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Oh well. I'll look for the plans I got of the flat when I moved in.

I need to fix an open wardrobe to a wall. One side will be in a corner and there seems to be a stud wall of some sort in this corner. Using a magnet I get a strong pull about 8 inches from the ceiling, then again about 10ins down, then again about 11ins down. Could this be a wooden stud wall...

Just an update on this for anyone who needs to clean concrete dust off of plastic. I found warm water and washing up liquid really got rid of it quite easily - I had used old toothbrushes and a "spout cleaner" from Robert Dyas for the harder to reach parts. I had first of all tried white vinegar...

Thanks guys. I have made up my mind that I will take it apart when I get the time. I will probably try 99% alcohol as a first resort. When I said I doubted compressed air would work above - I was talking about the spray cans for home use as someone mentioned above. In any case I am concerned a...

Thanks for the suggestions. Washing up liquid didn't have much of an effect when I tried it a few days ago. I can try compressed air, but I suspect it will be the same. The dirt that is there seems to be ingrained enough that it won't shift even with rigorous brushing, but when the fan is...

It's a good idea. The thing is I am not going to hike the unit there as I have no car. If I start to take it apart to get to the fan blades I have the trouble of dismantling and detaching the motor, the shaft, the plastic casing and the screws that attach the unit to the body. I could probably...

Lat year I bought a used portable A/C unit but realised when I got it home that it had been used in a building environment and had taken in a lot of concrete dust. I opened the unit up and cleaned a lot of the conrete dust from anywhere I could access, but it is very difficult to remove it from...

Thanks for the idea, but the flat is a strange design. It has windows facing only one direction. The small bedroom window opens out at a 90 degree angle to the balcony door of the front room. They both face the balcony which is an enclosed winter garden type balcony. I think it has some solar...

Yeah thanks. I'll be at Ikea looking around anyway. If they don't have any I will just use a bolt, a normal spacer, and maybe a rubber washer too. Someone gave me the bed and apparently it was squeaking a little. I have reassembled it so far with paraffin wax, and grease so I ant any washer to...

It is more of a ventilation system, but it's purpose seems to be to get moisture / smells out and re-use heat. It is not an air conditioning unit in itself and does not seem to cool the place down. I don't know if that is possible with my window. Then why do Homebase and other places sell...

I've just moved into a flat that I suspect is going to boil if we get any good weather as it seems to retain a lot of heat. I have been looking at buying an air conditioner that would have a hosepipe on it. My concern is how it is possible to properly create an outlet for the pipe while still...

I have a second hand Ikea bed, but one of the bolts that connects the frame to the side panels is missing the unusual type of spacer that I need. In fact I am not sure it is really a spacer in that is not hollow all the way through. At one end is a hex end so it can be tightened. The other...

No more than 120 degrees. I am not a gas fitter, and only have a soldering iron at home. I am not even sure that would solder to a metal surface or if I could apply it so thinly that I could put enough on the metal surface just to make it level and smooth, but have no salient points on the surface.

I had Googled already and couldn't find anything that described resistance to both high temperature and damp / water. That's why I thought I'd ask here. Saves me sending e-mails to every shop I suppose. :?

I am working with a metal surface that has some scratches to it and I need to make it smoother (fill those scratches) with some kind of sealant that will be smooth and not come off due to temperature or water contact. I worked with a gas fitter a few years back, and I know about hawk white, but...