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A couple of days ago our washing machine, a Hoover Quattro 1300 AE230 started making a loud noise when draining and today it failed to drain completely. I drained it through the filter and cleaned the filter but could not see any obvious blockage. There is a small propellor in the pump hatch...

I am carrying out a renovation of my living room and it is essential that I remove the rads to get behind them. Rather than draining the whole system I want to just drain and remove the radiator. I have read the guides and understand that I must seal off the lock valve open the bleed...

I am in the process of removing an old gas fire place from our first floor maisonette. I have removed the fire itself after having it disconnected by a corgi engineer and revealed what looks to be an original fireplace, however, I am left with a horrid large concrete slab in the middle of the...

My living room currently has one ceiling light which operates on a two way switch. I have had a look in the switches and It has the following wires: Switch 1: 2 twin and earth cables, one with 2 red and earth, the other with 1 red, 1 blue and earth. Switch 2: 1 twin and earth with 1 red...

I have recently had central heating fitted. In the living room which we are renovating next I forgot to tell the engineer that we are planning on having slightly higher skirting in the new room so he has surface mounted the pipes from the rads just above the old one (a crappy ex council...

I had a new shower fitted around 2 months ago, the shower is an Ideal Standard Trevi. It has started to make a whistling noise; this is not all the time and continues when I remove the shower head. Could anyone shed any light on what this could be? Thanks

I have just bought some low volgtage cabinet downlights that have a transformer. They come with a plug to be attached to the mains. The flex is not log enough, so rather than using an extention I would like to cut the plug off and extend the flex (maybe including a switch) and add the plug...

With all the new regulations relating to the part P legislation electricians must be making a killing!! All I read is that if I do a certain job myself I have to get it certified, but how much do electricians actually charge to come out and inspect, say a new ceiling rose and issue a certificate??

Hi I am replacing a single ceiling rose with 3 halogen downlights. The downlights have a transformer, with a single connection block consisting of a live and neutral that needs to be connected. How do I connect these to the existing ceiling rose? Do I need to replace the ceiling rose...

I am going to replace a ceiling rose with spot lights in one of my bedrooms and a hall. Firstly, do I have to notify this work and have it certified? What do people recommend, spotlights that require transformer or downlights that run directly off the mains, I assume that the latter are...

I am completing the laminate in my hall way and have got to the last row(around 2.5 metres in length). I have cut under the doorway to slide the last piece in place, and plan to trim off the teeth on the joints and glue them together so that I can slide the last piece in horizontaly. This...

I am in the middle of laying a laminate and was wondering what the best method is for cutting the bottoms of the door frames away to slide the floof underneath. Some of the parts are difficult to saw so should I use a chisle? or is there any power tool that would be usefull??

I am looking to run an internet network cable and a television cable into a room, the problem is due to a change of plan I have already decorated it, with skirting and plaster coving already in place. Is there any way that I can run the cables into the room from the loft and out of a wall...

I would like some idea of what to expect cost wise for doing the following so I don't get ripped off. I would like to move my toilet about 70cm into the corner of the bathroom, it is at the moment sort of in the middle of the room. Currently the waste pipe come out of the floor, I would like...

This may sound a stupid question, but how many adapters should be plugged into a socket, I recently saw a four socket adapter plugged in, with a triple adapter plugged into that at a friends house. A total of 7 items plugged in. Is this safe??

I have just used lining paper in one of my rooms which was a 1000 grade paper and painted it, I am happy with the results but the walls were quite good in the first place. I am going to do another room where the walls are not quite as good. What grade is generally best for painting over? Will...

I have just bought a house and the previous owner had removed some airvents under the windows in the bedrooms. Well they have not actually removed them, rather just filled the cavity with some plaster or something. This looks rather ugly internally as it is a big lump of plaster in circular...

I am going to have a new suite fitted in the bathroom in a house that I have just bought. The toilet at the moment appears to have a downpipe that comes out of the floor. Do I need to buy a special toilet for this? I have been looking around on the internet for suites and have come across a...

I am replacing a plastic light switch with a metal one, it is a one way switch. I have opened up the old switch and there are 2 red wires and an earth. The new lights switch that I have has Com, L1 and L2. Where should I put the wires? On the old switch one of the wires goes into a socket...