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I have two Velux windows in my bedroom (loft conversion). They have Velux blackout blinds fitted. In the summer I need to leave the windows open overnight to ventilate the room but then the sun shines in at 5am when it gets light. Do you know of any ideas to block out light but allow ventilation...

I have a Vaillant ecoTEC plus 630 system boiler that heats rads & water in my 4 bed Victorian terraced house in SW15. It was fitted 3 years ago by a pretty incompetent heating engineer engaged by the builder. A local heating engineer has been servicing it since. He does a good job and has ironed...

I just bought an IKEA Hektar lamp and having real problems fitting it. The only hooks I found were too big and the lamp doesn't sir right. Wht can't they supply hooks with the lamps? :(

I bought a house in June that has a combi boiler and a seperate additional pump that the previous owners had wired on a plug In timer. The boiler is a vaillant ecotec and is approx 7 years old. Clearly the use of a secondary pump like this is a bit of a bodge job. Is there any way I can...

My carpet is fraying at the edge where it meets a solid wooden floor in another room. See photo . What can I do to stop it getting worse?

I am planning to build some MDF fitted wardrobes. I was going to build them using an Ikea style with 12mm MDF. I have a couple of questions: Is 12mm strong enough? I want to hang sliding doors from the front. Can you buy the Ikea type fittings to join? Are they better than just using a screw?