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Various outlets sell an Franke Athena o ring kit, which includes an upper and lower o ring plus the plastic clip. As I have water leaking between the spout and base of the tap is it possible to resolve with just an upper o ring replacement rather than the whole kit? If so is there a specific...

In our ensuite we have a dual fuel towel rail and recently the back box cover plate came away from the wall. Upon further inspection the back box is held on as per the diagram below: A plasterboard fixing (and screw) was holding the back box in place. In addition, the end of the fixing sticks...

We have a window that is stuck closed. It appears (based on the window next to it) to have a Saracen deadlock gearbox with rods that extend directly into the frame (when closed) as opposed to having a roller. The handle will turn and one side of the window will slightly move (1-2mm) when trying...

I am looking to build a shelf/desk in an alcove. The alcove is 96cm wide and for argument sake the depth would be 100cm so looking at 1m sq sheet of material. The desk would support laptop, monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc and would be supported by a baton along the 2 sides of the alcove but not...

I have traced an excess of water around the base of a bathroom sink mixer tap to the hot water tap. I am guessing either the o-rings or the cartridge itself needs replacing. I have unscrewed the tap cover and moved it as far away from the base of the tap as possible (shown with white outline on...

Our bath has a mixer tap and when turned on sometimes when the tap is set to be fully hot the water is warm but not hot. If we turn off the bath tap and run the hot sink tap in our bathroom we get steaming hot water. If we then turn off the sink tap and turn on the bath tap again we now get...

When the weather is breezy we get the sounds of wind howling at our front door due to gaps around the edge. The house is around 10 years old and was initially fitted with the type of draft excluder shown in these photos. It appears to be U shaped in terms of a cross section and as per the 2nd...

I have applied a first coat of ronseal Danish oil to my breakfast bar but it looks a lot darker than I hoped. Is there any way of lightening up the look of the wood either before or when I add further coats? Thanks in advance

I am building an island from individual magnet carcass units. At present island is 1400mm (w) x 560mm (d) x 870mm (h) With the units standing on the plastic legs. I plan to add end and back panels (16mm deep) that will be secured to the unit and then to wood blocks that are secured to the floor...

My kitchen has a work surface that can be seen in the attached photos (have include white sheet for colour, sunlight and ruler to aid) and I wondered if anybody can identify the style/type? I am not sure if it is quartz or granite, is there an easy way to tell? But I assume the name has nero...

Our house is around 9 years old and when you walk into some of the upstairs rooms the floor squeaks. I have managed to pull back the current carpet and underlay to reveal what appears to be chipboard (as opposed to wooden floor boards) with nails rather an screws used to fasten the boards...

As far as I can tell I have a hydronic towel warmer as there appears to be pipes connecting to the wall and values at the bottom. However there also appears to be an electronic element inside as well. Based on the photo can somebody tell me what type of towel warmer I have? Previously the...

In my house all my downlights are gu10 with the ones in my bathroom having a (steam?) cover over them except for the one over the sink which appears to be a gu5.3 fire rated downlight. Is there any reason why this single list would be a GU5.3 as opposed to a Gu10 and also why it would be a fire...

Apologies if this is very basic but I am getting very little heat to one of my radiators. I am testing very basic things to see if that resolves it and one of these is ensuring the lockshield is fully open. However my lockshield appears to be of a different design to standard...

I have just moved into a new property that has a Istor HE260 boiler installed. I have the user guide and installing and services guide but (and it is probally just me) they don't appear to be written in the clearest of english. I am trying to user the programmer set up but firstly there are...

Hi, I have downlights built into the bottom of my kitchen cabinets. These are Dh-3185 and one of the outer plastic casing is a bit loose & it appears some of the plastic casing has broken off, becuase of this sometime closing the cupboard door will cause the light to drop out of the hole in the...