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why do people feel drawn to use the upstairs bathroom to take a toilet?

I house share, its a nice surberban four room house with a typical garage kitchen to the back of the house and nice quite toilet on the ground floor out of the way. My room is on the top floor next to...

vulcan

Grouting

Have been laying ceramic tiles in my kitchen. They are quite dark and the only grout I can find is beige,which is too light. Can I add a concrete dye or is there a special grout dye ?

enfable

No water coming out of the hot tap in my kitchen

Does anybody know why I wouldn't get any water (hot or cold) coming out of my hot kitchen tap. The hot water is coming out of my bathroom sink, bath and shower ok and I only have one hot water tank....

ray bush

What type of fixing do i need ?

I need to hang a centrcal heating towel rail on a tiled wall which is of the old clinker block construction ,any idea what the best fixing to use on this type of wall ,normally i'd just use a plastic...

horselady

Drains

We live in a rented property and share a drain with the house behind us, which our landlord also owns. The drain blocks on a weekly basis and as the cover is in our garden, hubby has the smelly task...

rivergord

handyman company name

I am starting a handyman company doing home maintenance, repairs and renovations and want a catchy name.

CptHastings

Sealing Garage Doors/ Insulating Garage for Workshop Use

Hi, I intend to turn my integral double garage into a workshop/games room. My plan is to erect a plasterboard stud wall in front of the existing garage doors which are to be left in situ. Any...

4getmenot

selling flat

I've got someone round today to do an energy performance survey. Anyone had one? what does it involve?

countrykid

Central Heating Room Thermostat?

My central Heating is supplied by a Combi Boiler, and the radiators all have thermostativ valves - except the small one in the bathroom (I think at least one rad has to be left with a normal valve)....

RSDonovan

Wash Basin installation

I am about to buy a Ceramica Milan 550mm Washbasin with Pedestal 2 Taphole (http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/ceramica-milan-550mm-2262-17428/2) and it doesn't come with a waste nor taps. With the waste, I...

ABCharlie

Solvents for glue

I\'ve just finished staining some French windows and I put in masking tape on the individual panes to stop splashes. Unfortunately - due to an injury - the masking tape was up for quite a while before...

tezestwing

help ed with small tex

Ed why does all the Tex go int one as you type one word to correct the grammar it removes part of next word is it any thing to do with using 125% Tex that helps me to see what I am doing fed up Tez

36TEAK36

Loft Insulation advice please.

I am looking for some loft insulation advice please. I live in a standard 1930's 3 bed semi with a pitched roof. For the past couple of years I have noticed that around the edges of the upstairs rooms...

johnny37

changing an outdoor floodlight

I took my floodlight off the wall to check if there was a circuit problem and found that the wiring has burnt out. I am not very familiar with lighting circuits and I promise to get in an electrician...

AliFlump

B&@ Kitchens

puternut

Hardboard doors - fixing handles

I have anumber of internal doors which are the (cheap) hardboard faced ones. All have handles fitted by simply screwing into the hardboard covering. The problem is that with use the screws have pulled...

aneray

Plasterboarding a wall

I live in an end terrace house which is about 45 years old. My sons bedroom which is at the end with an outside wall suffers from a lot of damp/condensation for a lot of the year. We have now fitted...

thechauffeur

changing kitchen taps

My son has just moved into a new house. The kitchen taps are weeping and need replacing. The taps do not have an isolating valve fitted and we cannot figure out how to turn off the hot water supply so...

johnny37

double light switch wiring

This may not be correct colour wires but can anyone tell me what the connections should be to get each switch to work. The are two switches on one plate for two separate lights. One works, the other...

thumberlina

skimming drywall

I am trying to skim a drywall. I have pva'd the wall first. I mix the plaster in a bucket water first then sprinkle in the powder and mix with a proper mixy drill attachment, till its the correct...

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