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Hi We have an old farmhouse which was built roughly 1860. We have 2 chimneys on the main roof. One has 2 flues in (kitchen and upstairs bedroom) and the other has 2 flues in (reception room and another upstairs bedroom). We've had a couple of the bedrooms replastered as we've dry...

Hi. We're currently renovating an old property and the external walls are quite damp as there is no insulation in the property. We have looked into solid wall insulation but have decided against it as it the house would be a real problem to do throughout. Before we get the walls skimmed...

Hi everyone We're currently replacing the floor in our loft space. It's an old house and all the floorboards had previously had woodworm and were in a bad state. We're looking at getting some tongue & groove floorboards but we're wondering whether to get tanalised wood or just normal...

Hi everyone We are currently renovating a house and are about to start insulating the solid 9" external walls with K18 insulated plasterboard. One question - what thickness do you get? What difference is there between the thinnest and the thickest? With Building Regs for the loft...

Hi everyone I'm hoping someone can help us with a problem we are having at the moment with a new wood burning stove. We had an Aga Much Wenlock fitted a few weeks ago now and have used it 3 times. Our house is joined on to another house and their chimney is right next to ours. We do know...

We are very lucky to have one of the notorious Baxi Bahama 100's. To be fair, it's been ok for us - albeit a few flow switch changes. Unfortunately, it has decided to not work at all now! My husband has changed the flow switches in the hope that's what needed doing but to no avail...

I'm not having much look today - first my washing machine and now my cooker! I have a Hotpoint GW74 which I have had no problems with whatsoever. A couple of days ago, I noticed that when the main oven is on, the back right burner (think it was this burner anyway) was trying to ignite...

Hi everyone I have a Hotpoint washing machine W561P. It's not very old, perhaps about 2 years. I've noticed that over the last couple of weeks there is a small leak occurring at the end of the cycle. There is a small puddle of water that is left at the front right hand side of the...

Hi Yesterday our water was off for about 3 hours in the afternoon so not sure if this has anything to do with our shower not working. I've gone this morning to turn the shower on and it's just putting out cold water. It coughed and spluttered abit when I first turned it on as we haven't...

Hi everyone We are wanting to fit a new kitchen but unfortunately, space is extremely limited and therefore am wondering if anyone can help us with a problem we have. We are wanting to get a new free standing gas cooker and also a fridge freezer. Does anyone know what the distance you...

Does anyone know what dictates the size of wheel trims? I've just bought 15" wheel trims for my car and it says '15' on my tyres and therefore I was told to get 15" wheel trims. The wheel trims arrived only to not fit - they are too small - and therefore I was wondering what dictates the...

Hi I have the above integrated fridge freezer. The freezer compartment works fine but I am experiencing problems with the fridge temperature. It is currently set on number 6 and is round abouts 10 degrees and does not get any cooler. I have read that the temperature should be quite abit...

I have a Baxi Bahama 100 which has done me relatively well considering the bad things I have heard about this boiler. For the past couple of weeks it has had an intermittent fault which sometimes the boiler works fine and then other times, it fires up but cuts out after 6 seconds or so. I...

Hi. I have the above shower and it constantly drips water from the shower head. I have read somewhere that it could be the solenoid valve. Does that sound right? If it is that, is it an easy(ish) job to replace? Any ideas would be very much appreciated. Thanks

Hi. I have had my hotpoint wm52 quite a number of years now but it has served me well. It has recently been leaking water and at first I thought it was from the door seal but it isn't. I have pulled the machine out and there is no water at the back of it so I then tipped it slightly and noticed...

I know this is a poor boiler but I have one and I need help! lol. I recently had 2 new rads fitted due to an extension. Although my heating and water is working fine and the boiler is currently operating, for some reason every 4 to 5 mins, the boiler is making a strange noise. It's like a...