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Turned stop tap off about 1 hour ago to replace tap on bathroom sink. Turned water back on but now my STOP TAP is dripping/leaking at a rate of 1 pint in 3-4 mins (I have a pint jug under it so thats how I know!) Not done the obvious (which is to turn it off) as my washing machine is running...

Any music I play or anything I listen to on-line seems to play at a slower rate at times and also with skips/misses (like the comedian who used to pretend he had a faulty mic a fair few years ago!) Also while music is playing my screen freezes and I'm unable to go to next page etc. :x Any...

Hi all, Glossed hall/landing/stairs about 2 week ago,then papered and emulsioned. Just realised today that where I had forced emulsion inbetween some pipes (as that was the only way to get to it!) I have daubed paint all over the skirting and it keeps looking at me!! I knew I had done this at...

I have almost got my landing window cill down to the bare wood after using paint stripper and scrapers. I can see what appears to be a translucent almost pinky looking stuff. Does it sound familiar to anyone? I was thinking primer. If so how could I remove it as I want to stain/varnish the...

Hi, My sis has a washing machine crisis. When she puts it on a program to wash, it has recently started ok but then seems to stick in the one place,dial refuses to budge any further. She is then manualy turning the dial to get it on to the next stage. Can anyone help?.... a) because I...

This weekend I stripped the hall/landing/stairs walls. As I stripped the landing I found that the walls n ceiling had been painted at the same time in a colour I don't know! So peeling the paper off then carried on to the ceiling so I assumed that the ceiling had been papered with lining...

I have put this in the builder section because I would like to know about the ceiling as I have never had this problem in any other house I have lived in! This weekend I stripped the hall/landing/stairs walls. As I stripped the landing I found that the walls n ceiling had been painted at the...

Aaarrrggghhh! Up till 5 minutes ago I was painting the hall ceiling and covered the floor as I moved round. But like a dummy I moved the ladder and unknowingly I dragged the sheet with the (full)paint tray and it has poured on the floor!!! Rented house with carpet (not new but WAS in good...

Not sure what the actual name for these things are. I will call them 'thing' if unsure! The 'thing' outside my house that all my water goes into. Well I have my washer,sinks and bathwaste and also rain water from gutter going to it. Well the water is constantly above the metal grid (is...

Not sure what the actual name for these things are. I will call them 'thing' if unsure! The 'thing' outside my house that all my water goes into. Well I have my washer,sinks and bathwaste and also rain water from gutter going to it. Well the water is constantly above the metal grid (is that...

Moved into a rented house pre-xmas. Just had a word with landlord/lady about extra sockets in kitchen. Brought it up in conversation rather nicely-as they are friends of mine! The kitchen is about 10" by 6",which is small but I still need to house all my 'bits' in there! Got Fridge...

Hi,been sneaking on here for DIY tips and have decided to become a member. Moved into an awful rented house (has potential but single mum-money tight!!) My next project is the hall,stairs and landing. The first problem will be that there is 3 layers of wallpaper which really annoys me!! An...