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Tools list:

• Newspaper
• Cloth or kitchen towel
• Plunger
• Wrench
• Approx. 30cm length of thick wire
• Household bleach or disinfectant

Firstly, try to dislodge the blockage with some vigorous action with a plunger:

N.B. Before starting, place newspaper on the floor under and around the sink just in case of unforeseen spillage!

1. Block the overflow of the sink by stuffing it with some wet kitchen towel or a damp cloth to prevent any loss of pressure when you start plunging.

Heather-Joy Crawford, marketing director of Adamsez gives us her tips on installing a new bath.

Installing a bath:

It depends on where the bath is positioned, if it is freestanding you will need to have the pipes routed under the flooring and also need to consider how they will look when exposed between floor and bath – not many of the lifestyle imagery shows the reality!

Heather-Joy Crawford, marketing director of Adamsez gives us her tips on how to find the perfect bathing partner for your bathroom

Material:

This is one of the first things you will need to consider before even looking at shapes or sizes. There are basically two main options – cast iron or acrylic. The former can be cold to the touch, hard to keep clean, expensive, incredibly heavy, and the colour is often faded by sunlight or harsh cleaning materials. The latter, if poorly made, can be unstable, noisy and scratch easily.

Breaking free from the confines of the fitted kitchen, today’s modern homes are embracing freeform modular units that put the flexibility back into kitchen design.

Bleeding radiators releases trapped air from your central heating allowing better and more efficient radiation of heat through out your home.

Tools list:

• Radiator bleed key or flat head screw driver

In light of recent events, the dangerous combination of water and electricity is a thought not far from many misfortunate flooded homeowner’s minds. To provide some much needed advice on how to handle electricity in a flooded home, the Electrical Safety Council has issued the following helpful pointers:

Firstly if you are in any doubt at all do not enter a property until you are advised to do so by the Fire and Rescue Service.