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I should add there’s no signs of a leak from the bath, so it must have either had water run down the side of the bath, or just have happened over time from shower steam?

Hi there I’ve got a wall in my kitchen that has been experiencing signs of damp for a while at the top (see pictured). Directly above this is the bath. I’ve removed the front panel and discovered a gap between the floor tiles and the wall. The wall itself is also bare and exposed! I just...

Hi guys, Quick question about our combi boiler. This is a picture of the temperature knob: I just wondered what the section in the middle means. It is labelled 'Auto'. We don't have a thermostat connected to the boiler, is it something to do with that? If I turn the knob to the middle...

Hi guys, Looking for some help & advice on painting some chairs please. We have had these in the garage for many years: These have previously just been used as spare chairs for the garden during BBQ's etc, but I'm getting a house in a few month's time and am building a collection of...

Hello, My mother seems to have found the worst plumber in the world, and it's really getting her down, so I wanted to ask for some advice. Firstly, she called him back in April because our overflow pipe outside (from cold tank in loft) was dripping. She found a plumber in the yellow pages...

Hands off my dudley! She's mine :D Yeah, it's just coated plastic. But surely it still shouldn't do this?

Hello! Hope someone can help me here. We have been through about 3 toilet handles in the last year or so. I don't know what the problem is. The chrome rod inside that connects the handle to the inner workings keeps snapping. The actual rod seems to gradually 'twist' before it snaps. Here's...

I saw a documentary on the making of Kingda Car a little while ago. It's really fascinating to watch exactly how they make it. Although to be honest, it doesn't look like it'd be much more fun than ones we have in this country.

I'm not sure to be honest with you. I'm going up there shortly so I'll have a look and take a picture if I'm unsure. And our windows don't have vents or anything due to the way our house is heated. It is a small open plan house with just one gas heater downstairs. Really? How long after the...

Hi guys, We had out extra loft insulation laid several years ago now as part of a government grant. In recent years, we have suffered from damp in the top corners of our upstairs rooms. We had a plumber round the other day on a completely unrelated job (he was repairing our cold water tank in...

We usually have the heater serviced once every couple of years, this is what we used to be told was enough. But we'll get it checked over again soon, thanx for the advice.

Hello, We have an open plan house, with a spiral staircase, and we only have one gas heater that supplies the downstairs and the upstairs landing with heat. This is in our living room. The current heater was only installed about 3 years ago. The pipework underneath (Just a simple pipe that...

Ok thanx, I'll call in my local electrician. Don't suppose it'll cost much for such a simple job? Actually, I don't know anything about electrics, it's my friend who claims to know alot. Should have learnt from the time he fixed our water heater only for a plumber to later say his work could...

I'm in the process of boxing in some water pipes that run from the ceiling to the kitchen sink, but there's an old socket in the way at the top of the wall, which used to be used to power a window fan. How do I go about removing this socket? I asked a friend and he instructed me to remove the...

I have old colours in my house (as you can see above) with thick grey sleeving around all the wires, no sleeving around each wire. Is this typical with 1980's wiring?

Thankyou so much for your time and help, both switches work perfectly :lol:

Thankyou very much for your help! Works fine :) I just have one more question.. hope that you (or someone) can help.. I'm wanting to put a new light pull in my bathroom. The old one is as old as the house, has a filthy cord and you have to pull it several times before it'll come on...

Thankyou for your quick response Someone else told me to do it like this picture from another site shows: (Not questioning it atall, just for interests sake): Were they wrong, or is that for another type of setup?

Hope this helps:

It just has 2 switches, would you like me to unscrew it and take a picture of the wires inside?