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We have some new fangled flushing system on our toilet that came with the house, basically it looks like some kind of vaccum set up where you push a button on the front of the cystern and air pressure operates some kind of diaphragm...sorry for the poor description, anyway just lately I've...

Buddy of mine wants a hand to build a couple of brick peers(piers?) to support a five bar wooden gate,they(the peers) are going to be around 6ft tall so pretty substantial,he is of the opinion that a "tower" 2 bricks by 2 bricks will suffice with nothing in the middle except a 9" square hole!I...

Due to a number of problems we've had with our gas hob we are thinking of replacing it with a leccy one,as it will need a 30A supply can the new hob be wired into the same supply as the existing oven and to make it even easier can I just run a loop from where the cable connects into the back of...

I will try and explain what's happening and maybe someone can point me in the right direction. We have a mixer valve for the hot water on our bath,below that is a single rotary tap/valve to turn the water on/off, the temperature is regulated by the mixer, above the mixer is another rotary...

She keeps on about when I'm going to fix our dribbling kitchen tap so off I go to the local hardware shop and get a selection of tap washers... it's 5 minute job right? None of the washers fit! Maybe I should say at this point,the tap is a swan neck pedestal type,so back out to the not so local...

Mother-in-law has just had a room skimmed and asked me how long to leave it to dry before she can paint it(don't know why she didn't ask the plasterer when he was doing it)...any ideas guys?

My pressure washer(Karcher) has started acting up,when it is connected to both water and electric but not actually pumping i.e resting but still "on", the pump keeps giving little pulsating bursts about every 10 secs,also when it is pumping the actual pressure is down quite a bit. Mains house...

Whats the general concensus on laser guided compound/mitre saws?are they worth having?I recently bought one,albeit a cheapish one,and the laser failed after the first days use,got a replacement without any problems and that failed after half a day,thing is do I pursue it and get another one or...

Spent large part of the weekend putting up Christmas decs as apparently "it's officially Christmas", typically Ive got some lights not working,it just seems the bulbs have gone but can't seem to find anywhere that does replacements,they are 24v3w pygmy type bulbs,just wondered if anyone else had...

I want to stick some 25mm sheets of jablite insulation to the inside my(wooden) garage roof,roof is made of OSB and as the jablite is, as we know, polystyrene so I'm not sure what to use to fix it to the roof,obviously it has to be solvent free or it will "melt" the jablite,have tested a bit...

Bought a (new)gas blowtorch at an auto jumble now I'm not sure what sort of gas cylinder I need,is all cylinder gas the same despite the varying makes,Calor,Flo-gas etc I have a large,15kg Calor cylinder that I want to swap for a smaller more portable 3.9kg does anyone now if thats possible?i.e...

I know only the basics about electrics so excuse my ignorance, for some reason the RCD on our consumer unit has started tripping, all kinds of odd times of the day and night,we've had nothing done to the house electrics recently except changed a couple of bulbs,rang a sparky friend of mine he...

Got two redundant Chimneys in our house, both have been boarded up and decorated over,reading some of the threads on here,should these chimneys be vented somehow?

I'm halfway through reinstating a downstairs fireplace which was previously closed up with board across the chimney opening with the main hearth left but with sides and back plastered smooth. Had the chimney swept and smoke tested and all is ok,we want to use one of those cast iron fire baskets...

Recently bought a 2 stroke powered brush cutter off e-bay only to find all the instructions are in German! Can anyone advise me about the best way to mix the petrol/oil to run the motor,think it takes 25:1 which doesn't mean a lot to me,I'm guessing 25 parts petrol to 1 part oil which doesn't...

I have a PIR operated floodlight in our back garden that seems to have a mind of it's own! When you are in the garden,in the dark, and pass in front of the PIR the light comes on and then goes off as it should. But if you turn the light on manually from inside the house it goes on and off for...

Just moved into a Victorian semi which has recently(within 18mths) had all the facias and soffits replaced with PVC,also the previous owner had the loft, supposedly, professionally re-insulated, looking up at the house the other day and I noticed there are no vents in the soffits,is this the...

Going to make a bit of a lean-to at the back of my garage,using some old corrugated plastic roofing sheets that I have lying about, problem is they are a bit too long so I want to trim them but the plastic seems very brittle,whats the best way to cut it accross the corrugated sections,is it too...

Recently lined my timber garage with 9mm ply and whilst I was at it, I stuck a load of 100mm polystyrene Jablite sheets in between the upright "joists" to try and keep it a bit warmer in winter, having read a few threads on here am I right in thinking I should've put up some kind of vapour...

Want to paint my concrete garage floor top prevent it continually "dusting" but as its only been down for a month not sure how long I should wait?some paint manafacturers say a month and some say several months,also how necessary is it to apply a sealer prior to painting,I've painted a couple of...