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I'm staying at a relative's home, and she has a strange situation. The walls were stripped of their paper and redecorated some years ago. Now after some time, the paint has faded on the walls where I assume the cables were cut into the wall to supply the sockets. Please see attached pics. We've...

Hi, I've just replaced a kitchen worktop. Where it meets the wall, there is a gap of about 5mm (although up to 7mm in one place) between the top of the worktop and the tiles. So there's a bit of a gap to fill all along the back of the worktop. Is the best option to use tile grout to fill the...

Hi. I live in an upstairs flat, and it appears that my electricity supply comes first into the downstairs flat. From there, two cables run from where their meter is, via a metal tube, into the wall and up into my flat, where it enters the black box next to the meter (is that the cut out box?)...

I have an old shed, and someone in the past has covered the roof in a black polythene material. It seems to be fairly thick and durable, and seems to have adhesive on one side, in which case I assume it just sticks down easily. Does anyone know what this material is?

Hi all. My fence was a victim of the recent windy weather. I have time on my hands, so would like to fix this myself if I can, just need some advice on the best way about things. One post blew down, breaking at ground level. The post was way too tall to start with, so I can re-use it. I've sawn...

Hi all. In my kitchen I have a 3-way round spotlight fitting, working from a standard dimmer switch. It takes E27 R63 halogen spot bulbs. I have a number of questions: 1) I've already discovered to my cost that newer LED bulbs aren't compatible with the dimmer. I'm struggling to find a decent...

Right, this must surely be the most DIY of all DIY jobs. Can't believe I'm having to ask about this :-( I've got standard bathroom sink taps, just like the ones in this example video: I've popped the caps off, and undone the centre screw, but I can't get the heads off. They feel physically...

Hi guys. Not really sure where to post this, or if I'll get a reponse, but let's see! We had a wasps nest during the summer in our eaves. I foolishly didn't do anything about it as it wasn't really affecting us, but decided to let it die out naturally. Since the cold weather set in, I've been...

Hi all. I had to replace a very old rad recently in the bathroom. The new one (a Kudox premium single 600 * 1100) has been in for just 2 years, and has some awful corrosion (see picture). I only noticed this as the paint started falling off - which implies this has been happening for a fair...

Hi everyone. I've just installed a new Fantronix TT100T extractor fan, which is an inline type, in the loft. Everything's done, I (just) need to get it wired up. I'm pretty sure I'll be calling someone in to do this, but all the same I'm curious and like to understand what's going on, and would...

Hi all. I'm fitting a bathroom extractor fan, as see here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005KQ2UL6?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00 I fear I may have been premature, as I'm unsure I can now extract the air from the eaves as I'd planned; I didn't realise the eaves were so...

Hi guys, you will see from the attached images that we have a very weak mains water flow from our kitchen tap. It literally just piddles out, filling a kettle is painfully slow! It's been like this for years but gradually gets worse. A few years ago we had the boiler replaced, and the engineer...

Hi guys, my heating kit is as follows: - Worcester Greenstar boiler (around 3yrs old) - Drayton LP522 programmer Just recently, the heating isn't responding when I click the 'advance' button on the programmer. This has always worked fine until now. The programmer light comes on, but the...

Hi guys, I'm going to replace the bathroom radiator as the old one is corroding. It'll be a straight swap, like for like, to reuse the existing pipework I hope. The two pipes the come up from the floor are exactly 1200mm apart. The radiator itself seems to be 1120mm in width. I was assuming...

Hi all. We desperately need an extractor fan in our bathroom, and I'm just doing some research to find out what type of installation to go for. It's a top floor maisonette with a tradition timber framed pitched roof, and solid brick walls. So I guess the options are a) wall mounted fan...

Hi all. Some of the walls in my flat (which face North) really suffer from mould. The paint is ruined, and has to be scrubbed regularly with dettol or bleach to get rid of the horrible, smelly black mould that appears. I'm going to redecorate these walls, and am looking at using Ronseal...

Hi everyone. Please see attached photos. My kitchen sink has a component which links the surface drainer to the main waste below. The connection of this black plastic component to the steel sink has corroded, and is now leaking slowly. Photo 1: The component showing the corroded...

Hi everyone. Just having a new washing machine installed, and seem to have disturbed an existing connection where the water supply isolation valve is. Please see image: Dampness is appearing where the red line points to. Not drips, but enough dampness to concern me - I wouldn't want to...

Hi all. I've noticed recently water is streaming from on overflow that extends out of the eaves from the loft. The pipe looks like it's coming from the cold water tank - but the bottom of it, rather than the top, so it doesn't look like an overflow as such. We've recently had a new boiler...

Hi all. More poor old Suprima has been condemned... time for a replacement :( I have two options: 1) I once bought a spare second hand for parts, same model, which was good as new and has been in the loft. This could be used to directly replace the existing. Just needs to be...