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Can anybody help? A neighbour has a Bosch Classixx Dishwasher SRS43C32GB/01 Type SD1301B with a leaking drain pipe. Pipe has a small cut in it which I reckon has been there from Day 1. Machine is about 5 years old but has been only lightly used. Anyway, I have got the correct replacement hose...

I would appreciate help with a query concerning the need or otherwise for a perimeter expansion gap with parquet flooring. I intend laying parquet (280x70x10 without T/G) flooring in my hall. It's a suspended floor. The plan is: Remove any highpoints on existing floorboards and ensure all...

I would appreciate any help with this question: I have been advised that with an undermounted sink, if a waste disposal unit is fitted then it may need additional support. Has any member had any experience of this situation and/or can they advise the best way to provide the additional support?

I am hoping to lighten the woodwork in an 1920's house. The doors, skirtings etc are currently dark and look to have been stained and/or varnished. All surfaces are sound and dry. My plan is to end up with an off-white top coat, probably Dulux Quick Dry Satinwood (water-based). Having looked...

I am in the process of replacing the drum bearing on my Hoover A3294 washing machine. Does anybody know the procedure for torquing up the centre bolt? How are the shim and torquing washer used? Many thanks in advance.

Would two 50W 12V downlighters fed from one transformer (240V input, 12V output, 65VA output power) meet safety regs? Thanks

I am proposing to replace four individual, ceramic, 300mm x 300mm, floor tiles on the conservatory floor because of hairline cracks. Although cracked, they are very firmly fixed (tile cement onto a concrete slab). The joint grout is as ‘hard as iron’. I am worried about two things (at least!)...

Does anyone know whether it is OK (i.e. not poisonous) to use silicone grease to lubricate the ceramaic internals of a monobloc kitchen tap?