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Hey guys, just a quick question, hope someone can advise Had a new consumer unit, and new sockets in the kitchen where the gas cooker, dishwasher etc go. All went ok, and had it plastered and painted it myself. After painting (i know i should have noticed before) i noticed that one of the...

Hey guys Our windows are old (20+ years) and desperately need replacing but with the financial situation as it is i need to get four or five more years out of them The upstairs window sill has always had wierd looking mortaring undernearth as if they plastered it over the brick but hasnt...

Hey all I got a financial interest in this property a year or so ago and have been trying to fix the various issues (so far have done roofing, new boiler, and done a lot of painting myself.) In our garage the gas supply branches off with a copper pipe going through the garage roof, i assumed...

Hey guys Today i replaced the flooring on the downstairs toilet, with vinyl tiles, i needed something cheap and it looks decent. The walls are not straight (wrong choice of plasterer) which resulted in some gaps and i sealed them with a hybrid silicone/polymer sealant. However the flooring...

Hey guys After having multiple kids growing up and falling asleep with bath running, and a couple of leaks in years gone by- our kitchen ceiling has been repaired (by me) a couple of times. It is looking like it needs painting and i think rather than DIY it, this time i would like the battered...

Hey all I am trying to fix a tonne of stuff on a 1970's house i recently got a financial interest in, but i do wonder if i am making things worse with the decisions i make! I was in the loft recently, and i noticed a touch of condensation (i did feel some air movement in the attic but not a...

Hey all just a quickie I have been paying a lot more attention to things since starting DIY, and was checking the main gas pipe leading to the meter About 3 feet up, above where the plastic ends i noticed these gouges, to be honest they may have been there 20 years! The gouge seems to go under...

Hi All I recently got a stake in a fairly old house (built 1979) that needs updating. Ive got several things sorted (roofing, plumbing) and some things ongoing (see thread about gas fire!) and the next job is to sort the electrics. There is an old wylex style fuse box in the garage, complete...

Hey all Many years ago we had a back boiler (20 years or so ago) - we switched to a combi and are now on our third combi but British gas left our gas fire and back boiler in situ and the back boiler pipes disconnected. The gas fire still worked (i was told by the plumber / gas engineer i asked...