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Hi all! see attached photos I'm trying to replace a cold water CDA Kitchen tap cartridge, if you see the attached photos I have taken out the end cap and the screw. After I try to pull the tap cover horizontally, it will not move in any tap position! There is no grub screw on the tap...

Hi, I have a 100 year old stained window from Mock Tudor period, probably the 1st ones, it's a leaded window stained and only a few remain in tact in my area. I have removed the window to refurbish. Anyone know how to clean the lead and the old stained glass?

Hi, I've applied Linseed putty around my old house original stained glass timber window after a refurb you could say! The window has black lead on the glass which I'm going to paint but I'm confused when I can paint the putty around the glazing. I brought NoNonse Putty from Screwfix, it's a...

Hi all, I've sanded and removed almost all the old paint from my stairwell, but there are just some small spots I can't remove as too deep in the wood and hard to get areas where a sander is not possible and heat gun or liquid stripper just doesn't remove them. I want to stain the stairs and...

Hi all! I have ripped up carpet and some very old carpet grippers on my stairs, previous owners have just laid new carpet down over the years, I found carpet grippers from 1962 made in England! Using a orbital sander and mouse sander I started sanding the staircase as in photo attached...

I've built my greenhouse fame base, greenhouse frames on 4 sides and roof frame with pitch, also my sliding door which is installed after glazing the instructions tell me! I have an issue, where I started glazing from the roof ends as per instructions and the glass won't fit, I tried adjusting...

hi, I'm laying some new patio concrete slabs, a walk way and a square, the square will be about 2m x 2m. Around this square I plan to build a French drain, the reason I'm a avid cyclist and this square will be my bike cleaning area and because I commute in London to work the amount of...

Hi all, I have stripped all external paint from my wooden windows for my kitchen extension, treated, filled and sanded. Checking around my garage I have only a white Interior wood Farrow & Ball Primer rather than exterior wood primer, though I do have Farrow & Ball white exterior Wood paint...

Hi all, yesterday I laid a patio 1.8m x 2.4m (600mm x 600mm concrete slabs) 8cm of MOT type 1 3.5cm of sharp sand and cement slabs were 3.5cm thick All seems to be ok, I'm happy with the job! after laying them it's been almost 24 hours now laid on Easter Friday and today hot! I can't perform...

I'm trying to tighten my toilet seat, removed seat, after removing one alu cap that's loose on the rubber bung is stuck and I cannot cap from bung for some reason, so I access the screw head to tighten, I tried using WD40 no luck. Is there any trick to this? It's a Saneux toilet. See photo image.

hi all, how much does it cost for 7m by 3 m room to tile (excluding tiles paid for these already) new plywood in one area tile grout lay ditramat pva all subs loor and pre tiling does this sound right to anyone? just don't want to be ripped off.

My Ikea kitchen will be installed shortly and I was thinking of adding a compact inbuilt Microwave to one of the wall cabinets above left of the induction hob. Problem I see is: Depth of the Ikea cabinet is 390mm the Microwave depth is 331mm but looking at the documentation you need an extra...

Hi! I measured my stringer angle as 44 degrees with a clinometer app on my andriod phone, I then removed the stair newel post, balusters, stringers to sand and paint the bases, before this I ordered a new replacement online with measurements for all replacement parts, however strangely enough...

My Electrician installed some pendant LED bulbs ( 1 x bayonet in each pendant) with some LED switch modules for a double dimmer. Everything worked fine for a week, now I have a problem with one of the pendant lights where the dimmer on max doesn't produce much light at all. I haven't swapped...

Had an Electrician around and unfortunately he couldn't fit a bathroom extractor through the wall facing outside (terraced house) as one part was part of the brick chimney and he couldn't install in between bathroom windows as there is an old air brick and the width is not big enough, too risky...

I've had 3 new boiler quotes, 1 quote has suggested to place the combi in the Attic, reason for this is the current old combi is in the kitchen and the flue pipe extends way too far (against regulations) and their is really no place to bang a hole in for new shortened flue, British gas suggested...

posted in Electrics UK forum as well............. Hi, I want to buy some new ceiling roses, rocker switches and gang switches for installation. These particular 2 rooms, I want to strip wallpaper and repaint. Which should be first electrics or decorating? (looks like plaster work around...

Hi, I want to buy some new ceiling roses, rocker switches and gang switches for installation, these particular 2 rooms, I want to strip wallpaper and repaint. Which should be first electrics or decorating? (looks like plaster work around one of the light switches needs re-doing. from...

I had somene today change a radiator from a long old radiator to a shorter new model. When doing so he bled all the other radiators in the house and said at some stage he needs to the flush the entire system as black old water came from the old radiators when bled. Anyway I left him to his work...

Moved into a house that currently has a Combi Worcester 28i Junior. A friend of mine recommended a Oso hot water cylinder system, 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom house with 2 young children. His experience great with showers etc. Currently I just have a combi, no water tank, direct from water mains...