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Hello all, I have a ceiling in a bedroom that I want to insulate. The room gets very cold and I think that the heat is escaping through an uninsulated part of the ceiling. The loft space above the bedroom extends to approx half the width of the room below and then the slope extends into the...

Hello all, I have a strange problem. The shower in my bathroom was installed 18months ago. It is a 10.5kw shower and I think a 10mm2 cable. It worked fine for a year until one day the pull cord stopped working. I opened it up and found that some white plastic had melted over the cord...

Hello, I recently went into the attic and noticed I had lost a roof tile. The roof is fairly old and could do with replacing, I just can't afford it yet. A few years back we lost a few and had it repaired with those little lead strips by a roofer. Whil I was in the attic I wondered is it...

Another problem I am having with my renault scenic (P reg) is that the air only blows up to the widscreen. I imagine that this is something to do with the air distribution box. Are the flaps manually operated (and therefore could have got stuck) or electronic? Could the box be repaired (i am...

Hello all, My car (Renault scenic p reg) has just developed a couple of problems The first one is that when the radio is on and the engine is running I get a ticking noise from the speakers. A couple of people have said to me that it is the suppression. What does this mean and how can I fix...

I am looking to buy an S reg Scenic, does any one have any advice about what to look for on this particular model? thanks Andrew

Is there such a thing as a 32mm to 20mm pipe adapter? The reason I ask is that I have a toilet only Saniflow unit and would like to install a sink in the toilet. The sink outlet is either 40mm or 32mm I can't remember and I was thinking that it would be better to attach the waste outlet...

I am thinking of getting bike again and was just wondering how efficient the engines are now. Not that it would make much of a difference to what bike I would buy but it would help convince the wife that it is a good idea if they are more efficient than my diesel clio. I would be looking at a...

Hello all, Considering Part E of the building Regs have any of you had to use or know of an acoustic engineer being used to commision buildings, offer advice etc on domestic housing or small jobs such as extractor fans for restaurants? I am an acoustic engineer but working in a different area...

I will be moving my sink soon to the other side of my kitchen onto an external wall. I have a single socket on a radial circuit close to the new location of the sink. From memory the distance to the socket will be about 750mm from the sink itself but closer to the draining part of sink (if you...

hello all hope you had a good christmas. I took a break from the DIY but am now back on it. Anyway, One project I am working on is to move the dishwasher and washing machine from one side of the kitchen to the other. At the moment the dishwasher connects the the trap under the sink and the...

Hello all, I have a radial circuit with 4mm T&E that I wish to extend. Why can I not find any 4mm cable anywhere? Does any one know where I can get some? Thanks Andrew

I have a wall with a few cracks and holes in the plaster and a ceiling that I have just removed some polystyrene tiles from which has left some glue marks. I want to quickly skim over the top with something. I have heard about the polycell smoothover and I think this will do the job. However in...

Hello all, I think I know the answers to these questions already but would like to confirm the answer. I have a radial circuit with 4mm cable and a 30A fuse. I have identified two double sockets that could be the end of the circuit (they both have one cable entering the box). Is it possible...

Hello all, I will soon be installing a new kitchen and currently my washing machine is installed by removing the plug and passing the cable through a hole drilled in the worktop. I don't want to do this for my new kitchen. Also I want to put a dishwasher in next to the washing machine and I...

Hello all, I have rehung an internal door but it won't close fully without some gentle pressure being applied. I chnaged the direction that the doore opened so I had to chisle out for the hinges on the frame. I have checked the hinges and they seem to be flush with the wood and the door. I...

Somebody must have an opinion on this one! I am putting in a new kitchen which means that I have to rearrange the plumbing a bit. I have alsways used compression fittings in the past but using pushfit connections appeals to me as they seem so easy to use. I know compression fittings are not...

hello all, I am thinking of changing the kitchen and one thing that I would like to add is an extractor fan. The current kitchen is built in an extension on the house with a sloping corrugated plastic roof. The construction of the roof is a double layer with a frosted flat plastic layer on...

I have to replce the plug mechanism for my bath. it is one that you turn a handle on the outflow and the plug pops up. The instructions to do this seem fairly straight forward so my question is what do I use to seal around the edges to prevent leaks? Is the compression from the screwed plug hole...

Following my earlier post about drilling into my front door I have had no replies suggetsing that it is possible so I have come to the conclusion that I will have to glue the door knocker on. can somebody recommend an adhesive that will do the job? Obviously it needs to be water resistant as...