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My friend has taken down a light fitting without marking the wires,is is on a loop and no matter how he tries to re connect the wires the new light wont work. It either trips the electric or the light next door comes on,and several other i.e lights down stairs come on. Has any one got a...

Keep the drill bit cool,by immersing it in a bit of oil every so often when it gets hot,or ideally drill a pilot hole first and build it up to the size you want using different drill bits. Raver.

For the partition wall 4inch x 2inch is ok for use (or you can use rough cut,but this wil be exactly 4inchx2inch, but will be cheaper. Or you can buy track and stud section made from a light metal and can be cut with tin snip's,it comes in various widths. It might be cheaper?but it is a lot...

your other option would be to buy wooden dowling the same size as the drill bit,then plug the hole, before staining raver

Yes you can buy extension pieces made from upvc to add on to windows or doors they come in 15mm 25mm 40mm widths. If you look at the side of the door frame you will see ridges running down from top to bottom,the extension pieces just clip onto each side and are a tight fit. If you got 2x...

Best to start again with a new door, sounds like it's too late to remedy. Might have absorbed too much water by now? Get a decent door,treat it all over (put plenty on)Lay it on a level floor so it doesn't warp as its drying out. Then once dry hang the door and paint or varnish,or do...

Hi have a lok at pioneer 1963 in this section ( under faulty hotpoint.) Think you may have the same problem? or the similar topics at the bottom of the page.

I agree with richard, but if fixing skirting also run a clear silicone around bottom of skirting, this will prevent any water i.e after moping from getting under the skirting and eventualy rotting the wood. If it was a bathroom would silicone top of skirting as well, to stop condensation...

If you would of took your bush's to a washing machine repair shop they would of told you by just looking if the they were to worn. Also(with the washer turned off) if you put the probes off a meter (set at a continuity reading)on each spade that the bush's came off that would tell you if the...

You could always take them to your timber yard if its near, they would make the mitre cuts for you only a very small charge per cut(some would do it for free) But as has been previously mentioned ive fitte lots of skirting and never found a perfect 45 degree wall always have to slightly fill...

Had this problem only the other day with a electric ring cooker,one of the rings has a loop wire running from one ring to the other. Its only a short wire which is connected with a spade fitting,on closer examination one spade was just touching the other when you put the protection cover...

washing machine drawer leaks out water at certain times of programme