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My problem is a few tiles which have become detached and need sticking back on again. They are being held on by the mastic around the bath, and I don't want to take them off as the job will snowball! I am drying out the wall behind them so I can just apply a few dabs of something, but I don't...

Help, I am COLD! My eleven year old, three-lock composition front door leaks the North wind straight into my front room where I sit. I think the draught excluding felt strip in the frame is worn, but also recently I had problems with locking the door, and the window/door repair company came...

DIYNot has never let me down and now I need some really specific and local help - PLEASE. I have an elderly cat with a leaky bladder and the only thing that can help soak up the problem in my carpet is Bicarb of soda. I need large quantities of it. Trouble is, I can get it from the...

I really hope someone can help me with this. I had a new driveway laid only in December. Unfortunately, as it is right next to the road, all and sundry use it for passing, waiting, turning etc. and some B'stard with a leaky car has left spots of engine oil on it. I tried to clean them off...

Hello again. I am hoping someone can give me some advice, please. I have a Vaillant Turbomax that is now 10 years old. In the last couple of weeks I noticed water accumulating on my worktop and at first thought it was from over-filling the kettle, but it became obvious it must be coming...

Sorry, I posted this in "Appliances" by mistake. :oops: Hello all. Can anyone help? My old Akai VCR packed up and I bought a Sony SLV-E730EX/UX (1998) complete with remote at a local Cash Converters, who assured me it was working. Downloaded and printed the User Manual, too. But there...

I have an old Sony Trinitron KV21-XMTU given to me but without a remote or User Manual. Till recently it had a brilliant picture but in Freeview it has now acquired a faint greenish cast and the contrast, brightness and colour are not as clear as when I switch off the freeview and watch...

Hi guys I have a Vaillant Turbomax Plus 824E and today I noticed the pressure needle had gone round to over 2! :shock: I know how to increase the pressure, using the key, but can anyone please tell me how to reduce it to optimum levels, as it should be? So grateful for any advice/help...

Please help! Two of the ceiling lightbulb fittings in my house have gone west, the curved section that holds the bulb has broken. The one in my middle room, which is a dangling one with a flex simply needs the socket unit replacing, which should be simple, and the one in my kitchen, pictured...

I have had a dribbling outside overflow pipe for a few days. I thought it was probably caused by the cistern washer so I have managed to replace it. Then I noticed the ballcock was catching on the plastic overflow pipe, and dismantled and reassembled the assembly to the right, (with the...

Please can anyone tell me how to get a kitchen cupboard back, you know, that thin bendy material, back into its grooves when some object has pushed it out? I can't get behind the cupboard because it's against the wall. The material is too thin to drill. Any geniuses out there who know the answer?

My builder chap who is going to put up a concrete post and 6'x5" panel fence the length of my garden ( to block out unpleasant neighbours and give me at least visual privacy) has asked me to price with Wickes the components of this fence. He says I need panels, posts, and what he calls...

I don't know if anyone can help me with this unless someone in here lives just round the corner and is feeling charitable. I just bought a roller blind from Dunelm Mill in the sale, but when I tried to put it up, I drilled holes for the brackets (the drill only went in so far - I think it hit...

Sorry if this is in the wrong place but can anyone help? My freeview box has suddenly started what I can only call cutting in and out. The red light comes on for several (approx 10, counting) seconds, then the green (4 seconds), and it just keeps on doing it. I have disconnected and reconnected...

Just over three years ago I had the whole house (Victorian terrace) double-glazed and the old sash window was replaced by a beautiful and expensive modern sash. Over the last few months, when opening the bottom panel I have noticed a sound in the lower right-hand side of the frame that...

Hi, I hope I am posting this in the right section. I have a Siemens A60 mobile which was working perfectly for over a year then suddenly when I tried to turn it on all it does is light up briefly, buzz and go out. Thinking it might be the battery (although I keep it well charged) I tried...

Hello again my heroes, can anyone help me with my latest problem? The handle on one of my small double glazed windows is so loose I hardly ever open that window in case it comes away in my hand. If you can see from my photo, there is a small gap between the handle and the window frame. Is...

Hello again, I have another problem I am hoping you can help with. I have a Vaillant Turbomax (Plus?) combi just 6 years old. Being untechnical I have never used the automatic timer to run it, just switched on manually when required. For some months the hot water has been temperamental...

Hi, it's me again! :D You have helped me with my loo, and my washing machine - now I am wondering if anyone can help me fix my cooker. I have a Parkinson Cowan 1900 De Luxe gas cooker, which is pretty old but works well. My problem is the oven's drop-down door seems to have come off...

Hi again. You were brilliant with your help for my wc cistern, now I am hoping for some advice for my washing machine. I have a Whirlpool AWM 820 which has been working fine for 12 years. It only gets light use, just for myself. The spin empties the water and the clothes are dried damp...