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Right, now that I've solved the boiler pressure problem from the other thread on my own, all while you lot were probably still in your pits (I'm feeling pretty cocky and proud of myself!), I'll turn my attention back to what I was looking at my boiler for. I have underfloor heating on the...

Hi all, I went to check my boiler today, as I'm thinking of changing my thermostats, and noticed a puddle of water underneath it (photo with the big green circle mark up). It's leaking a water droplet every ~20-30 seconds. It's not the only issue that I've noticed in the last few months...

Hi all, I've already asked this question in the Garden section but it was part of a longer post. So I want to be specific. I have a fence that I need to treat but before treating it I need to clean it. However, I think I also need to find a way of cutting a couple of inches from the bottom...

Hi all, I've moved in to a house that needs the fence weatherproofing/painting. It's clearly not been done in a while but is still more than good enough to clean and repaint/weatherproof. I'd like some advice on a few points please: 1) See the attached photo of the fence (with a bit of the...

Hi all, I'm going to replace the six cylinder locks around my house and garden house with keyed alike cylinder locks. I just bought my first pair to try them on the garden house double doors but I can't seem to remove the existing cylinder lock. See the attached photos. I've watched a couple...

Hi all, My house have the sink plug types shown in the attached photos. I have a couple of blocked sink drains that Mr Muscle or a plunger hasn't resolved so I purchased a drain snake from Amazon. However, upon receiving it I realised that the head of the snake is too large to fit down my...

Hi all, I'm new to this forum and a DIY newbie so apologies if I'm not posting correctly. We've just purchased our first house and we moved in to a leaking bath tap. The leak happens with either the tap (correctly terminology?) or shower outlet and is dependant on whether the mixer part is...