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Hi all Unfortunately I have zero gardening experience and looking for some help in making my now mud pit of a garden somewhat more presentable in advance of putting house on the market. I've recently had a fence installed that's left the grass destroyed and it now just a muddy building site (so...

Apologies as this is a bit of a cross post. I've had to try to isolate my washing machine hose tonight for it to be replaced tomorrow night. When going to do this I noticed that the valve wasn't fully open/vertical. I've tried to close it and can't get it fully horizontal. Had a bit of a Google...

Hi all I'm trying to isolate my washing machine in preparation for it being removed and replaced tomorrow night. I can't get the isolator to go fully horizontal (access is pretty difficult, this photo was taken by stretching one arm into a gap). Also when I 1st went to isolate it I noticed it...

Hi allas the title says, my daughter spilled a full cup of hot chocolate over the gas cooker, it seems to have got into the ignition switch and shorted out the contacts so that it is constantly clicking. I've isolated the electrical supply to it to stop this happening. I'm looking to get into...

Hi all I realise that garden tap questions are all the range this time of year but I thought I'd ask anyway. I have just isolated mine under the sink but can get the actual tap to open to drain down. essentially I know have a volume of water in the pipework that is isolated at both sides, is...

Hi all I have standard kitchen units, I want to get access behind) below them to try to identify source of draught. To do this I'd have to carefully dismantle carcass, leave sink/worktop supported in place and then rebuild. Is this feasible for someone with limited DIY experience?

Hi all The wood above is under my uPVC front door, there is a reasonable gap to the floor. I don't know what is under/behind this but there is quite a bad draught getting in through it. I'd like to draught proof this, I'm thinking about just sealing with silicone but not sure if there's a...

I was trying to pull back insulation in my loft earlier to get some better airflow and this darker coloured insulation down at the eaves seemed to come away in my hand. I'm a bit concerned it's something that shouldn't have been interfered with, any ideas what sort of insulation it is? House is...

Hi I have an issue with where steam from my bathroom is going up into my loft and causing issues. I want to install some extraction for the bathroom. I was thinking about an inline extraction pump in the loft (to save having to drill through external wall at high level). I assume I would drill...

My upstairs bathroom floor tiles are an absolute mess, we're putting the house on the market so wanted to try and tidy it up a bit. I twice tried to re-grout using some no nonsense stuff for floor tiles. Basically I removed what I could of the old stuff, mixed up the new and left for about 13...

Bit of a hail Mary here but I've had no luck finding replacement doors online. I'm hoping these are quite generic and someone might know the name of the style or colour?

Sorry not sure if this belongs in a different forum but I'm looking for a way to deep clean the mould off these strips that seem to have been used instead of silicon sealant. I'm trying to get my (absolutely horrible) bathroom a bit more presentable for putting the house the house on the...

Sorry if this is the wrong sub for this. I'm wondering if anyone has any good advice for how-to fix this? The bed slay has completely broken off, as has the support bracket which spans across the middle of the bed frame (it's a single bed). Buying a new one isn't really an option right now so...

About a year ago I got a new beko condensing tumble dryer. My wife is convinced it dries clothes much better than the hotpoint it replaced however since day 1 it has made the whole kitchen very hot and also produces an excessive amount of steam and condensation on windows. I didn't think much...

As the title says, my house loses heat at a stupidly fast rate, we can have the heating on and the house warm but as soon as the heating goes off the temperature just decreases quite rapidly. It mainly affects downstairs, my kitchen and hall in particular never heat up. This is my 5th winter...

As the title says, I'm right about to put my house on the market and my toddler decided to rip the baby gate off the stairs. The problem I've got is it's right as you come in the front door so very noticeable. Any particular product recommended that could use for this patch (maybe 2 inch...

I'm just wondering peoples thoughts on this as I have no idea how thick the insulation generally is on these cables. Today I had to move the tumble dryer (to get access to washing machine which has a pump fault - one of those days) and noticed that the power cable has been crushed in 2 places...

My house used to have some issues with banging pipes but it seemed to be resolved and had been fine for last few years. A few weeks back I got an outside tap fitted which required the mains stop cock to be isolated then obviously opened again. We noticed straight away a couple of issues, one...

Hi all, sorry if this is a daft question. I recently had a garden tap installed. It's actually the 1st time I've ever had one hence the following question. 1st off the tap installed is one of those kits, it's actually a bit cheap and cheerful, basically it's a garden hose type tube that goes...

Hi all Tried to use a new pressure washer today but had an absolute disaster and soaked the kitchen. Basically I have one of those sink mixer taps. I can unscrew the big outlet and it leaves a female threaded end (maybe around M10?) I tried to use a compression jubilee hose connection today but...