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I have just managed to successfully unblock the drainage pipe of the washbasin in the bathroom - The flow was very sluggish and the sink went half-full / full every time you use it to wash eg your hands... It took me some strenuous efforts (plunger did not work) - I used a can of gas (the...

Guys How does one finish the end of the coving on the wall that leads up the staircase - ie how does one blend it in (I am not putting any coving parallel to staircase as it curves upwards? (i hope you see what I mean) Thanks

Guys I have bled 2 radiators which had air in, and recharged my WB 28i junior combi boiler to 1-1.5 as recommended. Everything's going well. I am however curious to know what may happen if the pressure of the boiler goes beyond a certain maximum eg >3psi. (Does excess pressure present a...

Hi all What are your views and experience of using polystyrene coving as compared with other types? Is it best to stick with plaster ones? I am more inclined to go for the former as it is lighter and possibly easier for a DIY novice like me to handle the work. Your wisdom is much...

Hi I have a wireless netgear router and a laptop which connects to it via a netgear stick. Also connected to it is my desktop pc via an ethernet cable. I am having problems with a 2nd laptop not connecting to the wireless network / router. It connects ie picks up the wireless signals...

Hi Guys I am baffled by a leak in one of my radiator valves. The radiator in the loft was on all winter - both valves opened, but it had air in there, so was not operating efficiently (I would say320-0%). I bled it last week-end and recharged the combi boiler - something new to me, but am...

I want to change a light switch plate from the usual white plastic one to a metallic one. I have read that the circuit earth cable should be connected direct to the metallic light plate instead of the switch box which is in the wall cavity. Is this right? Then, another earth coloured wire...

Guys Advice please re the above! My first instinct is to take out one of those plumbing / central heating insurance packages from eg British Gas Homecare. But I'd rather hire a local specialist (corgi engineers?) for the job to obtain a more personal service. The person also needs to...

Hi - There is laminate flooring in bathroom / toilet room, and the previous owner of this house I now live in has done a bad job with the laminate flooring at the edge of the toilet bowl. The flooring has not been cut properly around the bowl - ie it is not smooth all round plus there is a...

Hi Is it true that energy savings bulbs don't go with dimmer switches? I am wondering whether it is worth cconverting the dimmer switch into a normal one - idea being to save energy convert to ES bulbs if the answer to above is Yes. So, can you pls advise if less electricity is consumed...

Guys I am still learning about boilers and central heating system. My W Bosch 28i may need re-pressurising - a layman's educated guess? Please advise if you can: Pressure fine at 1 bar most of the time. In evening sometimes, it drops to just below it but always go back up to 1bar...

Hi Situation is: new house which we are still getting used to. Bulb on first floor landing is controlled by 2 switches, one on first floor and one on ground floor, near the entrance. It used to be 100W, but I switched to energy saving bulbs - first tried 75 W then 60 W. But I thought it...

Hi We are still discovering the ins and outs of this house we moved into a few months ago. Yesterday, for the first time, I set out to warm the converted loft up by openning the valves of the radiators, but they have remained cold - i.e no sign of them working. There was a noise when I...

Folks, Help pls. We\\\'ve just moved into a house with the above boiler system and it is taking some getting used to cf conventional boiler system. We have a bath with the usual bath taps which are interconnected with a shower system (hose, shower head and mixing system) for showering in...