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Blocked downpipe

Hi any advice welcome, please recommend a company in sheffield area, I live in a maisonette high up , downpipe from kit...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by keith
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by keith

Foundations ?

I'm planning to put up a concrete wall between myself and the neighbours from hell next door, their young son in partic...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by redman1977
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by redman1977

Whirlpool Washing Machine

Hi My Whirlpool washing machine (2yrs old) recently started to smell, so I removed elbow/hose from bottom of drum to pu...
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posted by enquirer.com
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by enquirer.com

Moving/replacing a radiator

I'm after some advice on moving a radiator some distance from its current position and replacing it with one of tho...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by midge
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by midge

Putting new skirting on recently skimmed wall

Had a skim on the lounge walls, after removing the old skirting, but the skim ends about 2.5 inches from the floor. So...
9 comments posted 18yrs
posted by gts123SPAM-NO!
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by gts123SPAM-NO!

For anybody having a swimming pool...

The standard lines from pool builders is that 90% of the heat loss from a pool is via the surface, only 10% into the gr...
19 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nobody
19 comments posted 18yrs posted by nobody

Tall (Designer) Radiator ? Upside down

I've just fitted a new designer radiator which refuses to get hot. Is there a right way and a wrong way to fit thes...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Notthisone
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by Notthisone

Wiring a Kitchen Ring Revisited

Acouple of weeks back I asked for advice on the best way to wire a kitchen to enclude sockets for washing machines etc....
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Capttolley
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by Capttolley

How to calculate KWHs into days use?Help

I have a water pump for supply to my house Checking the use over a period of 51hours I use 2.52KWH What is the usage ov...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Darrach
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by Darrach

Replacing fuse box with RCD consumer unit

Are there any actual regulations that would prevent a DIY replacement of an old fuse box with a modern consumer unit? I...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Uno-Hoo
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by Uno-Hoo

wiring up door bell to CU

I want to run a supply cable from an MCB on my consumer unit to a bell trans. Is it in order to flip the CU 2 main swit...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by outwest
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by outwest

Tiny Linux touchscreen kits?

I would love to play around with a small touchscreen run by a linux core. You know, something that looks like an iPhone...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jim
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by jim

Victorian small terrace mystery wood in walls

When renovating a small two up two down terrace we have noticed that lengths of wood are inserted in walls as if to be...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Capttolley
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by Capttolley

Painting question

We have a nice brown stained hallway staircase ...thinking about painting it all white but realise the work involved wit...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by John
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by John