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I have a acquired an old retro Austin suite wardrobe which is lovely but needs a bit of TLC. It has some scratch marks on it (see pic) and some marks which have taken the veneer off. I'm not sure what wood it is, possibly teak with varnish over it. What is the best way to remove the...

we recently had a new bathroom fitted, since then the hot water from the taps in bathroom/ kitchen keeps running out. i had a look at the cold water tank in the airing cupboard and the water level was really low so i thought i would try and fill it up again, but the ball cock was hanging in mid...

I want to put some LED down lighters in my bathroom and just wondered if anyone could recommend anywhere to buy them from as Ive never bough them before. Also how much typically do they cost and what sort of area does one light cover? Cheers,

We are having our bathroom done shortly and are on the look out for some new taps, but i'm a bit unsure on the whole pressure thing. I have read that for every metre that the taps are below the water tank this provides 0.1 bar of pressure. however we have a water tank in the airing cupboard...

i am planning on replacing a radiator with a HTR. However the existing pipes that come up through the floorboards are only about 8mm dia. all of the valves i have seen are 15mm. any advice on how i go about installing it? thanks

We have a mira shower currently attached to a mosaic tiled wall. We are having the bathroom re tiled and I just wondered the best way of tiling around the shower unit. Is it best to remove all tiles behind the shower unit and re tile behind it or is it best to remove all tiles up to the shower...

Our lights went off last night, there was like a popping sound which sounded like it came from the halogen bulbs in the kitchen now none of the lights work in the whole house. we have really old fuse boxes under the stairs and after the lights blew one of them had turned itself off. i checked...

I have a burglar alarm which I wish to diconnect, however every time i try to tamper with it, it goes off. The noise comes from the siren on the stairs and not from the box on the house outside. How can I disconnect it for good? Thanks in advance

i have noticed recently that there is water dripping (not an excessive amount) from between the toilet pan waste outlet and the waste extension pipe. the toilet has been in place for about 2 years and has only just started happening. any ideas what the problem could be?

whenever i run the cold tap in the kitchen and bathroom, the pipes make a really strange noise which is difficult to explain. i can stop the noise by flushing the toilet or running the taps really powerfully. i have been told it might be air stuck in the pipe but i am not sure. any advice...

how do you check the central heating pressure and also how do you alter it?

The reset light on the boiler is on (solid green). How do I go about resetting the boiler as the instructions for the boiler are useless! Any help would be much appreciated.

I noticed yesterday that all the houses in our row there does not appear to be any lintels across wondows/doors and the bricks are all laid flat across gaps. Is there any explanation for this as i thought the bricks would have been laid the opposite way to distribute the load evenly? There...

just laid a laminate floor in the kitchen. went to put the beading down around the plinths at the bottom of the units and it wont stick. tried using silicone but it keeps popping off. any ideas what i could use. thanks

I am about to put down some flooring in my kitchen/diner. the existing floor is floorboards which are quite sturdy. On the instructions for the flooring it says to put plywood down first, however a joiner cam round and said we dont have to, you can buy some decent quality underlay and that...

Where i want the spindles to be is currently taken up by a solid sheet of plywood that has just been painted. i want to take this out and replace with wooden spindles, (leaving the newell post and hand rail in position) any ideas how i would go about doing this?

I am putting an internal doorway in my house but there is a plug socket in the way. how would you go about moving the plug socket along the wall a few feet? Is it difficult? thanks in advance.

Just wondered how you would go about laying new flags over the top of an existing concrete patio. Is it a nightmare?

I know you wont be able to give me an exact figure but roughly what will it cost to put the wiring in for an upstairs shower including RCD and issue of part P cert. The fuse box is under the stairs.

We will be having an electric shower fitted but also need the full bathroom re plastering. Does the shower need to be plumbed in and wired up before plastering or doesn't it really matter?