Do-It-Yourself Homeowner

Part P - Ensuring Electrical Safety

Before we applied for PP for our garage conversion, I must admit, I thought that all major electrical work apart from b...

7 comments posted 17yrs

posted by sexyjw

7 comments posted 17yrs posted by sexyjw

Radiator 'spur'

As a result of our impending garage conversion, I need to remove the pipework that is feeding the conservatory radiator...

13 comments posted 17yrs

posted by sexyjw

13 comments posted 17yrs posted by sexyjw

Oven Door

The rubber strip around our oven door has started to peel away and I've got two choices. 1. I can replace the rubbe...

4 comments posted 17yrs

posted by Bob

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by Bob

bathroom tap head gear won't come off

Hi, I'm trying to remove a tap head gear and put on a reviver kit. One head gear (the hot tap) came off quite easil...

4 comments posted 17yrs

posted by e

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by e

Anyone got one of the LIDL outdoor LED lamps?

Saw these in my local LIDL today. They were about =A330 and if I remember rightly they were 15W total. Otherwise they l...

7 comments posted 17yrs

posted by clangers_snout

7 comments posted 17yrs posted by clangers_snout

Boiler stops heating water occasionally

Hi, I have a Glow-worm condensing combi boiler (can't remember the exact model number), and recently it has decided...

2 comments posted 17yrs

posted by mike.cutts

2 comments posted 17yrs posted by mike.cutts

Dry shoes in mucky weather

This is probably the wrong time of the year to tell you Northern Hemisphere folk! An enquiry to the Flood Company elici...

14 comments posted 17yrs

posted by hay.hell.pee

14 comments posted 17yrs posted by hay.hell.pee

The EU's bright idea to rename light bulbs

Light bulbs will no longer be labelled in watts under new EU rules. It has decided to replace the energy measurement -...

5 comments posted 17yrs

posted by reg

5 comments posted 17yrs posted by reg

baxi 105he instant boiler legal stuff

This is a new thread on a problem that has just been discussed on this group. Basically, I heard today that the Sles of...

5 comments posted 17yrs

posted by nigel

5 comments posted 17yrs posted by nigel

baxi 105he instant hot water problem

3 year old boiler, the problem is that when I turn the hot water tap on it sometimes takes up to 20 mins before the wat...

6 comments posted 17yrs

posted by nigel

6 comments posted 17yrs posted by nigel

Toilet not flushing properly

Downstairs toilet, lever flush, (it says "Shires on the cistern) sometimes takes 2 or 3 flushes to clear the bowl. It a...

4 comments posted 17yrs

posted by mentalguy2k8

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by mentalguy2k8

Tee Nut - but not!

Hi I'm struggling to put a name to the component I want so that I can locate a supplier on the net. That is, I am l...

5 comments posted 17yrs

posted by a_person

5 comments posted 17yrs posted by a_person

Repairing Ring Main

My son decided he would do a spot of DIY and managed to drill through the ring main cable using the hammer action on my...

7 comments posted 17yrs

posted by eD

7 comments posted 17yrs posted by eD

Clear saucepan lids

Hi All - I hope someone can help with this: We have a number of clear glass saucepan lids that have become 'smoked...

19 comments posted 17yrs

posted by cadasco

19 comments posted 17yrs posted by cadasco

calling country d.i.yers

Can anyone advise me as to how difficult and expensive it would be to build a field shelter for two small ponies, it wo...

23 comments posted 17yrs

posted by katemorgan

23 comments posted 17yrs posted by katemorgan