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hi there i have moved into a new house with frankie sqaure type sink, the problem i have is that what ever tap we buy the water hits the bottom of the sink and then sprays everywhere, we are now on our third tap, a pull down kitchen tap as we thought this might cure the problem, unfortunatly as...

hi there i have an outside light that comes on via the PIR, there is a switch inside the house that can turn the light off, but i would like to have the benifit of being able to come home with the light coming on, but when in the house to be able to switch it to say on, i have tried to overide...

hi there we have just moved into a new house with the garden facing a river, in fact its the estuary into a boat yard so the water does not flow fast, what i would like to do is to plant reeds to make it look like any other part of the river and to keep a sorted geese and grandchildren from...

hi there i have fitted headlight washer to my astra vxr 2006 and and used a switch mounted on the dash to activate, however i am doing something wrong with the wiring, i have a wire coming from the pump to the switch and then from the other side of the pump to a live from the ciggy lighter...

hi there i have just moved into a new house with the above alarm system, my question is can the sensors be changed in one the rooms so that we can set the alarm without the cat setting it off,if so so which product should i buy thanks for your help

hi there i need to paint a ceiling in my house but not the walls as they are in good order, is there any tips regarding how to do this other then being very careful as you edge around the room help would be appreciated Ivan

hi there just bought a RTX wireless phone Jack to be able to link the sky box to the telephone, however i now have a problem that as soon as i connect the line up, the internet speed drops to nothing, i have now taken the jack out and have reset the router but it is still running slow, has...

hi there i have recently got sky and need to connect to a telephone socket unfortunately they all are miles away, therefore i had a cunning plan, that rather then running a wire inside the house i managed to run it outside and then into the house vi an existing telephone socket, i took the...

hi there i have a sky box which i need to connect to the telephone socket to receive sky anytime, sadly the socket is a room away and it would be difficult to conceal the wire, however on the outside of the house is the box where the phone line comes which is much nearing to where i need the...

hi there i need to put a double socket into the hallway of our new house, the nearest socket is in the upstairs bedroom, i realize now that i cant just drop a cable down the inside of the wall as there are at least if not 2 noggins in the way. i don't want to surface run the cable so is...

hi there is it possible to turn off one of the PIR movement detectors so i can leave the cat during the winter period. i have the instruction manual but still not sure how to do it thanks in advance for your help Ivan

hi there i winder if you could advise how to reset the alarm following 2 power failures, the wife phoned to tell me the power had gone off and the alarm was sounding, the only way to stop the alarm was to key in the code on the control panel, the remote panel now appears to be dead with the...

hi there my hotpoint dishwasher has startered to leak from the bottom door seal(hotpoint) the repair guy tells me that he will have to take it to the workshop to repair!!!!!!!!!! but the problem is that we can not remove the dishwasher from the unit, it is loose but there appears to be two...

Hi there i have the above washer dryer which has steadily been making a noise over the past few months, i suspect it is the bearings but how do i tell,if it is the drum bearings or the motor hope you can help Ivan

hi there i am pulling my hair out over this, i moved into a new house some years ago and have successfully painted all the rooms but have had nothing but trouble with the stair well, to make matters worse at the top of the stairs there is a large vlux which is great for letting light in but...

Hi there i am wanting to put some extra lights outside, i already have a live plug socket outside with the armoured cable running to the extra lights but not connected, can i therefore take the live from the plug to a switch which would then operate the lights thanks for your...

hi there over christmas the fan oven element packed up, fan still worked but no heat, orderd a new element and fitted tonight but have been sent the wrong one, the new one has two prongs on each element where the wires connect to, mine has one per element, so i thought o well it might still...

hi there i have a response alarm PA8 with a remote keypad, we went to france on thursday leaving no 1 son to mind the house, on friday there was a storm which shut the power off, the alarm was activated and the son turns the alarm off by the main control panel, on returning home on...

hi there i hope you can help we applied feed and weed to the lawn the other day to get rid of the moss, sadly it looks like the weed part really worked as the lawn looks like a desert with large patches complelty brown, it looks like the grass is growing back slowly but is there anything i can...

hi there i have a couple of taps in my house that have a plastic ring under the tap that the tap sits onto the sink. a couple are broken so the question is can they be bought seperatly or do i have to buy a new tap just for the plastic ring hope you can help ivan