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Not sure which area to post this, but we have underfloor heating and a hardwood flooring. Just recently we have noticed what looks like a stain/fade or a laquer issue in three of our rooms (kitchen, hall and living room). Only really noticed it today, then the more you look the more you see...

Hi We have a Varilight V Pro IR Touch dimmer controlling 3 LEDs in part of our living room - Up until a couple of days ago it was working OK. One night my wife was unable to turn the LEDs off, the dimmer switch was unresponsive and so she resorted to pulling the fuse out of the fuse box...

Hi Help / Advice needed. As per title really - We have a 2yr old (2yrs and 3months) Rangemaster 110 Professional Induction Oven. Over the last month the right hand side oven is not heating higher than around 140-150C. An engineer has been round 3 times and the following has been replaced -...

Hi Hoping for some help, please excuse my ignorance in these matters. We have a Washing Machine plumbed in, the waste water goes directly down a waste pipe which looks like this http://www.screwfix.com/p/waste-pipe-32mm-pack-of-10/19046 but with threads at the bottom (but not at the top)...

Hi We have a drainage problem at my house, basically the front drive which is gravelled floods to a depth which is of some concern (4-5 inches of water). One of the reasons is becuase the guttering downpipe justs goes straight onto the drive - there is no drain. However the other side of...

Hi We have a drainage problem at my house, basically the front drive which is gravelled floods to a depth which is of some concern (4-5 inches of water). One of the reasons is becuase the guttering downpipe justs goes straight onto the drive - there is no drain. However the other side of...

Hi Looking to build a vegetable patch in the garden, we have a section of the garden which is basically wasteland - its full of weeds, hardcore, glass etc... I thought it would be a good idea to create something out of it - veggies :-) I've attached a picture of the area basically I...

Hi Got a false drawer in the kitchen, its opposite the sink. The knob is very very loose, the only access to the screw that the knob screws into is from behind the false drawer - however its so close the sink, I cannot get any tools in there to allow me to tighten it. Any ideas ...

Hi I have just cleaned the gutters around my house this morning, getting rid of all the leaves and sludge etc. I noticed that one section of the guttering had a lot of standing water in it - even AFTER I had cleaned it. It looked to be draining the water ever so slightly away from the...

Hi As per title really. We have an Siemen dishwasher, its fully integrated into the worktop. Recently we've noticed that when we open the dishwasher door the bottom of it catches on the kickplate below. This has gradually got worse, to the point where when we open the door it now...

Hi I have moved into a new house - which had recently been renovated. Now quite a few of the plug sockets througout the house are a non standard fitting - they look like a european plug socket to me. Here is a picture ***** REMOVED***** I am sure they are wired up to a dimmer switch...

I want to spruce the interior windows in our house, currently I think they have been stained with Ronseal 5yr Woodstain - Rosewood.... I wanted to spruce them up by lighting sanding and applying some Rosewood quick drive varnish - is this a good idea ? Secondly i notice that the part where...

Hi I had a new kitchen sink fitted yesterday, the plumber told me he had turned the main water tap off as a precaution - I was out when he fitted the new sink. I turned the main water tap on and everything worked as expected. This morning, i tried to use the washing machine for the...

Hi last year i painted the exterior window frames with Ronseal 5 year woodstain, in my rush i accidently painted onto the window. I want to rectify this, i have tried scraping it off with a flat knife, but its taking ages and is scratching the windows. Is there any remover/solution i can...

I need a decent ladder to help me paint the top windows and guttering on my house. I have been mulling over the idea of getting a telescopic ladder as we dont have any space to be able to keep a full size ladder. Looking on eBay i have seen some that look reasonably priced for for example...

Got a new (10 year old house), at the back of the house, i have two white pipes that protude out just below the roof and above the windows - basically on the white trim bit that is underneath the roof. I have no idea what these pipes do !...but i have just noticed that one of them, the...