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Hey Had a leak under the bath, turns out its water spouting from a little outlet on the waste pipe. There's a rubber bung that had popped out, though it seats very loosely so no seal. I'm sure it's simple, but what's this hole for? Can't see it on any other pipe images online, and not sure...

Hey guys, would you be kind enough to take a look at this please? I've had an extension to my kitchen, and there are some pretty fundamental cock-ups that I'm looking to either get fixed or compensated for. The main one is that the 'plumber' decided to hook our kitchen radiator up to the hot...

Hi I have a bespoke kitchen door cut and ready to go onto the cabinet for my tumble dryer. It has to be pivot/slide as it needs to be open when the machine is in use for air cycling, and I don't want a big door just sitting open. I've researched in huge depth, but can't quite grasp enough...

Hi All I'm close to the end of a pretty successful extension, but there are a few bits and pieces I'm uncomfortable tackling my builder on without a bit of background knowledge. Specifically, the 'boxing in' of the cistern in our cloakroom isn't quite finished as it'll have a cupboard on...

Hi Currently I have my main phone socket with various splitters and microfilters which gives me my phone line, alarm phone line, plus 3 broadband cables to PS3, router and Sky. It all works a treat, but it looks like an modern art Lego installation, and the protrusion on the wall is now a...

Hi All I have a long standing and impossible-to-explain-factually problem whereby using any appliance in my loft en-suite creates a nasty smell in the kitchen. However, I'm not looking for answers to this in this forum as it's too difficult to explain and troubleshoot remotely. All obvious...

We have a loft bathroom, and whenever we use any of the facilities... flush, sink or shower, it creates a bad smell around the rest of the house. We have a Saniflo Pro, but have had it checked by a plumber and there is no fault there. We've also had it checked for leaks. I didn't think the...

Hi Can anyone offer any advice or tips for reversing fridge doors with electrics in them? I have a Hotpoint FF200T, if that helps. Nothing in the instruction manual... Many Thanks Andy

Hi All Just had a loft conversion completed, and only now I've decorated can I see that all the light switches and sockets appear a really nasty dark grey colour. Has anyone seen these before? My contract states white sockets, but I'm not sure whether these are actually grey sockets, or...

I'm looking for professionals who can remove plaster back to the original brickwork and restore it. It's internal and only a small area on one wall. Does anyone have any tips who to search for? Many thanks Andy

Hope someone can help, please. We've had a problem with overflowing guttering/downpipe, which is now repaired, but it has revealed a gap under our UPVC patio doors, as when the surplus water was pooling outside the doors, it was finding a way in between the render and the base of the door...

Apologies if I'm not supposed to be using the forum for this, but I'm looking for a top-notch carpenter to build me some shelving and cabinets either side of my living room chimney stack. Shelves for books and DVDs, and cabinet at the bottom as storage on one side, and as TV, video etc storage...

Hi - I need advice before I get a spark in to help, please. My upstairs bedroom sockets failed last night. The rest of the upstairs and house is fine, it's just all the sockets in one room. There are no tripped switches, and the sockets are all on one upstairs circuit according to the circuit...

I recently hired a professional to lay solid oak wood flooring throughout oour ground floor level, and after around 7 weeks, a long section has warped massively, bowing up like a volcano about 3 to 4 inches high. The 'pro' has proved reluctant to come and address the issue. After one visit...

I've just had a solid oak floor laid, and will have a fireplace delivered shortly. The question is, can I lay the granite hearth on top of the wood flooring? I would guess it would have less stability than a solid floor, but it would be a huge issue to have to cut out the wood to accomodate the...

A couple of weeks ago we came home to discover a terrible smell which we thought was gas - it was like rotten eggs. We called out someone who confirmed there was no gas leak. Today, we have the awful smell again, and this time I've tracked it down to a pipe that is part of our Mega Flo water...

I've just moved in to a new home, and my kitchen has space for a dishwasher. However, the depth is exactly 60cm, and there is a pipe present at the back running across the space. I understand dishwashers have a depth of 60cm, but would the recess for inlet/waste papes also allow the machine to...