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I'm currently replacing the bathroom levers and latch. The latch locks by turning the spindle ( thin metal rod like on a Yale lock). This prevents the latch from turning when turned vertically. I'm firstly having trouble finding a replacement latch. Can't seem to find any lockable ones...

Hi One of the knobs on my gas hob keeps sticking when on. By sticking I mean once pushed down it does not pop back up by itself. There is no debris of any sort that I can see. I thought about spraying some wd40 on it but was not sure given the whole flammable aspect. Any ideas on what...

Hi When the boiler turns on in the morning to heat the hot water, there is a lot of noise coming from the cylinder. sounds like bubbling. In my daughters room where the Pipes pass through before they get to the boiler in the garage the noise is especailly loud. Is this somehting in the...

Hi I have a flower border that contains soil which is against the wall of my extension. I suspect because of the level of the soil that it's not helping the damp problem with the walls. I was going to dig up the soil and back fill with pebbles or stones as this would not hold water/damp...

Hi I have an accenta G3 alarm and the front door has a sensor that ding dongs when it opens. I had the door replaced and in the process the wires got pulled out. So I am trying to wire it back up again. The sensor has two parts one that is wired and the other that must establish some...

Hi I recently had some decorating done and after remonving and refixing the Rads in some of the rooms the rads move around. I've had alook and it's because the plastic spacers that fit on some of the brackets have gone missing. Anyone know where I can get these, or how to stop them...

Hi I'm decorating and want to remove it from the wall. Any ideas how to remove the top cover so I can access the base? Jeet

Hi (reposted from electerical section) I have an accenta G3 alarm and we had some builders in and the alarm went off quite a few times when the PIR's got disturbed. Now the temper light is on and keypad inactive. Any ideas how I can resolve this? Is it locked out? do I need an...

Hi I have an accenta G3 alarm and we had some builders in and the alarm went off quite a few times when the PIR's got disturbed. Now the temper light is on and keypad inactive. Any ideas how I can resolve this? Is it locked out? do I need an engineer code? Have checked...

Hi, I've got a halogen light in my downstairs Loo (3 x 50w), and wanted to fit a motion switch so that it would turn on when the little kiddies walked in there. However from what I've heard most motion switches don't work with a halogen fitting. Does anyone know if there is a motion switch...

Hi, I'm currently replacing by basin. I am trying to connect my bottle to the waste with a 32mm pushfit conversion bend like the one below. http://www.screwfix.com/prods/36865/Plumbing/Push-Fit-Waste/Conversion-Bend-32mm However it does not seem to fit my waste which seems like it's...

Hi, I'm currently fitting a new wash basin, and the basin waste comes with two fibre washers. Is this typically sufficient to make it leak proof or should I swap the washers for rubber ones or will I need to use some sort of sealant? Thanks Jeet

Hi, I've just bought a new washing machine and it only uses cold fill. The old one use to use hot and cold fill. The problem I have is that the hot water valve (that is no longer needed) is leaking. Is there anyway to just cap it without replacing the valve? Jeet

Hi, I'm just replacing my low lvel wc with a new one and seem to have a leaking flush cone (the bit where the flush pipe connects to the toilet). The flush cone looks like this... http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsessionid=DCW1E2KLDHG0KCSTHZOSFEY?_dyncharset=UTF-8&fh_search=flushcone...

Hi, I'm currently replacing my existing low level suite with a new one. The bits that come with a paor of L shelf brackets. The previous cistern I had was just held on the wall usinga couple of screws...so is it a good idea to use brackets as well as screws? Thanks Jeet

I've read lots of articles about this and in they generally say screw it to the floor if you can. IN addition one said to lay it on a bed of adhesive such as GripFill. Is this dvisable and if so does it matter whether it's the solbenmt based or non-solvent based type? Another question...

Hi, I have a Bosch washer/dryer wvf2401 it's about 7.5 years old. It has recently started to leak water. from what I can see it's coming from the top of the washer. I opened it up and the only place it would be coming from is a small white plastic container about 9cmx4xmx3xm that has...

Hi, I'm trying to replace my ceiling pendant with a new Ikea light. The ceiling pendant currently has two sets of wires coming into it, one from the switch and one from the power. The two live wires are connected together through the pendant and the neutral(switch) is to the pendant live...

Hi, My hot water is via a traditional boiler with a hot water cylinder and about a month a go the shower in the bathroom which feeds from the HWC started to run intermittently cold when first started in the morning. It later transpired that there was air stuck in there and we now have to...

We currently have a Fluorescent tube light in the kitchen (it's a T8, White 58W , 5Ft tube). It's suddenly started to glow dimmer. So first question is is it the tube or somehting else? Next question is that the Kitchen is typically quite dark as it has no external windows, is it ok to...