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    Sink cabinet installed but drawer cutout not in line with pipes...advice.

    Installed a sink cabinet but the top drawer is colliding with the waste pipe from the sink. Has been an absolute nightmare, and every combination of pipes used had some form of leak. This configuration is finally working and I don't want to have to change the pipes again if possible. Does...
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    Help regarding bathroom screen/leak problems

    See attached pictures. I have a P shaped bath in one of my bathrooms (bought as a new build). The curved screen for the bath is hinged, so rotates, and between the bottom of the screen, and the top of the bath is a water guard/deflector. Because of this, where the water guard meets the hinge...
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    Fire alarm sound/power question

    Hi all, I have fire alarms in my house that are mains connected with a backup 9v battery each. The one in my kitchen is making a beeping sound reasonably frequently. It's a very single, short, sharp, high pitched sound that beeps once every few minutes. Been going on for days. Pressing the...
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    Help with power shower

    Hey guys, My housemate, who is renting a room in my house tells me that his power shower has been having problems. The water starts fine, then might stop for a period of a few seconds up to maybe 20 seconds, before then coming back full blast. The other power showers in the house are...
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    Toilet flushing issues - advice

    My toilet isn't blocked, as it still flushes, but only partially. Even if all I've put in the bowl are a couple of sheets of toilet paper: - sometimes the toilet looks like it has flushed (ie. the water level doesn't rise and the urine clears) but the toilet paper doesn't get removed -...
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    Quick question about silicone sealant on bath screen

    I installed a new fixed bath screen in one of my bathrooms. The way it works (I'm sure many/most are like this) is you drill a vertical 80cm bracket into the wall, and then the 80cm high screen slots into this bracket on top of the side of the tub, and you screw the screen edge into the...
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    Help with fixings for heavy painting

    I have a large glass painting (the glass is the medium on which the painting has been done) in a wooden frame, that weighs about 25kg. It has a large wire on the back, so would require two screws/hooks at either side to hang it on. I'd like to hang it on a wall in my living room. The wall is...
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    Screws have come out of wood door - how to fix?

    I put together this flat pack wardrobe from Next and it's pretty good. But one of the hinges, which was fixed to the wardrobe by two screws, has come undone, and the holes made by the screws have now become too big for the screws to go back in. Picture below. What would you recommend would be...
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