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Hi, I have recently moved house and I want to screw in a large set of bookcases into my bedroom wall. The problem is that through the wall is the bathroom and I am worried about hitting any pipes. I dont have any family members to ask for advice and so I thought I would ask here to make sure. As...

Hi I have recently moved house and there was a broken pendant light fitting in the hallway (I have attached a picture to show what I mean, there was just the holder and the cables but no actual light fitting attached to the ceiling). I bought a new pendant light fitting and successfully removed...

Hi I have recently moved into a 50 year old house. I have noticed that after draining water out of my bath and sinks a strange tapping noise starts in the pipes as if air is hitting into the water in the p trap and causing the noise. The noise starts about 30 seconds after the water drains and...

Hi I’m looking for advice on the ceiling cracks I have in the 1970s house I have just moved into. They run straight across the ceilings in most of my rooms but don’t continue down the walls. From looking at them it appears that they have been previously plastered over but have reoccurred. Thank...

Hi I am desperately looking for some advice. I moved house into a 50 year old detached property which is built into a hillside (looks like a bungalow from the front but has two floors visible from the side and back if that makes sense). A very short while after moving in I noticed a 5mm wide...