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Hi all, In our downstairs toilet (only about 2sqm) I have just ripped up some old laminate flooring and underlay, revealing a decent condition, albeit with some small lumps and bumps, concrete floor. The boss has bought some cushioned sheet vinyl that she would like me to fit. I have about a...

Hi all, Our garden fencing has taken a bit of a battering lately, so I'm looking to replace it all. Currently it's wooden posts and standard lap panels, but I would like to replace with concrete posts (not as pretty, but easier for future maintenance) and better quality vertical closeboard...

Evening all. Not sure if this should be a plumbing/tiling/plastering query, so I've put it in general in the hope someone can help. I'm currently redoing our en-suite, and the missus saw a nice floating shelf with basin that she took a fancy to. The wall that this is to be attached to is stud...

Evening all, I'm looking for a bit of advice with a faulty dishwasher. I have an integrated Ikea Whirlpool DHWB10 which has started displaying the "6 flashes" fault. That is, you try to run a programme, you hear the pump run for 10-15 seconds or so, and then the machine beeps continuously until...

Hi all, looking for a little advice please. Here's the backstory: I've had an ongoing issue with my kitchen lighting for a couple of months. There are 8 downlighters on a standard (not dimmer) switch, and they are MR16 bulbs. Every so often (a couple of times a week) switching on the lights...

Looking for some advice please. I'm ripping out our en suite to replace it, and I'm looking to replace the existing thermostatic shower with a new thermostatic shower tower. The cold feed is from the mains, and the hot will powered by a Stuart Turner Monsoon standard 3 bar single pump. I...

Hi all. I have a batten lamp holder in the under stairs cupboard that has broken, so I went to replace it but have a question about the wiring of the existing fitting. Hopefully someone can help. This is the set-up; the lampholder is plugged into a socket with a regular three pin plug. There...

Hi all, I'm looking for a bit of help. I have an issue where my boiler is not turning off even when the programmer has CH and HW set to off. Alongside this, if I have HW on, then some of the radiators upstairs start to heat up. This leads me to believe that the Honeywell 3 port motorised valve...

Hi all, My hot water pump has given up the ghost, so I need to replace it, but looking for a bit of advice as what replacement to go with. This is how my system is set up: I have a cold tank in the loft, a Main System 18 HE boiler in the kitchen supplying hot water to a cylinder in the airing...

Hi all, I'm experiencing an issue with my oven which I hope someone can help with. It's an AEG B8871-4-M built-in electric oven. I cooked a spot of lunch earlier (maple pork belly slices...very nice indeed) and after it was done turned it off as usual. 10 minutes later the RCD tripped, and I...

Hi all. I'm looking for a specific type of fixing, and I can't find it anywhere as I have no idea what it would be called. It's essentially a double-headed bolt. It comes as a pair and you have one with a thread on the inside and one with a thread on the outside. They screw into each other, so...

Hi all, hope this is posted in the right place. Moved into a house that has dot & dab walls, so I've been looking into the best kind of fixings I can use to mount curtain poles, tv's, etc. I've done a fair bit of reading about Rigifix and Dryline Pro, and it seems to come down to personal...

Hello all. I'm looking for a bit of advice and hoping someone will be able to confirm (or shoot down in flames) what I think is the best way moving a ceiling light fitting. Here's my situation - I've just moved into a new house, there is an integral garage that has had the back third converted...