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i have a damp patch on the corner wall to my house where the house meets the drive/garden. the driveway is higher than the house at this corner and that is why i told the driveway man not to butt the drive up against the house. instead there is a gap with pebbles in it. where the garden meets...

i have a square d ccn240 contactor. it is supposed to be used between a wall situated thermostat and underfloor heating mats. i know that the contactor is supposed to be normally open so that when the switch line from the thermostat tells the contactor to go on, the contactor should close and...

can anyone recommend their preferred underfloor heating suppliers including of thermostats? and/or fitters? do any of you think that electric is better than water and, if so, why? thanks

can anyone recommend their preferred underfloor heating suppliers of mats and/or thermostats? and/or fitters? do any of you think that electric is better than water and, if so, why? thanks

i have a load of led walkover lights sunk into my steps at home. most of these no longer work and i think the transformer has gone in each case. however the transformers are buried within the steps themselves. in order to get at them i would need to get the light fittings out of the steps...

we have a ground floor toilet. the drain runs to a short (about 1 metre high) indoor soil stack which has a grey lid on it, but its not like a normal soil high soil stack as there is no ventilation at the top/no smells come out of the top. this runs outside where there is a junction. a...

are there any building regulations stating the maximum height of outdoor steps, eg steps leading to a front door? or else, a guideline height?

the contractor i have hired to do my driveway has already laid the hardcore and concrete in without laying any string across to create neat lines. isn't it standard procedure to peg out the entire driveway first using string so you can determine the finished level to make sure the drive will...

I have a p trap under the bath and this is chrome and fits onto a chrome waste and a chrome plug hole. The screw on nut leaks however. I have tried two differnt traps but they always seep even though the correct washers have been used. do members think that it would it be ok to smear some...

under a bath, i need to connect a plastic pipe to an exposed chrome pipe. the only way to this (unless anyone can suggest an alternative? in which case please do) is to use a connector with plastic nuts and washers on both ends. however, the standard sized one that i have in 40 mm diameter...

i want to add a speaker and a volume control to the bathroom. i have run a twin speaker cable from the place where the dvd player in the bedroom will live to a volume control in the bathrooom and from there to the ceiling where the bathroom speaker will go. apparently the bathroom...

i am trying to connect the cable from an old telephone (bt 746) to the cable which has an end on which can slot into the socket on the wall (i think this might be a jack?). i do not wish to hard wire this phone into the wall. the colours on the telephone wire are red green blue and white...

i am looking for a heat exchanger for a servowarm 80 elite. the gc code is 417 1429. apparently this part is obselete, so can anyone recommend a stockist i could try that might just have this part in stock, sitting there on a shelf all dusty.... the reason i want to repair the boiler with...

can door bell wire be used instead of traditional two core speaker cable?

my door bell used to work fine. then i decided i would add another door bell in the porch. since i started messing with it, i now have no door bell. i have tested the doorbell chime which shows a reading of 11.2. then i have located the wire that obviously feeds from this to the porch...

Can anyone advise the best way to repair a damaged cable? With ordinary cable i know you can use junction boxes or connector blocks, but i am concerned the position may be different with data cable, as there might be a loss of signal?

has any one got any handy tips for trying to get a plug out of a hole? the plug is a "pop up" in a bath. the pop up usually works by turning a circular knob. the plug (chrome) seems to be stuck, as if someone has pushed it down too hard. the knob moves but is not pushing the plug back up...

my electrician installed the cables and switches for the wall lights. i am now just second fixing the lights to the cables. the problem is that two wall lights (with two way switching) won't work. when the switch is turned on, the voltmeter reading says 198. i normally get a reading of 250...

i have electric underfloor heating at home and a three phase supply. the power goes from the fuse board into a control panel. the control panel contains 9 contactors, each with their own little fuse and each one controls the underfloor heating in a different room. when the power is called by...

does anyone know of a tool that can be used to scrape excess adhesive out of floor tiles, before grouting? is the removal of such adhesive necessary for a water proof finish?