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I am in the process of stripping wall paper off my walls, and have come across a covering I don't know what it is. Can you help? Please see the attached picture, the light brown to the right is backing paper, the tan in the middle is the unknown, and the pinky surface is the plaster. The...

Whilst cleaning my oven I tried to take out the oven rack guides to clean them. All the bolts came out fine other than one that sheared leaving a thread in there. Question is, how do I get it out, or is there any alternatives to hang the rack guides? Picture is of sheared bolt and how it should...

I have a room in a 1930 house which i am renovating, which has a tongue and groove wooden floor. The issue is that there are 3-5mm gaps between the T&G boards that collect a load of crap and makes it a pain to clean. It is varnished and as part of the renovation i am going to sand it back and...

I have an issue that is focused in the area of the kitchen mixer tap, (like this one http://homebase.scene7.com/is/image/homebase/368597_R_Z001?$TMB$&wid=420&hei=420) When i open and close the cold water tap, i get a banging / vibration in the tap mixer. the tap is a quarter turn on/off, and...

We are in a 1930's house with very tall ceilings, the previous owner has wall papered the ceiling. I don't know why they did this, if it was just the fashion at the time or if it was to support the aging lathe and plaster. Anyway its time for the wall paper to go (i hate the stuff). rather than...

I have an issue with a zanussi zkg7169 washing machine. Earlier I put a load in and it did it's wash no problems. It beeped to indicate it had finished, so I turned the dial to off and pulled my washing out. I went back and did another load to find it was getting no power. Checked the 13A fuse...

I am looking to make an access hatch to my ground floor void (suspended timber floor) to install underfloor insulation from below. I am going to try and put a access hatch in the cupboard under the stair to minimise disruption in the house. However the problem is as the joists (4 x 2) are 16...

I live in 1930 chalet house, that has open first floor joists at either side of the house, open at the internal skin of the exterior cavity wall (blown filled). This means that cold air can get in from the soffit (through some gaps in the wall for timbers), and flow pretty freely into the first...

I am looking to insulate a pitched roof above a bedroom in a 1930's house. The construction is tiles on battens, no sarking, 100mm rafters and lathe and plaster. The section is 1.3m long and I can get access to the 1.3m long letter box from both the loft and the eaves. The problem is the gap...

I have been investigating insulation options in my 1930's chalet house and have found that I can get pretty good access to the head of the external cavity wall at the top of the ground floor. I can see right to the bottom and there is no insulation. So this gives me a opportunity, do I fill with...

I am looking at insulating my ground floor in a 1930’s house, which has a suspended timber floor. I plan to install 75 or 100mm rigid insulation between the 4 inch joists resting on battens (I believe there is no need for a vapour barrier). Last night I opened up the floor void in one of the...

Hi there, i am planing to do some word turning and ideally i want to turn MDF into a sphere, so am looking for a manufacturer that makes cubes of MDF, i know that MDF by its very nature is fibreboard but i would like a cube, so if there is no one that does this could anyone give any advice for...