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We moved into our 1920s house in July last year. We had the 'middle' survey which reported a few minor problems - nothing stuctural. The house had experienced subsidence 20 years previously and the front of the house was underpinned then. The surveyor reported no obvious signs of any more...

Hi Our Worcester 40cdi boiler has started to drip from underneath (slightly left of middle). Its quite hard to see exactly where its coming from as the previous house owners put a fixed shelf underneath it. On Friday it probably dripped about half a pint over 24 hours - now its more like a...

Hi I have removed the old ceiling rose from my bedroom ceiling. I did this without really looking at the wires and now I'm a bit stuck as to how to fit the new light fixture... I think that I will have to put a new ceiling rose up but looking at online diagrams - they all have 3 cables but...

Having a spot of trouble. My main bedroom light, bathroom light, and illuminated mirror won't come on. This seems to have been caused by one of the bulbs in the bedroom light fitting blowing soon followed by a spark in the illuminated mirror. I've checked wiring connections and have tried...

Being an electrical novice I'm a little perplexed by a problem I have... The better half came home from work today and turned on the lights in the bedroom - and one of the bulbs blew - with the other 2 going off. She then went into the bathroom and the same happened to the illuminated mirror...

We have recently refurbished our kitchen and only have the cooker to replace. We have a freestanding electric cooker at the moment but we wish to replace this with a built-in oven and hob. We purchased an electric oven and hob thinking we could use the existing socket for the oven and add a new...

We have recently refurbished our kitchen and only have the cooker to replace. We have a freestanding electric cooker at the moment but we wish to replace this with a built-in oven and hob. We purchased an electric oven and hob thinking we could use the existing socket for the oven and add a new...

We have lived in our current property for two years and have a problem with noisy pipes in the ceiling. It first happened when we first moved in but over the winter it stopped - only to return this Spring. It has become worse in recent weeks and now the pipes begin to make noise almost as soon...