Do-It-Yourself Homeowner

Brickwork

On the front of the garage conversion, where the garage door was bricked up, the lower courses of brickwork are beginni...

9 comments posted 16yrs

posted by sexyjw

9 comments posted 16yrs posted by sexyjw

ceramic tile cement.

I mentioned to a friend that I was going to do a small ceramic floor and he gave me a bag of floor tile adhesive. Is the...

3 comments posted 16yrs

posted by shazzbat

3 comments posted 16yrs posted by shazzbat

Isolating valves

I'm no plumber, but I can manage relatively simple projects. With due regard to these limitations, I'm going to replace...

10 comments posted 16yrs

posted by Giles

10 comments posted 16yrs posted by Giles

Type C breakers

In the past I have installed type C MCBs on circuits where large motors would normally trip standard Type B MCBs during...

5 comments posted 16yrs

posted by bob.minchinREMOVE

5 comments posted 16yrs posted by bob.minchinREMOVE

Problem with central heating boiler...

Have a water/central heating boiler in the garage, looks like theres a frost stat on it and we have a timer in the livi...

6 comments posted 16yrs

posted by joker

6 comments posted 16yrs posted by joker

Earthing problem

A family member has just moved to another house (a bungalow). An electrical safety report states that there is no earth...

26 comments posted 16yrs

posted by Giles

26 comments posted 16yrs posted by Giles

lightbulb not switching off

i got a new light shade and a ceiling rose from IKEA recently and taking down old ceiling rose discovered the cable sup...

4 comments posted 16yrs

posted by garyr_9

4 comments posted 16yrs posted by garyr_9

Fireplace trims removal

I want to replace a gas fire. However whoever put the previous fire in seems to have stuck the trims of the fire down w...

2 comments posted 16yrs

posted by drew

2 comments posted 16yrs posted by drew

3 hole tap replacement

I have Deltaflow 3 hole taps (25 yrs old) in my bathroom and the hot tap on my basin cannot be fixed - the bit that the...

7 comments posted 16yrs

posted by sally

7 comments posted 16yrs posted by sally

Electricity Substations

OK - sort of DIY... We live fairly close to an electricity substation. It's housed in a building which is approximately...

23 comments posted 16yrs

posted by sexyjw

23 comments posted 16yrs posted by sexyjw

gas fires that have no flue

B and Q are doing a selection of wall hung *flueless* gas fires. We had those tv ads a while ago saying how dangerous y...

48 comments posted 16yrs

posted by bluestarx

48 comments posted 16yrs posted by bluestarx

Chrome heated towel rails - Radiators?

We want to replace conventional small radiator with new plumbed towel rail Just found out that new towel rails dont pro...

8 comments posted 16yrs

posted by reply

8 comments posted 16yrs posted by reply

Two different ends of the gas elbow

Just replacing the kitchen gas hob for a new one. It comes with a right-angled pipe (an elbow), one end of which goes i...

17 comments posted 16yrs

posted by bluestarx

17 comments posted 16yrs posted by bluestarx

Advice needed - Expensive Plumbing Bill

Hi All Well we moved into a new (to us) house and found that the central heating was not working properly. Heating was...

30 comments posted 16yrs

posted by l8r30(nospam)

30 comments posted 16yrs posted by l8r30(nospam)

Cutting down the cost of washing machine powder

I remember reading a while ago that it costs the washing machine powder manufacturers more to make the carboard box tha...

24 comments posted 16yrs

posted by bluestarx

24 comments posted 16yrs posted by bluestarx