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I've just serviced my Mountfield HP470 mower. I've replaced the blade, oil change, new air filter, new spark plug, new fuel primer, cleaned the carburetor (used brake cleaner spray), new diaphragm & gasket...but it's not running right. To be honest, it's pretty similar to how it was before...

Hi all, Just taken my old petrol mower out the shed for the new year! It's a Mountfield HP470. It starts fine, I just put in fresh fuel, but when it's running through motor seems to vary speed to the point of almost cutting out. Anyone know what would cause that? I left it running for about...

Hi all, Wondering if this is normal? See attached photo. I have quite a lot of squeaky floor boards in my house that seems to be where there's an unsupported join in the boards. You'll see from the photo that the boards are nailed to the joist, but the join isnt on the joists, it's about 100mm...

Hi all, I moved into a house with 2 bath/showers, all works fine except when you adjust the temperature the water never runs completely cold or completely hot. Any idea why that might be? See attached photo. The tap on the right switches between bath, wall shower and overhead shower (missing...

Hi all, Can anyone recommend suggestions on what i can do here? I'm replacing an old radiator in my house with a new one. The old radiator shut off valve is an imperial size (1" external - photo attached), then the tail from my new radiator is metric (15mm tail - photo attached). I'm...

Hi all, I’ve moved into a new house that has an open vented heating system, I’m looking or a bit of help understanding the system so I can isolate and drain the radiators ahead of swapping out a very old one. There’s large cold-water tank in my loft, plus another small one beside it. Is the...

Hi all, I've recently put down new grass seed on an area that I had run the tiller over in my garden. I think Ive spread the seed a bit too sparingly as not that it's coming up it looks pretty sparse! Photo attached. Can I just add more seed as it is? or do I need for this stuff to be...

Hi all, I'm being quoted about £2500 to install a dry ridge system on my pitched roof, approximately 15m long, reusing the original ridge tiles. The quote also includes some general repairs, a few broken tiles etc. Does that sounds reasonable? Cheers

Hi all, What are these boards called that are sagging/falling off in the photo? Sarking boards? It's been pretty damp in my loft previously which has caused it, the house is 40 years old but I just moved in last year. The chipboard sheets have dried out all bent now, so I don't think I'd be...

Hi all, My parents have just had a new boiler fitted, an vaillant ecotec plus 832 with a Honeywell home tr3 wireless room thermostat. My folks are elderly and struggling to get to grips with the room thermostat, opposed to the analogue 24hr timer that was on their old boiler. My dad just...

Morning all, I've worked up this morning to a steady leak on the pipework going into my Worcester GreenStar Ri boiler. Looking at the manual, it seems to be from a valve on the CH return pipe going into the boiler. Attaching a photo. There's a thumb screw on the valve, can anyone tell me what...

Hi, I'm in the midst of wall mounting my TV, and putting up some power sockets and the AV cables neatly on the wall behind the TV. It's a solid brick wall with insulated plasterboard on top, the insulation is hard against the brick without any gap. I was planning on running some...

Hi all, I bought some Resolva weed killer the other day and noticed it states certain dates it can be used between. Can anyone tell me why that is? Just curious really. Cheers Resolva must not be used between 18th September and the 1st April

Hi all, I'm looking for some pointers in finding a fault in a ceiling light at the top of my stairs. There are 2 switches + an intermediate switch (bottom of the stairs, top of the stairs & hallway). I tested with a voltmeter at all switches and the light itself and there's no power. Any...

Hi folks, I’m hoping someone can help me identify this faulty patio door, and/or provide some pointers for me to fix it. I moved into the house recently, there’s no documentation on the door but the lock is marked “fuhr infront”. The door seems to be out of alignment somehow as you have to...

Hi all, I'm putting in the base for a new metal yardmaster shed. The base will be 3x4m, I've dug 150mm down and I'm planning on having 100mm type 1 with 50mm slabs beded in cement. There's no rear access to my garden, accept through the house. As it is, I'm going to have to carry through all...

Hi all, I built decking in my back garden last summer and just over the last couple of months I’ve noticed a bit of a mould/mildew appearing on some of it. The boards were all pressure treated and I used cut end protector on anything I cut. The main deck itself has a decent run on it and...