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Hey https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-13a-2-gang-sp-switched-socket-4-2a-15w-2-outlet-type-a-c-usb-charger-black-nickel-with-black-inserts/793hf?ref=SFAppShare Have installed a couple of these in my room - mostly for the usb c function. The issue is when ever there’s something plugged into the...

Hi all Have recently decorated my room and used Dulux trade oil based egg shell for the skirtings etc. unfortunately it’s taken way longer than I’d have liked and I’ve only finished the skirting painting today. I had carpet due to be fitted Monday but I’ve put this back to Wednesday just to...

Hey Am planning to fit some new skirting / architrave in my living room. Looking up online it looks like it’s fairly straight forward - though of course things always look easy before they start! Just wondering if anyone had any hints / tips for doing this? My worry is dealing with walls not...

Hey Does anyone know if the Dulux Plaster Sealer has been discontinued? I’m having some plastering done soon and was planning to get some of this to seal the plaster before painting - I know I can make my own mist coat but I’ve always found this ready made Dulux stuff easier to work with and...

Hey Am planning to run a through Ethernet runs to different rooms around my flat. Rather conveniently (I hope) the previous owner had boxing put along most of the rooms to hide radiator pipes / aerial cables etc - im hoping this will be the perfect place to do most of the Ethernet runs...

Hey I have a communal socket in my living room - since getting blinds over curtains it sticks out like a sore thumb! Next year I plan to redecorate and want to hide as many of these cables as I can. It provides both freeview and satellite signal (although I have my own sky dish as the...

Hey I’m looking to buy some small 4” wall panel displays to put up in each room to give control over the smart lights and other smart bits in the room. Have bought one so far just to test out which is just plugged in to mains but works well. I’d like them installed on the wall next to the...

Ні Am looking to order some hard wired blinds from a US company to the UK (unfortunately no UK ones seem to offer what I'm after) They give the choice between 12V DC and 110-240V AC. I assume both options would be fine in the UK but 110 - 240V AC would be most straightforward for an...

Hey I am planning some Ethernet runs in my flat and have been thinking of the best runs for some rooms. Was wondering if there are any regulations/ reasons not to run these behind the skirting boards? It would definitely result in a lot less work on tidying up walls if run from above and I was...

Hey I need to add an additional socket but it's location is making it slightly tricky. Basically the only socket which is near where I need the additional socket is already a spur (running a fridge freezer) and I know I can't spur another socket directly from here. But I have been doing some...

Hey I need to remove our Grohe Minta tap as am replacing it with a boiling water tap. The only issue is I seem to have thrown out the plastic wrench piece which is used to install it *doh* Does anyone with experience with these taps know if they can just be removed any other way (preferably...

Hey I need to do some work on our kitchen sockets (changing the single socket in this image to a double) I’ve been looking over pictures from when our kitchen was fitted a few years ago, all the work was done by a qualified electrician / signed off etc but from looking at the pictures I took...

Sorry for another condensation post I know there’s a Lot on this! So we have a fairly small bathroom (1.62 x 2.35m) We had a Vent Axa Svara fan which didn’t seem Upto the job - the walls were all running with water after a shower even with window open etc. This fan could shift around 100m2 an...

Hi Have bought a Shelly 1PM to control an in-line bathroom fan - am by no means an electrician but have experience in the past with wiring plugs / light fixtures etc! Just want to insure I have the right idea for the wiring - have attached a diagram of what I believe should be just after some...

Hey Our wall mount extractor fan is really poor, even with the window open - I’ve looked and seen the inline ones are both more powerful and move the noise out of the room so seems a win win. I would put a vent directly over the bath / shower as the main source of steam - but I was wondering...

Hi all.. Looking for some creative ideas here! So at the moment we have one of these in our bathroom - it has a Light and Humidity sensor so comes on / off when it needs to and works fully independent -...

Hi all Am looking at something like this: http://www.dry-it-out.com/125mm-x-1m-kit-with-gravity-outlet for our portable AC units which would be a much better solution than out be window - has anyone installed anything similar - only question I’ve got is what to use to cap it off over winter...

Hi all We had some peeling paint in our bathroom after for some reason our mist coat in a certain part of the room didn’t seem to absorb into the plaster; we got down what was lose and sanded down, we then this time used fresh plaster paint in the affected areas and repainted, I was hoping...

Hi all, Have a plumber coming in a couple days to do the plumbing for our new bathroom, we’ve started to remove the tiles / plasterboard in preparation- the walls are all being reboarded later on too. One possible problem is where the shower is going is actually a dot and dab wall and not a...

Hi all, A couple years ago had our kitchen tiled with dark tiles with a darkish grey grout, over the past few months they’ve become increasingly difficult to clean. The tiles are not a smooth finish, which I suppose makes them more difficult to clean, the grout looks the worse with bright...