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I started to go down the heatpump rabbit hole last month and on my journey in the warren I came across this website www.heatpunk.co.uk. Woopee I thought this is right up my street, measuring my house layout, window sizes and what not. I got it all done and felt very pleased with myself. Then I...

When I had my bathroom refitted I made the fatal error of not fitting a towel rail with enough output, so bathroom (two outside walls!) gets a bit baltic in the winter months. I did think to fit a bigger rad, but that's another mistake I made, I fitted a 750mm wide rad and that makes finding a...

I have solid wood doors throughout and a couple need additional trimming after the carpets went in. Already painted, so I don't want to cause any edge breakage. I have a good circular saw and also a planer. Saw would be quickest, so how to knock off 5mm without damaging the painted edge? Masking...

Simple question, I have a few two way connectors. Is it safe and secure to put two solid wires into one receptacle? These would be lighting cables in the ceiling rose.

My conservatory roof is over 20 years old and is looking discoloured. I'd like to replace the sheets with new polycarbonate. One of the issues I have is slipping sheets, it's a right pain to clamber around on the roof taking out seals and re-positioning the sheets. I've been told that sheets...

My shower waste gets so clogged with soap, black slime and hair. Is there a waste that doesn't attract the muck?

I am looking at replacing my immersion tank with some alternative to the gas boiler. Currently the options are solar vacuum tubes and air source to hot water. Both systems are not cheap and require a fair bit of work to install. Then I looked at 12v immersion elements and started to think that...

I have to re-felt my log cabin/shed. The roof is exactly 5m across the ridge and I want to felt it using polyester felt with a minimum of waste (feeling eco...). Ashbrook Roofing do supply rolls of 15 year felt in 5, 8 and 10m lengths. I was thinking to buy the 10m rolls and cut in half to lay...

Log cabin has old bitumen felt tiles that are very weathered. Do I lay new felt over old, or strip off back to T&G roof, then lay the new felt? At the base of the cabin some of the logs became rotted out and I have had to replace with treated timber infills spliced in. But this lower edge gets...

Been looking around for the glass sheet with wire embedded, but seems it might not be available. Is that the case?

You read about so many accidents between cyclists and vehicles on our cities streets. So not allow a cyclist to wear a rotating amber beacon on their helmet? I know what you're thinking...knobs and heads comes to mind, but no, I'm thinking of something super low profile that emits a rotating...

about 7 days ago it went to zero and has stayed that way! I thought these things were indestructible.

My Honeywell thermostat is mechanical variety, 6360, when I open it up, there are four wires connected, one being earth. I'd like to swap out for the Honeywell DT90, digital thermostat. It only requires a live and neutral. Can I ignore the third wire in the old thermostat?

OSMO says it's better than white spirits, is this true or just marketing hype?

I have a simple question, could gas supplies be cut off to domestic users, due to an actual shortage of the stuff? I've thought about it but don't understand the technicalities of shutting off gas supplies to domestic users. I'm thinking that it would be a dangerous action that could mean...

Does anyone know where I can get the cardboard tubes the USA uses for making foundation piles? Making a base for a shed and don't want to lay a full concrete base.

Timber being the price it at the moment, I am thinking to dismantle an old 'log cabin' and reconstruct it in as a stud wall constructed shed. Then clad that in fence boarding or larch boarding. I'm not sure I will have enough lengths to make the shed with 400mm centres. Can I use 600mm centres...

I have a dining table where the table top has become stained and sanding hasn't cured this problem. So one solution would be to turn the top over and use the underside. But the pedestal was screwed to the underside, leaving several screw holes. The top is solid elm and there are no plugs or...

I have an MDF kitchen door for a dishwasher front, but I mis-aligned some of the screw holes. Is there a way to somehow drill out the screw hole and fill it with dowel or something so that a new screw close by will hold?

I suspect this is quite a common issue in hard water areas. My 3 year old Bosch tripped the RCD last week and once I had the heat pump out and dissembled, I can see that a track on the element has burnt out. It's just where there is a build up of scale on the inside of the element. I imagine...