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We have a 3 bed terrace with the 3rd bedroom a box bedroom built on top of the kitchen. We have noticed that the external wall has appeared to have a bow in it. We moved into the house about 20 years ago and it was not noticeable then. We are currently having some plastering work done and...

i am putting 2 double sockets into our new conservatory, i am under the impression that cables should not be fed around the cavity walls ?. could cabling be put into conduit or behind metal sheathing and run horizontly around inner skin of dwarf wall behind skirting before the inner skin is...

there is a new lighting circuit on the new single storey extension, but now there is also a new conservatory going in next to it, how is the wiring done to put in 2 wall lights on the old exterior wall, i know how to wire up to ceiling roses, but how do you do it to wire up to wall lights, can...

have just bought a property with one of thest boilers in. we do not know if it was ok before we changed radiators around in the hose or not all we know now is that the bar light is on and i cannot get rid of it. we refilled the system back up to 2-2.5 bar but still cannot get the light out or...

i have just been given a condensor drier from a recycling group, it trips the rcd as soon as the unit powers up. the drum spins then trips the electric. i have taken the cover off and there is a small circuit board that has componants on it that is clicking before it trips out

i have trawled through loads of pages trying to work out our boiler problem. central heating works fine but now we have to turn on the taps on max to get the hot water side to power up, even then its only luke warm. by what i have been reading i thought it was the divertor valve but someone has...

i have worked labouring for a time served plasterer, and thought i would have a go at skimming some walls in our house. i PVA'd then skimmed 2 coats, using board finish as my mate the plasterer said it has a better finish, its come out quite good but in some places it seems like there are small...

our worcester since the water has been switched back on here in gloucester only gets hot water by turning the taps on full belt, it never did this before the water supply was shutdown because of the flooding. i have read on this forum that it could be the diverter valve or diaphram that needs...

we have a 2 year old bosch diswasher, originally it stopped draining and was told by a local repair shop that the drain pump had stopped working. we purchased a new drain pump only to find out that this did not cure the problem. we sent the unit into the shop to be checked and they told us that...