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Hi, I have an oldish Wickes own brand jigsaw and have just blunted the last of the blades I bought years back. I bought a new lot of blades today and while it says they fit the Wickes jigsaws and numerous other brands, they don't fit my saw. Am I being an idiot or did Wickes change the...

Hi, My wife and I have fallen in love with the look of American Black Walnut and we really want to use it in our new kitchen. However, finding a reliable seller is proving to be difficult as pretty much every company says that only they are selling legit walnut and everyone else isn't. I...

Hi, We are going to be installing new kitchen cupboards and the cabinets have arrived all made up. The sink unit, while sturdy, is slightly unlevel. The top is level but the sides are very slightly off making the door appear a little uneven. If you push the cupboard to the side a little...

Hi, I'm in the process of redoing my kitchen. I'm planning on getting an electrician in shortly to sort out new sockets/isolators for all the appliances. I'm also planning on installing under tile warming which I will get the electrician to connect. Question is, can I get on and lay the...

Hi, We have the incoming electricity supply to our flat (and the flat upstairs) currently running directly through OUR hallway and into a cupboard accessible from the shared hallway which contains the two meters and upstairs's CU. We have two issues. One, we would dearly love to get rid...

Having resigned myself (and the better half) that we have to have our new combi boiler installed in the new kitchen we are planning (was hoping to re-site but looks like that is impossible), I was hoping to find a boiler that won't look TOO bad as part of a modern, high-gloss kitchen. Having...

Hi, I'm having a survey done on Thursday to check the likelyhood of being able to have a condensing combi boiler installed in a cupboard under the stairs. The only issue I can see is that of the condensate drainage. There is no practical way of connecting to an internal waste pipe and the...

Excuse the vague/non-specific post. I wife and I are planning to have our kitchen renovated and the old boiler/tank within replaced with a modern combi good enough to heat a 2 bedroom flat. We really don't want to have the boiler on show but have heard bad things about siting boilers like...

I bought a lot of Wickes Torus pine skirting board a good while ago. I was planning to fit it a soon as I bought it but because of numerous reasons I've only recently had time to get round to it. It has been stored flat and in my house since. My problem is that every single piece of...

Hi, where can I get corner beading for the walls of my bay window? The external angle is greater than 90 degrees so I'm guessing I can't use the standard beads like I have purchased before from wickes. I believe beading designed for wider angles exists but I have no idea where to get it from...

Hi, I am planning on replacing my car in the next fe months but my current car ('96 Renault Megane) has developed a problem. I need the car to last a while longer but don't really see the point in paying to have it fixed. Hopefully one of you guys may know what is causing the problem and if...

Hi, I'm planning taking down a stud wall between my bathroom and lounge which will be replaced by longer stud wall with an area to fit a shower within the bathroom. I have taken the plasterboard off the wall already and it is simply a timber stud wall with no re-enforcments as within it...

I'm about to start work on completely refitting my bathroom. As part of this I will be taking down and replacing the ceiling, replacing the existing lighting installing a shower light/extractor and changing the location of the outside lightswitch. When I say 'I', I mean that I will be...

I have bought a flat with what looks like a very old Ideal Classic LXFF Boiler and a Grundfos UPS 15-50 pump. I recently drained the system to replace some leaking pipework but I'm now having problems getting the system to fire up again. I thought I would go through what is happening in case...