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Can anyone offer a solution, I have the plastic clip on dry verge covers on the ends of my roof. Water drips off them when it’s raining and rattles loudly on the 2 upvc window sills below. any ideas folks ?

I’ve done a search on this one but can’t get exact answer. im fitting a new sink for my son. It’s a porcelain one, I’ve managed to punch the tap hole out without smashing the whole thing. The sink has standard size strainer holes but the sink base is obviously thicker than a stainless or plastic...

The panel on our P shaped bath has yellowed with age. I’m looking for some inspiration for a refurb. I’m guessing a replacement panel might be awkward in getting the right profile to fit the P. There’s a company on the net that sells a kit in the form of what looks like vertical lats that maybe...

Apologies it’s not exactly tiling but it’s the nearest heading I could find. I’m wanting to wet board 2 wall adjacent to the bath. The wall at the top end of the bath has shower mixer tap in wall and associated riser bar, also a glass screen screwed to wall top and bottom. it’s tiled at the...

I have 2 of these and they continue to serve me well after about 20 yrs. it seems they are now no longer available. The Phillips PL filament is still available. The lamp itself is rectangular with a photocell in the top. If anyone knows where there may still be some old stock I wouldn’t mind a...

I installed my cctv about 5 years ago. I used cameras with Sony Starvis chipset on rg59 shotgun cable. At the time I pondered over cat 5 and IP POE type cameras. I have been happy with what I fitted and the supercam plus app to access them just recently I decided to get some work done on the...

I’ve done a search for this to 10 pages and can’t find anything but forgive me if it’s been covered. Due to works on the house I am having to do something with my cctv cameras. For 2 of them it is going to be easier to cut the cable and re join. It is the mini coax with shotgun power...

I already have a cctv system which I’m considering updating. If I go down the POE switch route rather than an NVR with the dedicated RC45 sockets do I need to run 2 separate network cables to my router or could I wire both components into an Ethernet hub/switch and then a single cable to the...

I’ve done a search on this and suspect it might be a soffit/gutter problem but not sure how to solve. During periods of prolonged heavy rain we get water start to drip from plastered area just where the frame and window “alcove” meet above the window on the inside. This like most houses is...

I’ve gone through all the searches on here so forgive me if I’ve missed any information on this. I’m wanting to replace the old control panel in my garage. It was an old micromark one but lasted 20 yrs. I was able to arm the garage (which is detached from my house by 10metres) using a Keyfob...

I’m interested in getting Hive,Nest or similar into our holiday home. There is no BT or other cable based system to the place so I’m guessing any comms would have to be via a data SIM. I believe that all of the smart heating controls work from a hub plugged into the home router. Is my...

After getting a couple of quotes for a 5 camera installation on our house I'm looking at doing the job myself. I perhaps expected a bit too much but the installers seem to just want to mount the cameras half way up the house wall which is as I would expect but then tie wrapping the cabling to...

i have a very slight leak on my glass fibre roofed garage extension. I have traced it I think to where the matting laps over the raised edge trim, it's either there or it's percolating through a small area where there seems less gel coat/resin over the matting. What is the best way to cure...

after going through the usual flooring options, LVT, Vinyl, laminate etc we are tending towards a solid oak one. Rather than just have it a natural colour though we fancy some sort of grey or similar colour which retains the natural grain through the colour. Some sort of wash type colour that...

im wanting to put an additional rad in my kitchen. The closest existing rad is about 2 metres away in the hallway. To pipe it I somehow need to get across the floor. The floor is a floating floor i.e. T&G chipboard panels on top of 1" polystyrene sheets with solid underfloor. The pipe is in...

I'm puzzled by the heating in my daughters home. I posted a while ago about her Vokera boiler losing pressure daily when the heating was on. I was going round filling it every 3rd day or so but I've left it lately. It's been at zero for about 3 weeks but the heating has been operating fine. The...

I'm looking for a bit of guidance on sorting the bottom newel post. It has been like it since the house was built about 25 yrs ago. We are decorating stairs and landing and fancy a bit of a baluster makeover. I didn't realise how far out the newel was until I took the handrail baserail and...

I'm looking at buying a Hive. I have a duotec, the only control I have is a Siemens wireless room stat at the moment across terminals 1&2 on the boiler connections Am I correct in thinking I just need the heating call wire (no 3 on the hive) connected to connection No 1 on the boiler and...

ive just had a new Baxi Duotec fitted, I noticed today after running the shower the upstairs rads had got warm, tested it again tonight and the longer the shower runs the hotter the rads get. Surely there should be something equivalent to a diverted valve that should only allow hot water and not...

I'm looking at one of these digital mixer showers to go on a Baxi duotec. , they come with the single ceiling feed with either a riser bar or a ceiling shower rose type fitting. Also a wireless control pad. The concept looks good and they come in at around £220. I can't find any comments on...