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Hi Been in our house for about 10 years and never given the doors any attention. I now need to do all of those horrible internal brown hollow doors. Would you recommend expensive stuff or bog standard varnish? Whats the best approach in terms of undercoat etc? We have a 5 year old so...

Hi New to this sub forum but not the site. Have purchased the above from ADSL nation to make broadband more reliable. The gist is that I can't move the router (which is upstairs) to the MS for a variety of reasons and this is my next best option. The idea is that I will extend the...

Hi Switched off a bedroom radiator last night to reduce temperature in room as PC was overheating (even though temperature in single figures!) Woke up this morning and found a big damp patch on the carpet and it is evident there was a drip drip at the valve (this is the hot and cold...

Hi Put up a standard, stainless stell sensor outside the front door today. Wiring was easy as it replaced an old one. Before I fitted the light I had to remove the nuts from the pretty front cover and two metal washers fell out. So far so good you will say. However, when I stuck it on the...

Hi Fitted a new ceiling light yesterday and had great difficulty offering the light to the cables etc. Have done this job many times before but this was a real mother. The connector block was fixed to the light and you had to disconnector it from the light to offer it to the loop cables. As...

Hi Used afair amount of ready mixed filler to make good after removing a wooden batten ceiling light today. Had to use a fair amount and then waited a good 4 hours before sanding. Noticed that some of the filler discoloured and went a bit soft after some not too vigourous sanding. Is this...

Hi Am replacing old batten light fitting in kitchen with more modern square arrangement with three spot lamps. Problem is that I won't be able to use existing screw holes. The new light is 8" by 8" and there are two retaining holes. When I position the light where the cable comes thru its...

Hi Posted a few days ago about damage to ceiling spot lamps following bathroom flood. Have checked as advised and predictably the lamps themselves are quite black and there is some corrosion. I will replace as advised but have one problem. The securing screw at one end of the batten...

Hi Everyone We had water coming through the kitchen ceiling about a year ago after an "incident" with our 4 year old in the bath. The plastering/decorating has since been sorted but we have continuing probs with the light fitting in the kitchen. Its a batten with 3 spot lamps and the bulbs...

Hi Checked the FAQ section but found nowt on this. CH not working ( HW is) and 99.9% certain its the pump. Its a Grunfos and about 25 years old and we get this problem every year when we use it first time. We have a BG contract and the visit is due shortly but they always try to flog you...

Hi Everyone I posted on here about a month ago to get advice about the fuse rating, cable etc for a 9.5kw Gainsborough Electric Shower. I got the appropriate advice in terms of new RCD, Split load CB, cable etc so then got a spark in to give me an estimate. The cost for everything would...

Hi Plumber just installed 9.5 KW Gainsborough shower and the existing 30amp fuse blew in CU. (It is a 25 year old Memera 3 CU with a 30 amp cartridge fuse for the existing smaller rated electric shower) I know that technically 9500/240 = 41.3amps there or therabouts. I also know that the...