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Hi all, I've got power running to the garage but the previous owner achieved this by running 6mm T&E direct from the CU at the front of the house, under the floorboards of the first floor, out the back of the house and along some fence panels in conduit, to the garage. The conduit is screwed...

Hi guys, Sorry for the double post (I've posted in tiling too) but it's rather urgent and I'm in need of some pretty quick advice... I've got a a couple of guys in at the minute, who were recommended to me by a neighbour, that are doing my bathroom. So far they have completely stripped...

Hi guys, I've got a a couple of guys in at the minute, who were recommended to me by a neighbour, that are doing my bathroom. So far they have completely stripped the bathroom and have the new bath in, ply down on the floor for tiling, and patched up the walls. Aqua panel has been fitted...

Hi all, I have a small bathroom (with shower over bath) measuring about 7m3. It currently doesn't have an extractor fan so I want to get one fitted when I come to do the bathroom in the next week or two. Any recommendations to brand/model? I've used the calculator on tlc direct and it...

Afternoon all, I currently have this same room thermostat (picture borrowed from another website): and would like to change it, purely for cosmetic reasons, to a Honeywell T6360B. Two questions before I go ahead and order one... 1. Is it straight forward swap, like for like? Do...

Hi all, I posted last week about my next door neighbour who wants to build a single-storey extension and attach it to our two-storey extension. I am speaking with their builder tonight about the plans but I recall him saying on the phone that he wants to dig footings next to ours, and that...

Hi all, We have a two storey extension at the back of our house that's been there for 30 or so years. The next door neighbour wants to build a single storey extension. I've just spoken to their builder and he's explained that they plan to use our existing exterior wall as their exterior wall...

Morning all, Our uPVC bathroom window's handle turns but it doesn't move the mushroom cams so I can't close/lock it. I'm thinking the problem is the spindle part that the handle's bar inserts into (this corroded on my car door as well and broke up). When turning the handle the cams attempt to...

Hi all, Last week I noticed that our dishwasher wasn't washing properly. On a normal cycle it stops halfway through and the "Delicates" light remains flashing. Upon a little reading I understand this is down to it the heater, etc. I've metered the heater and it read 25-26 ohms. I've...

Afternoon all, I've just had a phone call from the missus who said that water is pouring out of the overflow pipe and it's coming from the cold water tank in the loft. I got her to check and the ball was below the level of the water so it's clearly sticking (I only changed it 2-3 years ago)...

Afternoon all, Tomorrow we're having our kitchen worktops replaced and at the same time we though it'd be good to change our electric oven and gas hob. I couldn't get a gas man at such short notice (admittedly I haven't tried them ALL) but I still want the work to go ahead. I plan to...

Hi guys, I want to replace a radiator - the old one is imperial (1047mm I think) and the new one I'm looking at is 1000mm. One valve is just a standard lockshield so I know that if I'm to extend it I need one of these: http://www.screwfix.com/p/radiator-union-valve-tail/78169 This will...

Hi all, Yesterday I wallpapered the two biggest walls in our box room. I've hung wallpaper quite a few times and have never had a problem and have even hung this same paper. This room is just looking goddamn awful! There are a LOT of bubbles everywhere and it's been nearly 24 hours without...

Evening all, The pilot light on our Glow-worm Space Saver 38 (30 year+ old) went out a while ago but now the weather's turned cold I tried to relight it a couple of weeks ago. No spark. I've just had it serviced today and the gas man has put the problem down to the ignition switch itself...

Hi, I'm about to wallpaper a room that has two bare plasterboard walls. From my previous topic I was told that they need to be sealed first - Gyproc Drywall Sealer was recommended, but a mist coat will also do the job (I've got loads of Dulux trade matt emulsion knocking about). I think I...

Hi all, In one of our rooms two walls are external and are plastered and painted. Obviously I'll size these before I hang the wallpaper. The other two walls are plasterboard/drywalls. What preparation is needed before I hang the wallpaper? Oil-based primer/sealer? Which one is best (links...

Hi all, In our current home office we've got crumb rubber underlay as we were told it would be the best underlay due to the office chair being on it. We're now moving the office to a different room but I was wondering if crumb rubber underlay was excessive, and Cloud 9 Cirrus (or similar)...

Hi chaps, I'm having a new bathroom fitted in a couple of weeks and the basin we've ordered has only got one tap hole. The problem is is that our cold water is mains fed and our hot water is gravity fed - I can't find a mono mixer that can cope with this. Am I missing something??? I quite...

Hi guys, I'm just about to have our bathroom replaced and I'm stumped on bath taps. The bath we've ordered has a very narrow edge all the way round which makes the installing of two taps pretty difficult (unless they are placed very closed together). Ideally a mono bath filler would be...

Hi guys, About 2 months ago I used a reputable electrician/company to replace an old Wylex fuse board with a new consumer unit. We've got a 8.5kW electric shower which is fed from a 6mm^2 cable which, if I remember correctly, was connected to a 30amp fuse. This has now been replaced with a...