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I've seen this topic elsewhere, but no replies, so hoping I might get better luck! I have classic steel Crittal windows in the main bays of my 1921-built house. As we all know, they look lovely, but they are now slightly warped and in cold weather with recent energy prices have probably...

Evening everyone, hope yo are all okay. After a few googles I'm hoping a guru on here will easily spot what I'm doing wrong with the light switch I've just changed. I've done plenty of electrics in the past with no problem, but getting a bit rusty now clearly. A lamp blew and zapped the dimmer...

This isn't actually a screw-up yet, but might become one. I decided to save money by using type 3 OSB for a decking as it's going to be covered with fake grass so won't be seen. After a bit of reading I thought that type 3 was waterproof rather than just water-resistant, but an experienced mate...

Can I tap someone's experience or professional knowledge here? I'm mounting decking joists using BPC steel face-mounted hangers. They can be fixed with 8 x 3.75mm twist nails or 2 x M12 high tensile bolts. Any experience or recommendations on which is better? Thanks

Since - like many - our summer holidays were all cancelled this year, I had a moment of madness after chatting with a mate and ordered a hot-tub. Was amazed to find a number of retailers out of stock, they are apparently having the best year ever as I'm not the only one with this idea. So much...

Hi everybody and a Happy New Year to everyone. I'm starting a new project to floor the loft space of the house. We've done a good loft conversion but there is an area with a floor space of around 4m x 3.6m which can't be usefully converted into a room, but will make an ideal hobby space or den...

Redoing the kitchen and plasterwork at the moment and have just removed some cabinet carcasses. I've always wondered where the stopcock was and I found it behind some units. Boxed in by previous owners and completely inaccessible. However, the nightmare is that it seems to be leaking. Not a lot...

I live in a 3-storey house with an open vented system, fitted prior to our arrival 3 years ago. It's a standard open system, but we've had leaks and problems over the last year (it's a mix of plastic and copper, push-fit and solder, metric and imperial....) so the bottom line is that I am...

Hello All, After my experience with a leaking RM cylinder (see other thread!) I have decided to replace the new (defective) cylinder with a more expensive unit, taking the opportunity to get a slightly larger tank with a decent warranty. I am still in the midst of research, but can anyone let...

Hello all, silly question here but pls advise. As it's almost Christmas, the heating has to go on the blink of course. Just had the boiler done a couple of weeks ago but today we've noticed a bit of damp ingress has now become a full-on drip. Got about the bathroom cupboard and checked all...

Hey @mrcrow, the ceiling looks good. Very pro! I am about to do the ceiling in my garage, and have been thinking about different options. Could you give me an idea of the cost roughly of the frames and tiles necessary to do that ceiling? I was thinking about pine cladding with recessed LV LED...

My garage at the moment is completely basic, just a concrete floor, brick walls and a timber roof. It's full of boxes of stuff, a couple of bikes, and well... you know the score. So I've decided to put a ceiling in and floor it so that I can use storage above, and tidy up the ground level for...

Hello All, After a power cut in my garage conversion (done some 10+ years ago by the owners-before-previous) and an examination into the electrics, I discovered a right disaster, posted elsewhere for others' general amusement...

Sitting on the PC today, just about to start a game of tanks. Sunday morning, just had breakfast, kids all playing happily... lovely. PC dies instantly, lights go off. I mutter "oh *******s" and wander through to tell them all there's been a power cut. But there hasn't. TV is on okay, and wife...

Hi everyone, and sorry in advance for a stupid question. Converting the lighting in my garage, from an ancient "high-efficiency" 25W bulb that couldn't light a doll's house to two rows of 5 x 2.5W high output LED clusters mounted into wooden lightboxes that I made up myself. They look quite good...

Hello all, I hope you don't mind me returning to the forums after many months with a question and search for advice. The title says it all. I'll try and be brief, but it's difficult. 1. There was a small chimney and "chinese hat" sticking through my roof, mortared into the old chimney stack. A...

Guys, I've had continual trouble with a Grohe concealed flush unit. After some advice from this forum, I took it out, gave it a clean up and refitted, which worked for a few months. The problem then was the flush v/v not sitting down properly. Now, it's passing again, and nothing I do...

Having problems with my newly-fitted concealed Grohe flush. After flushing, water continues to pour into the bowl. On checking, there is a cylindrical plastic tube which, if I press it quite lightly, sits down another couple of millimetres and stops the passing water. Its an air flush, so if I...

Having problems with my newly-fitted concealed Grohe flush. After flushing, water continues to pour into the bowl. On checking, there is a cylindrical plastic tube which, if I press it quite lightly, sits down another couple of millimetres and stops the passing water. Its an air flush, so if I...

I am about to have my original 1930's steel-framed windows replaced. I believe they are original Crittals. Anybody know if there's any value in the old windows? They are in generally very good condition, all closing and opening, with minimal distortion. Some are overpainted, but that's all...