecky meter etc) the side of the stairs has plaster underneath but in poor condition. Rather than get a reskim I want to use...

I have a wallpapered ceiling on my landing and had a new loft hatch cover installed which was moved slightly to the right by 3 inches to site a new ladder. This has left a small gap to the side of the hatch which has been plastred but not to the level of the wallpaper. I am decorating the...

I installed bathroom tiles approximently 1 year ago and wondered why i was forever cleaning the bath edges of grout. My bathroom is only tiled around the top of the bath approx 1 mutitude of little mosaic tiles high. When I looked closely I noticed that all of the grout has been washed out and...

I have had this Main 30 eco combi boiler for over a year now and its has always been reliable, untill recently when I have been using the radiators more often, I noticed this strange noise like a flute or squeaky brakes on a lorry being amplified through the pipes/radiators. At first i...

I want to order a deep pile saxony capet for my through lounge which faces a busy concrete road. I dont want the cheap could 9 foam underlay, as i prefer the rubber waffle stuff as been around a long time and helps to reduce noise. What is the best weight undelay to use for this type of...

I have just moved a radaitor into the bay window to save space but when I have lifted the floorboards to feed in the pipes I have noticed that there is a large joist running around the perimitor of the bay window floor and stops 25cm outside the bay. I am using 10mm microbore and dont want...

Is it possible to buy a long handled scaper e.g. 1 metre in lengths as i want to strip the landing paper, I am quite tall and can reach most of the sidewall of the stairs from the landing but I need something just a bit longer to get right to the ceiling. I dont weant to mess around with the 2...

Hi I used to have back boiler fitted and have since got a combi so no fire in the living room. I am now decorating and have removed the once mandatory ventilation grills in the flooring adjacent to each side on the chimney breasts with an intention to close them. the only problem is that under...

I have just moved into a house with central heating installed over 30 years ago. I want to move a radiator but i am struggling to get the pipes to fit. It is fed by what looks like 10mm microbore but when I try to fit it to a 10mm coupling it is too tight as its more like 12mm, I also...

I want to brick up an internal door way no longer required. I have removed the architrave and door casing and want to know do you also need to remove the floorboard where the bricks will be now or can you just build onto of the board?

I wish to replace some twin and earth in my house (all will be fully compliant with part P before anyone jumps in). I want to know what the best way to pull cable to avoid it becoming twisted and scratched. What is the best way to untwist the cable if this happens. I justy to make sure that...

I want to box in my curved bay window just in the middle so I can fit a smallish radiator in the centre. I just need to know what materials I need type of wood that would hold a radaitor in place etc. BTW IT is a 5 sided curved type window not the 3 sided box type

I am looking at getting the kitchen re-wired, the existing installation has the back kitchen door lightswitch on wall surround the door but as the back door is in the middle of the kitchen, the lightswitch has been placed actually inside the plaster that surrounds the door casing. I need to know...

I have a question about main earth bonding to the water supply. My house has no bonding to the main water supply and has had a kitchen extension 30 years ago. The orignal stop cock has been kept in the old part of the kitchen which is now the dinning room and put under the floorboards to save...

hi I am hoping to knock through my longe and dinning room, but also wanted to split the rooms in the winter/privacy have decided intially to go for french doors and have been quoted £800 (for the knock thru loadbearing wall etc, but me buy the doors). I have though of a better idea the...