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Hi to all. I was hoping to get a few more years out of it. It was installed in October 2009. I've checked for leaks around radiators, but they're dry. No drips from the bottom of the boiler. I turned off the boiler, filled the pressure up and left it a few hours. The dial didn't move. Is it...

Hi. Without too much personal info could you advise me what would happen in the following situation. An electrician of many years experience changed an old fuse board for a new metal one with rcd's etc. 2 days later the customer claimed they had got a shock from the sink. They also claimed the...

Hi to all. About 10 years ago I made a pine kitchen. Few years later the wife wanted the doors white. I didn't do any knotting, never thought, so obviously knots are now showing through. She wants it painting again. I originally used Dulux gloss, then 2 coats of Ronseal Diamond hard varnish. The...

Hello to all. I'm sort of grasping at straws here. I erected a DIY conservatory 2 years ago. It's built against an existing brick extension, rendered and painted with masonry paint. No problems until a few weeks ago when rain came through a corner all the way down. See photos. Trouble is, I can...

Hi to all. For years I've wanted a power shower but not had a separate tank. Now, my neighbour has had 2 quotes to have - not a power shower - but one of those big overhead fittings running off his boiler. I got a bit excited cos I could do that with mine, I thought. But I wondered about the...

Hi. I asked the Water Board to come out today for an unrelated matter to my 'problem'. I've used plastic push-fit piping on my entire house. H/C and central heating. It was a gutted shell when I bought it, and it was easier. Last night I noticed some black stuff hanging from the cold water tap...

Hi to all. We had the blinds fitted about a year ago. They're the ones that have a bracket that slides under the glass rubber seal. We've had problems with leaks several times but I've never been able to figure out why. Yesterday there were 2 small puddles on the floor. I realised it was coming...

Hi to all. Firstly, anyone know what wood this is please? I've Googled and it seems to be Ash or Walnut? The wife wants it stripping back so it's a natural finish. The unit is old and solid wood, handmade to the seller's specs. I did it with an oak sideboard and finished it with Fiddes wax...

Hi to all. About 5 years ago I built a summerhouse. 4 x 2 timber frame. 4" insulation. 6 x 2 roof joists with 6" insulation. Floor insulated. Fire retardent plasterboards. Flush toilet. Electrics and alarm. Double glazed door and window. I like to think I made a good job of it. I did the walls...

Hi to all. I'm off to Homebase tomorrow for a bog-basic Yale HSA6200 alarm at £75. I need a few extra door/window sensors. That got me wondering if they were vibration sensors as well. From what I can see they aren't. Found a company that's Yale installers, and in his blog he says Yale shock...

Hello all. Builder finished laying my conservatory base. He dug a big hole, put in the hardcore, put sand on, put the Visqeen in up and over the sides then concreted. Later he pulled the Visqeen back over the concrete and laid the 2 rows of a single wall I wanted. The conservatory is full height...

Hi! Just had a base put down for a conservatory, which I'm erecting myself. Originally I was putting 4" Kingspan on top of the concrete floor. Now, I'd like to raise the floor another 2". Purely for cost, I was going to use 2" polystyrene. I put that on my downstairs floors 6 years ago, then...

Hi. I've got a projector in my man-cave. I connect my Virgin HD box via an HDFury2 with an HDMI input and VGA cable output to the projector. Everything fine, my HD ready projector now plays HD video. Last week I bought a £22 HDMI player from Ebay. Plug a USB stick in with any format video on and...

Hello to all. Bought an old solid oak sideboard from a junk shop, coming next week. Guy said it's not varnished because they didn't use varnish when it was made. I've found loads of stuff of how to strip it back to bare wood, but all conflicting advice. Use wirewool - Don't because the steel...

Hi. Got a brand new red and black kitchen. Had a white Nespresso bought a few months ago. The wife wants it painting red to match. I'll be taking the plastic outer-cover off to do it. For anyone who thinks it won't come off... it will;). Most info I've found is aimed at the American market, with...

Hello to all. Bought a new 50 inch smart TV a couple of weeks ago from Currys. Lad said I needed this silver HDMI cable. Half price at £29. I said I didn't because I read a report a while ago from Which? I think, saying buy the cheapest you can find as there's no difference in picture quality...

Hello to all. Got a sample quartz tile sent. Scratched hell out of the nice shiny surface with a screw and not a mark. Guy online said they needed sealing, However, in 2012 on here, TPT said to put water on tile for 10 minutes. Wipe off. If no mark left then sealing not required. I just put...

Hopefully you got this. Didn't know where to ask, but you seem to post in here often. I was looking at your kitchen photos. The workmanship and finish on those tops is superb! You said you tiled them, but I can only see one join. How did you do it! I want to do ours with the red, sparkly...

Hello to all. Just surfed net and found a post by 'foxhole' in carpentry forum. He posted a pic of his tiled kitchen worktops, which look superb. Wife wants the red, sparkly, gloss, laminate worktops, which I've read are prone to all kinds of scratching/staining etc problems. 'Foxhole' used...

Hello to all. Without boring you with too many details - I will if you want to know - I have a right to access my land at the rear with my car. It's in my deeds. The access is over unregistered land. If, by a remote chance, someone turns up and claims it to be their land, there is an insurance...