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It's quite a rough grout and seems to trap grease and oil etc which just makes those areas look dark. I think I have found something though. Thanks for the reply.

Just had a go at getting the light grey grout between my kitchen floor tiles clean again. I tried lightly sanding a section of the grout and it has come up a treat. However, before I consider doing the whole kitchen, I want to seal the grout afterwards. Any recommendations for a good brush on...

He isn't too keen on touching anything (not his thing!). We are visiting next week so I will have a look then. Might order a new breaker just in case.

The left hand breaker was actually on the good circuit, it was the right hand breaker circuit which had the problems I believe. Anyway, as you have advised, I will suggest he looks at seating the LH breaker correctly and resetting it. i will also suggest a complete reset of the supplies as you...

Seems a strange one this but someone might have an explanation. Got a text from Son in Law this morning saying he had lost all of the sockets on a downstairs circuit. He said the breaker for the circuit was still showing ON. He lives 200 miles away so no way I can pop round to have a look so I...

Decided to take a few inches off the bottom of a bathroom roller blind due to some mould marks on the blind. Done this before for roller blinds but have never seen the type of bottom rail fitted to this one (see photo). After the struggle I had getting the rail off and cleaning the glue off, it...

None of these were contacted due to a personal recommendation, they all advertised either online or in the free local business guide. We are hoping to move to a different area in the next 12 months so we may well just give it our own annual hack and leave it for the next owner to sort out. It...

I have had a few instances recently where it seems that tradesmen are not interested in small jobs. I tried to get someone to re-turf a smallish lawn (25sqm). Had three companies come and look but none got back to me. Even when I chased them up. Now I am trying to get a tree tidied up, not a...

Thanks for the replies. It was as I thought, the remote display gets its info from the electricity meter. The question about whether there is anything that could block the signal between the meters is irrelevant as my remote display is updating correctly.

In a previous post, I described at length the myriad of problems I was having after switching suppliers to Octopus. Well, toward the end of last year, things seemed to have been sorted, my meters were being remotely read correctly and all the previous billing errors seemed sorted. Then around...

Yes, I will get some clear silicone sheet, maybe 1mm or 2mm thick and cut my own washers. I can maximise the contact area this way as I won't need the full adjustment slot. Cheap enough to try.

I think this has been asked before but there wasn't any sensible answer. The fittings on my toilet pan that locate the quick release seat are sliding around and no matter how much I clean the pads and tighten the screws, it still slides around. When I removed them for the first time since the...

I wanted to try but annoyingly I cannot see any way into it. I cannot see how they could have even assembled it. It's frustrating really as I always like to have a go at fixing things like this. I am going to have another look to see if there is anything obvious otherwise I will have to assume...

No honestly, which is why I am no hurry to replace it. I think I am more looking ahead to a day when I may have to replace it for some reason. This has confirmed that I probably won't find an exact match so makes the search easier come the day.

I may have to try a square seat eventually. The lack of soft close isn't really a problem and It is only the lid that has lost it. There is no panic so I can keep looking for a while. I would ask the company that fitted my bathroom but as we didn't part on the best terms due to quality of work...

My current toilet seat which was fitted new three years ago has pretty much stopped soft closing. I have been looking for a replacement but I am having trouble because of the shape. It is not square but tapers slightly from front to back (see drawing). All the seats I have found are "square"...

He says he is happy to live with it as it is and just turn the fan off manually. However, given the chance I would like to get over and investigate further.

He took a photo before removing the module and this backs up the fact that the wiring seems wrong. I assume the replacement is 12v as it has the same part number. I will have another look at the new one when they return from their hols.

A neighbour asked me if I could have a look at his Icon 12v bathroom fan over the weekend. It had been installed a few years ago with the "run on" timer module fitted. Previously it had run on for about 10 minutes after switching off the light but was now running indefinitely. He assumed that...

Thanks. I had seen this one among all the others available. It looks sturdy being brass. I'll give one a go.