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Hi My oven elements keep blowing and I don,t know exactly why.I must admit I do buy cheap elements instead of the real thing.Sometimes they last for 3 months or the last one a week.Could I be getting the wiring wrong.The elements have 2 double spade connectors on them.And the oven has 2 wires...

Thanks a lot.Found some on the internet. Can't find the connector block though.The light fits in a metal casing that seems sprung loaded in the ceiling and the wires connected to the lamp holder are fed through this.I don't want to pull it from the ceiling too far just in case unless it's ok to...

I have low voltage lighting in the bathroom.One of the bulbs went which i tried to replace.Being in the bathroom the lights are in a casing.I removed them from this and found the bulb connected to a very small bulb holder.One of the wires going into this has come away and there are no screws to...

Just a simple question I am putting plastic trim around the windows in the bathroom. Now do i tile up to the trim leaving no gap or do i leave a gap (which would be easier) and grout the gap. Thanks in advance.

just want a bit of re-assurance here. I have tiled 2 walls with battens attached to the plaster walls with masonary nails.I now want to do the other 2 walls which i didn't batten up as i have to take the sink and toilet out first. Nailing them to the other walls would the vibration dislodge...

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I know what you are saying.But i would have to be extremely accurate as the present battens are about 3/4 tile above the bath.(the misses wants our border tiles to go precisely into the bottom of the window recess.Which i have managed to do.But i would have to measure precisely up from these...

How do professionals apply silicon without making a mess.I've tried it by wetting my finger or using fairy washing up liquid but by the time you get to the end of the wall i end up with a large amount of silicon on my hands.I brought a tool but this again accumulates a large amount of silicon...

I will shortly be tiling around my windows in the bathroom.I have already tiled 2 walls nailing battens to the wall. How do you tile around a window especially the top without the tiles slipping.Do i nail another batten above the window,use non slip adhesive,use gaffer tape (i read it...

I just want to disconnect the water connectors.Then i can take the whole sink off ready for tiling.The water connector that is screwed onto the tap tail measures about 22mm A/F which is certainly smaller than my basin wrench measures.It would just slip off and probably hit the sink and crack it...

I may be missing the point somewhere.I am in the process of tiling my bathroom.I recently had the bathroom re-arranged and so thought it would be an easy job to remove the sink to tile behind it. Looking at the connections of the copper water pipe to the tails of the taps i thought i would have...

Yes i would have to cut a slither off the tiles under the window if i did it one way.Which would look best taking a slither off the border tile going into the window recess or taking a slither off all the tiles under the window. One has to give.Would it look odd the border tile going into the...

Would it be better and more accurate to put a batten level with the bottom of the border tiles.Then tile from there.This way the border tiles will be in the exact place (level with the window sill).Wait for them to dry then move the battens down the correct amount. When you tile the border into...

I am just about to tile my bathroom.It has been re-arranged & re-plastered.I have sealed the walls etc. My question is where would be the best place to incorporate the border tiles.I have a window in the bathroom which is slightly higher than my sink.Do i place the border tiles half way up the...

Do you mean take the whole loo out or just the cistern.Also not sure how these loos fit together but had a quick look.The cistern is bolted to the pan by 2 wingnuts but seems hardly any adjustment on them. Looks like i will have to take the whole lot out is this easy.Not sure will be able to...

I have just had my bathroom re-arranged and replastered by a builder.I'm now about to tile but have noticed that there is hardly any gap between the toilet cistern and the wall.I have a close coupled toilet.Is there much play in these toilets so i could move the cistern away from the wall the...

In frustration i ordered a new pump.Fitted it and works a treat. It so happens that when i cleaned the old pump out it worked for a while but just before i replaced it i checked to see if it worked and it was stuck.I gave it a slight turn and it worked again but decided it was best to replace...

I've done them but still the same problem.Does the drain hose have to been bent in a certain way. I know that when the hose exits the machine it travels up the side of the machine then arches into the drain pipe.But the section of the hose between the pump and where it exits the machine is bent...

Lately i have been having problems with my Hoover AI 1300 washing machine.I have been told that the error i get.(error code 3) is drainage timeout.I have cleaned everything inside and out pump,water level bottle the lot.Have checked pump works etc. And the machine worked for a bit (about a...

A couple of weeks ago my washing machine came up with error code 3.I have been told since that error code 3 is failed to drain in the alloted time. After stripping the machine down and cleaning everything including the pump and pipe connections the problem seemed to go away.Now it's back and i...