Do-It-Yourself Homeowner

Help Pharoah Ant Invasion

I have just found out I have Pharoah ants, anyone got any idea how to get rid of the buggers. I have searched on the ne...

4 comments posted 19yrs

posted by NOSPAM

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by NOSPAM

Fly Spray

Can anyone recommend a domestic flyspray that actually works instead of just making the flies happy for a while? Whateve...

3 comments posted 19yrs

posted by wsp17

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by wsp17

BT phone JB connections

I have snipped the BT line in the roof of my house to re route it due to extension work. I am a Virgin customer (come b...

5 comments posted 19yrs

posted by outwest

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by outwest

neff dishwasher

My d/washer a neff - isn't working when the controls are adjusted the thing does nothing. there is a light on so the...

4 comments posted 19yrs

posted by mretchless

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by mretchless

Totally OT: PC Speaker Problem

Sorry to be so OT but I wonder if anybody can help please. I have recently purchased a new PC (Acer Aspire T180) for my...

3 comments posted 19yrs

posted by john

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by john

Design and Access statement

: Bad enough to have to have planning permission to take out old rotten rubbish windows and put new, good, secure ones...

4 comments posted 19yrs

posted by dunks.spamcan

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by dunks.spamcan

fridge problems , keeps flooding with water!!

Basically a 8 year old standard stand up fridge , freezer at the bottom , fridge at the top etc , but it seems to fill...

7 comments posted 19yrs

posted by DING

7 comments posted 19yrs posted by DING

circular saw drill bit??

Hello all, I'm after a circular saw drill bit attachment, about 2 inch diameter. A bit like in those dremmel advert...

10 comments posted 19yrs

posted by oddjob

10 comments posted 19yrs posted by oddjob

Dishwasher Wiring

Hello all, I need to connect a dishwasher by using a fused switch. I understand that the fused switch is normally conne...

7 comments posted 19yrs

posted by oddjob

7 comments posted 19yrs posted by oddjob

Roof Trusses

Greetings, in the roof space (loft) of my 1950's built house the trusses which support the roof have a vertical 2x1...

8 comments posted 19yrs

posted by corbei

8 comments posted 19yrs posted by corbei

Cellulose thinners?

Does this mean White Spirit or Turps (substitute) or something different???

21 comments posted 19yrs

posted by BertieBigBollox

21 comments posted 19yrs posted by BertieBigBollox

HW / CH problem

I have a gravity fed CH and HW system, approx 12 years old. We are now not using the CH part (summer??) but notice when...

6 comments posted 19yrs

posted by john

6 comments posted 19yrs posted by john

Which Megaflo?

I've found several brands of 'indirect unvented hot water cylinders'. I've no idea which are the good a...

0 comments posted 19yrs

posted by MarkSPAM

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by MarkSPAM

wall ties?

hi does anyone know if when wall ties go you can get horizontal cracking on the inside and not on the outside wall as o...

4 comments posted 19yrs

posted by lizrichards1

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by lizrichards1

Hotpoint EG53

Anybody know how to get at the fan oven element on the above cooker??? KR

3 comments posted 19yrs

posted by kreavill

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by kreavill