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Went to B&Q and bought a Pereti Chrome Effect Single Wall Light to replace old 70s style bathroom light fitting. Switch on power took of old fitting, wired up new light fitting correct to wiring diagram. Switch on power switch on light ''Not working'' . Tried another bulb, no joy. Technical...

I have bought a wall light to connect up to the wall in a newly built extension. The electrician left two grey cables sticking out of the wall for this purpose. The two grey cables are I assume on a loop, the wires inside the grey cable are live and are covered up with a blue electrical tape...

How do you connect up two freeview TV to a digital Ariel without getting any loss of picture/sound etc.

My dining room and kitchen has been knocked into one large kitchen and I intend to floor tile across the new entire floor space now exposed. what I have discovered is that the old dining room floor was slightly higher than the old kitchen floor, this means when I start tiling from one side of...

Central heating boiler and pump size Does anyone know what size of central heating pump is needed to drive 13-14 radiators? Does anyone know what size of central heating boiler is needed to drive 13-14 radiators? At present the rads upstairs do not get the same heat as the downstairs...

I have recently bought a small house, the bathroom is 5ft by 5ft very small , there is an old cast iron bath that is the full lenght of the wall, i am taking it out and installing a new bath, where can u buy one

Repairing flashing on a flat roof, which has come away from the wall I am going to use 'mortar'. To buy mortar in the local DIY gaint, where would i find it and is it simply called 'mortar'.

The is a repeating strange clicking sound coming from the dash board , beyond where the speedo is. you can hear it better when you stand outside the car and put your ear to where the base of the driver sides wiper motor arm is, i dont think it is the wiper motor as this is in the centre of the...

Hire Digger and man to dig foundations Anybody know how much it would cos to hire a man and digger to dig foundations for an extension to a semi-detached house To give you a more accurate idea of price I would require Ground level outside the foundations does not need reduced. 16...

How deep do foundations need to be? I am about to start digging my own foundations (to save money) For a single storey one roomed extension from the dining room at the back of my house, out. I am going to lay out the area , but how far down do you need to dig? I will hire a mini digger?

richard c, thanks 4 this quote 'I assume you’ve left the PB level with the surrounding wall? Make sure he reinforces the joints thoroughly before skimming.' it is about 1 cm from the existing plaster board, the plaster says 'dont worry i will apply bonding to that , before plastering'...

I was interested in buying a new/pre-reg vectra recently, u can get them pretty cheap at the minute because the new insignia is out. A friend told me to stay away from them because, the place he works for , the reps had a fleet of vectras and they were fed up with them constantly breaking down...

Preparation before plastering I have a click wooden laminate floor board system down around where the plaster will be working, I have tried lifting a section of it , but it just breaks it and it will not go down again with the same finish My main concern is if I leave it down , is the...

I have blocked off a doorway, with a stud wall (plaster boarded it) ready for a plasterer to come out for hire. Before I hire a plasterer, does anyone know this: I am going to get the plasterer to skim the whole wall including the blocked off plaster boarded new wall, the existing wall is a...

Hi , i had this advice: 'First, remove the original timber door frame as plaster won’t stick to wood' thanks Does this mean the whole inner part as well, I removed the outside skirting and the door batten on the inner frame, then inner frame is very slightly not flush with the existing...

I was going to block off a door with plaster board. A friend told me he used plywood instead and then it was plastered. I was thinking of plasterboard but am thinking plywood may be less messy to work with. Can you use plywood instead?

Moved into house with a BAXI open coal fire back boiler, does anyone know how they work? If you look up the chimmley, there is a long metal bar with a ring on the end of it, what does it do?

Going to block off a doorway and plaster board it, also taking all the wallpaper of this wall down to the existing bare plaster. What gap do I need to leave, between the plaster board and the existing plasted wall in order for the plasterer to plaster over the existing wall and the plaster...

anyone know what type of oil burner, boiler, pump would be needed to heat a 3 bedroom semi-detached house with extension. 5 rads upstairs, 5 rads downstairs 2 of which are double rads, can you recommend suppliers etc. changing in new year.

Thanks for the comments on stop water leaking though the underside of the plug hole, which was ''use a rubber bung , works every time'' What is a rubber bung, do you mean a large rubber washer that i could place under the plug hole. because........ When you look down into the sink,if you...