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I've realised too late that the plastic stick on piece that I stuck under my laminate worktop above the dishwasher to protect it from condensation - I should have also done this next to the sink. Now after a couple of drips have not been wiped away quick enough, a tiny section of the underside...

Drum is struggling to turn on Indesit tumble dryer, so I ordered a new capacitor from e-spares. It's a massive pain to open the machine, so I trusted e-spares to tell me which one I needed for my model (IDV75S). They said 9.5uF, but having opened it up there is a 9uF capacitor in there. Will...

Hello, I need to choose a new tap for our soon to be fitted kitchen, and I have realised having a gravity fed system will limit my choice somewhat. Cold water tank is in the loft approx 5m above ground level, but tap outlet is about 1m off the ground, so am I right in thinking this will give...

I think I have a problem with my honeywell 2 port valve. It needs to open in order for hot water to enter the hot water tank. The valve itself seems to be OK, so I'm hoping I might be able to replace just the head with the motor and microswitch. However after viewing so YouTube videos it seems...

Storm Ciara shifted a few of our verge tiles and knocked out all the mortar underneath. Getting roofers in has confirmed that most of the mortar on both gable ends is cracked and falling out and really the whole lot nees replacing, so all verge tiles re-bedded. We have plans to do work on our...

We bought a house with a shed with power. The original setup had two RCD breakers inside the house, and then cables going out to the shed. Then inside the shed there was a rats nest junction box with everything connected up with choc block. One RCD was connected to the shed power (which was to a...

The main thing I want from a new hose is for it to be easily wall mountable, and have a pivot so it turns in the direction I am pulling. The only hoses that seem to do this are the mega expensive auto reel ones. I like the idea of an auto reel in theory, but are they reliable? Seems like there...

Just taken delivery of a brand new shed. The wood is already treated, bur they recommend another coat within the first 3 months. I really like the light golden colour of the shed, so what kind of wood preserver should I use that doesn't also stain the wood? Most of the ones I see are quite...

I've got a new shed on order, arriving in 4 weeks and being assembled by the supplier. I finally pulled down the old shed today, which is sat on a pretty basic patio of large slabs pushed pretty much right up to each other, but sometimes with a small 1-2mm gap. Removing the old shed revealed...

The previous owners thought it would be a good idea to put a radiator in the attic of our house, which we have now insulated meaning the attic will get much colder in the winter. I always keep both valves on this radiator turned off so as not to waste heat in the attic! So this means the water...

I need to repair 2 out of the 5 wooden fence posts on my 3ft high front boundary fence with the neighbour. The 2 posts had rotted away at the base. The posts are inserted into holes in a concrete drive, but under the concrete there is wet earth. 3 of the other posts seem to be fine. I know...

In my house, one door frame is so narrow the sides of the door have been cut down so much, that there is only about 50mm to play with to fit the handles and latches. I'd already bought a set of handles with a tubular latch with a 60mm backset which I then realised was too long. I can't...

Hello, I've just hung a pair of internal french doors in my new stud wall with a bit of tweaking and swearing, and they are almost perfect. I am using three small 76x76mm projection hinges on each door so that they can swing 180 degrees and clear the architrave and skirting. Only problem...

Hello, I have got quite far down the road of planning my new stud wall in my 1930s terrace. The joists all run from front to back of the house, and my plan was for the stud wall to sit directly on top of one of the ground floor joists along its length. I just assumed that the ceiling...

Hello, I'm going to be building a stud wall over a 3.1m span in my living room. From what I can see, it seems that all the studwork timber that you can buy comes in 2.4m lengths, so does it matter if I build the head plate out of two pieces of studwork wood? (2.4m + 0.7m) Or should it...

Hello, I am going to be putting up a new stud wall to divide a living room and hallway, with double french doors in the middle of the wall. This is the first time I have done anything like this so I am trying to make sure I understand every detail to stop things going wrong. I am going to...

Hello, I am just about to put a new stud wall "back in" to our 1930s terrace. The original house design had a wall between the entrance hall and living room, with a single door at the end of the wall furthest from the front door. The previous owner took this wall out to make the hall and...

Hello, I live in a 1930s terrace where at some point the front room fireplace was removed (and also removed in the bedroom above, and the chimney stack was put on a concrete lintel in the attic). As you can see from these pics, the previous owner did a pretty shocking job on the...

Hello, I'm planning to add a new radiator to my central heating system. This is the first time I've done something like this, so I wanted to outline my plan, and ask if there any obvious pitfalls I've missed and should be aware of? I'm in a 1930's terrace and when the previous owner made...