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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hello, We have 2 light switches in our living room. One controls the living room and upstairs hallway lights, and the other switch controls the living room light also. So basically, what we should have is a 2-way double switch for the living room and hall, and a single 2-way switch for the...