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I have metallic-look Amtico tiles, not sure of the type, but their edges have a slight bevel which after a few years is looking very black - part shadow, part trapped dirt. I've heard that grout isn't that successful, could anyone tell me a suitable solution other than scraping tile by tile &...

I have metallic-look Amtico tiles, not sure of the type, but their edges have a slight bevel which after a few years is looking very black - part shadow, part trapped dirt. I've heard that grout isn't that successful, could anyone tell me a suitable solution other than scraping tile by tile &...

Any advice or suggestions please? I've belt-sanded the floorboards in a small bedroom back to mostly clean bare wood (planks are a little uneven so a few smoothed but darker spots). I want to get a white-ish, washed out effect with hopefully not too much effort! Due to work I can only fit...

I'm slowly losing the plot. I have genuine Hotpoint/Indesit part C00065463 drum lifter. The locking tab bends sideways so I have to push it down to slot the paddle in, but how do I lift it back up? It's now under the paddle!! I simply cannot see how to do this, unless there is a special...

I've had a few quotes that mention this model, but it seems ridiculously priced - £440 Anyone know why its so cheap?

Not sure if this fits here but it's like plumbing so I'll give it a go. I have just visited an offfice, they have an 18 year old Daikin aircon, never been cleaned or AFAIK serviced (still got R22 in it). And it stinks. I had a look inside, the fan assembly is caked with crap & mold, but...

I'm not sure if this post fits here but I'll give it a go. I have a small room with 3 machines running very hot (a compressor, suction unit & a desktop autoclave). No noxious emmisions are present but the room can rise to about 34C & intefers with other kit in there. I was assuming a...

I have an old Menvier TS800 alarm system, monitired by ADT. Recently the cleaner accidently set it off and I couldn't reset by typing in response codes. ADT sent an engineer, who typed in a few numbers, all done. Charged me £150 for the visit. Am I being ripped off? or is it genuinely...

Okies, I've never fitted one of these, but I have a noisy machine room near my office & the door is constantly being left open. The door is a simple glazed internal Wickes affair in an architraved frame, & wall is a plasterboard partition. I want to fit a closer that will close it...

I'm sure this has been asked a million times but I cannot find a clear answer. I have one roof aerial, supplying front room TV. Other TVs in the house use small indoor aerials, & whilst reasonable for analogue, useless for DTV, even with a signal booster. Running cables isn't an option...

I need to paint a small room tomorrow, white matt emulsion, walls & ceiling only, I can only get to B&Q/Homebase/Wickes, any recommendations? It only needs to last a couple of years, and 2 coats max (one would be FAR better) are all I can manage. I see I can spend anywhere from £5 to £40...

Can any really experienced gasperson guide me on this one? I have a 14 year old Turbomax VUW282E which over the years has had a number of new parts. It is now suffering from it's favorite fault, no hot water. But this time it's intermittent and random - 5 British Gas engineers have not...

I had my old Vaillant combi & 8 rads professionally powerflushed 8 weeks ago, & Kamco Systemsafe DM was added. A fair bit of crud was removed, especially during the final SDS hammering stage! All rads left toasty & silent. For the past few weeks I've noticed a fair bit of gas (not hydrogen)...

After much faffing I have had my system properly powerflushed, then Kamco DM added. All very nice, much quieter & hotter rads, boiler still noisy but tolerable. I want to do my bit for prevention, but I do not know whether to add a Magnaclean or Hydroflow. I understand how Magnaclean works...

I've been putting off fitting some 'normal' self closing Blum-type hinges on my home-built MDF cabinet & inlay doors for fear of ruining them with a forstner bit. Does anyone know if it would be adviseable to use surface mounted hinges (which I have only just discovered) or will the doors...

Can anyone guide me? I was about to replace a defective flexible flushpipe, but see that the bottom outlet for the cistern is 50mm, but I can only find 40mm end flushpipes. I havent been able to talk to Grohe & have to get it fixed before next week!

At work we have an old TS800 alarm system. A few months back it was set incorrectly and need a remote reset. I called ADT, & they sent an engineer, who was here for about 1 minute. This cost £140.00 I queried this as in the past they were able to give response codes & got it all sorted...

Last night the kitchen ceiling began to collapse! I duly identified that when I flush the lav, (clean) water appears on the floor - & has been doing so for many weeks, but all is boxed in so has gone unnoticed. My task tonight is to remove the boxing so I can access the back of the bowl &...

Is this true or just a scam to avoid showing the customer the perfectly good part that's taken out, or maybe to take it back for refurb? I asked for my old HE to be left: "Sorry mate, I'll be disciplined (ooer) if I do that". Or am I paranoid? :shock:

After a frustrating 6 weeks of unreliable HW, British Gas have this time not fiddled with my DV microswitch again, but have decided I need a new heat exchanger. My system has always had Fernox protector/silencer, with DS40 descaling every 3-4 years. Maybe I should have powerflushed? What...