On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:03:06 -0700 (PDT), Andy Dingley wrote: On 25 June, 13:40, "Calvin Sambrook" wrote: (Apart from...

I want to update our small downstairs WC. It is narrow and has a washbasin that is 11.5 inches deep (front to wall). I have been in several...

This mower has been working fine. Now it will start , but stops running after about 20 seconds. trying to restart straight away will not succeed. If...

I keep looking for one which sort of partially recesses into the wall. Preferably in SS. For the outside loo. The ordinary smallest one I could find...

I had a 26 gallon hot water copper cylinder replaced recently by a local plumber. While here was at it I also got him to replace the CH pump and...

The ignition spark(s) on my Stoves gas cooker are getting weaker. Some hobs spark and others don't and it seems to vary. Is this fixable or do I have...

In article , Calvin Sambrook writes The washing looked washed and fairly spun so...

I have a small front garden in a victorian cottage on farmland with no rainwater drains, soakaways or anywhere that one could be placed. I have a...

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:40:53 +0100, Calvin Sambrook wrote: Guess what I'm doing this weekend! (Apart from dismantling it all out of ...

I'm after some latches (maybe toggle clamps or similar) for various uses out of doors (cupboard doors, chicken house, sheds, etc) and I;m having...

I'm installing Cat5E and Satellite Coax cabling around the house and have a couple of queries:- 1. I need to fill in around the cables where I've...

Hi, Been tempted for some of my plumbing to consider copper tube + Tectite fittings. Screwfix have the newer Tectite "Sprint" range for quite...

Looking at the information on the Baxi web site the only difference I can find between the Baxi DuoTec and the Platinum combi boiler is that the...

Many years ago I bought a big tin of Dulux Paint Brush Cleaner and Renovator. Lovely stuff - fairly viscous and non-volatile liquid. You could...

I've just got an Xpelair GXC6 extractor fan, I'd prefer to conceal the cable in the wall rather than have a trailing flex from the FCU. According to...

SWMBO is dragging me into the 21st C and having our bathroom rebuilt. I can't blame her as it was last done 26 years ago and never finished. That's...

Is there a trick to this? I had to put up a drilled mirror last night. It's metric of course, but the holes are exactly 1.5" in from each edge,...

Hi all Quick q or two on the use and install of engineered wood flooring. How does it stack up for use in a hall with two teenagers blasting through...

Hi folks, We have a Zanussi freezer about 20 years old - never any problem until now. It just isn't freezing - still very cold (colder than the...

I bought a cheap open reel surveyors type tape measure, but I'm not sure how to use it. Top part has a handle grip section, and at the opposite end...