Guides

Home guides.

Plain-English help with the jobs around your home. What to check, how to fix it, and when to call someone.

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Know your home

How to bleed a radiator (and when it's not the radiator)

North West homes, North West weather

Getting your home ready for a North West winter: a room-by-room checklist

Know your home

Boiler pressure dropping? What's normal and what to do

Know your home

Condensation, damp or mould: how to tell the difference

Care and gifting

Gifting home maintenance: what it is and who it suits

Know your home

Frozen pipes: how to prevent them and what to do if one bursts

Know your home

How to fix a dripping tap, and when to call someone

Know your home

Your first year as a homeowner: the maintenance nobody tells you about

How FixAble works

Why one maintenance team beats a phone full of tradespeople

How FixAble works

What a home maintenance subscription is (and how it differs from insurance)

Landlords, made simpler

Gas Safety Certificates and EICRs: a plain-English guide for landlords

Landlords, made simpler

Managing repairs when your letting agent runs the property