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This isn't a disaster yet, but I fear it may become one... any help would be appreciated. We have a 4-panal, frameless glass shower screen (pics attached). It's been there for a few years and the rubber sealing strips in between and below the panels have become and pretty grotty. Decided it...

ban-all-sheds, that is a fair comment! Thank you ... but in my defence - I saw that my wires didn't look like they did on the instructions, so I stopped! :o)

That's brilliant. Thanks guys - amazing how quickly people reply on here! cheers,

Hi, I'm replacing an old & noisy bathroom extractor fan... The old one was a basic one, the new one has a timer (unintentionally purchased). There new one has a connection for live, switch live and neutral. There old one only needed live and neutral and there is no switch live cable...

big-all, thanks for the suggestion, but no....i've tried cycles up to 90 degrees and the problems is still there, thanks though!

ok, thanks for the suggestion. I'll try this....and hopefully it will be something this simple. cheers,

I have a new washer (indesit) and when it fills it draws cold water. The hot and cold inlet pipes are both connected and the valves they connect to are fine (when i take the inlet hose off, water comes through the hot valve) and open. When the washer fills it only fills with cold water...

My Indesit di 620 has stopped draining. The filter is clear but the water doesn't drain away. I've tried hot water & detergent down the hole, poking down the drain and also poking down the outlet pipe but nothing happens. When I blow down the outlet pipe, nothing happens so I'm assuming...

Thanks for the advice guys. The house is about 110 yrs old so it might have had sash windows originally. I've had a look at some sealants - now just need to hope it stops raining!

I have quite a bit of rainwater leaking it along the top of the frame of an upstairs upvc window. The window is set in a recess and the recess is lined with a wooden frame that is covered with a pvc panel. I've taken off the pvc panel and the water seems to be running in from the outside, along...

thanks guys. I don't have access to a router. I'll have a think about the suggestions before attempting it then!

Hi, I'm planning on making a cupboard in a chimney breast alcove. THe lower half of the alcove currently is a cupboard, with open shelves above. I want to leave 1 open shelf in the middle and put a pair of doors over the upper shelves. The current shelves are recessed enough to accommodate the...

Thanks for the info, good to know.

Is it possible to store made up wallpaper paste for a short while? I'm attempting my first wallpaper project this weekend, it's not a big room but i will be going very slowly and I'm expecting it will probably take me more than 1 day. I also have to go out for a couple of hours in the middle...

thanks Masona. stupid question - is it easy enough to get drill bits/screws long enough? All my drill bits are the standard length; i've never looked for any longer ones - are they stocked in the normal diy places? ta kathryn

hi, what's the best way of attaching plasterboard to the cellar ceiling? This is partly for insuation (stripped floorboards in the room above) but it also part of a longer term plan to tidy the cellar up for storage etc. The water, gas, phone wires, electric etc run under the joists. At their...

Hi, I've got 3 halogen lights in my bathroom, each has its own transformer in between the false ceiling and the original ceiling. The middle light of the sequence isn't working (I've tried more than one bulb in it!). Next thing i checked was the cables that go into the bulb fitting. On one of...

Hi andy, I'm normally happy enough to change sockets, but when I took one of these ones off to have a look the wires had been cut quite short so they won't reach over to the correct terminal. I was planning on having my electrics checked over in the next couple of months anyway as I want some...

thanks guys - you've confused me now though! I guess that's a good indication that I can't fix this myself and I need to call an electrician in.

Hi, I tested all my sockets this weekend with one of those plug in testers. All my kitchen sockets are showing up as L/N reverse. I checked behind one of the socket plates and the wires are connected to the wrong terminal - I'm assuming all the others are the same. THe sockets are doubles and...