How to guides
Can you fix it?
As not everyone is a DIY natural, we've produced some handy 'how-to' videos with simple-to-follow instructions covering commonly requested odd jobs around the house, including some repairs that are your responsibility. These include:
- How to thaw a frozen pipe (E133 or E28 fault)
- How to change your boiler control clock
- How to change a door handle
- Changing a lightbulb
- Stripping wallpaper
- How to turn on your heating
- How to turn on your hot water at the controls
- Unblocking a sink
- Unblocking a toilet
- The importance of window restrictors
- Dealing with condensation
- How to clean up water damage after a leak
'How to...' with Kyle
Kyle Hall is one of our fantastic apprentices here at Nottingham City Council Housing Services. Kyle's produced some really useful 'how-to' videos that include:
- Using your heating thermostat
- Using your central heating programmer
- Bleeding a radiator
- Changing a showerhead
- Changing a toilet seat
- Unblocking a toilet
- Unblocking pipes and sinks using a plunger
- Unblocking a sink using a bottle trap
And here are a few more really useful videos, shared with kind permission:
Resolving boiler low pressure - E119 fault (with thanks to CCH Leeds)
Resetting trip switches on your fuse box (with thanks to Places for People)
Fencing repairs (with thanks to B&Q)
