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How do I get a washing machine into a tight space?

My washing machine is 2cm shorter than the bottom of the worktop that I have to get it under and there is no room at th...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by clangers_snout
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by clangers_snout

Basin waste outlet too high!

Hello all, I have nearly finished my bathroom renovation. I'm fitting a basin on pedestal but find that the outlet...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by oddjob
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by oddjob

Best way of Sealing Toilet Syphon

Does anybody know of the best way to seal a toilet siphon, I am not getting much success with using the rubber washer......
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by oddjob
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by oddjob

Hotpoint dishwasher

What and where is the sensor controlling water level etc in dishwashers? 'My friends' dishwasher refuses to fill...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by martinshaw59
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by martinshaw59

Line new plasterwork or not?

Just decorating newly built extension this week and its the first time I've had to deal with new plasterwork. The p...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by midge
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by midge

whirlpool washing machine filter

Just bought one of these after our old whirlpool washer became uneconomic to repair http://tinyurl.com/6ev7rv The instr...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by invalid
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by invalid

Plastic pipe repair

Hi all, Hoping somebody can help - I've got a small hole in a plastic downpipe, is there any product that can be use...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jchomer
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by jchomer

Downpour during patio laying

Slightly off topic since I didn't do this myself due to a bad back..... Had my patio re-done a week or so back usin...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by midge
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by midge

toilet flush 2

Sorry about the first post .Dont know what happened there ,it just went on its way without any help from me .I have a t...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by mytice
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by mytice

Exterior wall painting

In the next few weeks, I am going to paint the outside walls of my house with masonary paint but, before this, I have t...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by topref
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by topref

screw fit sockets source ?

Hi, We see as many screw fit 100W, 60W etc bulbs as bayonet ones on the shelves in B&Q, Tescos etc, yet I am trying to...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by dornier
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by dornier

Fixing Cistern to wall

Hello all, I've just finished tiling my bathroom. I left the plastic bolts on the wall for fixing the cistern to. N...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by oddjob
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by oddjob

Requirements for new bathroom partition wall.

I'm splitting a bedroom to make a smaller bedroom/dressing room and a new bathroom. What are the requirements (that...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by clangers_snout
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by clangers_snout

British gas cut through my gas pipe

Hi, Not sure this is the right place. Today A british gas engineer came to my house to install air ventilation. when he...
10 comments posted 18yrs
posted by zhangyong71
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by zhangyong71

Track of your possessions

A home inventory is the last thing to cross a home owners mind. As time goes by the stuff piles up and you lose track o...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by girish.bellalcheru
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by girish.bellalcheru