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Hi I renewed the architrave around my internal door. Due to the plaster being out further than the door lining, I had to attach 6mm stripwood to the door frame and then the architrave on top. When I open the door due to the extra 6mm, obviously the door won't open as far as it would...

I have swapped one of the working lamps and put into the fitment in question and so far its still working after two days. So I guess I must of had two dodgy bulbs.

No, its not on a dimmer, just a normal 2-way circuit. I'm afraid to try another bulb in that fitting in case that goes as well.

Hi guys I have changed all my lightbulbs in my living room to LED's. They are golfball SES led bulbs from Toolstation, they are not a named brand, so I'm guessing that they are their own make. I have two fittings with 5 lights in each. I changed the first fitting around a month ago...

Hi I have already laid a bamboo floor in the new extension of my house, I say new but its about 5 years old. No problems with that as the floor was quite level. I now want to lay another bamboo floor in an original part of my house but I am not happy with levelness of floor. The house...

Hi I was wondering if any body could suggest an easy way to trim some wooded flooring and to cut a gap under some skirting that is already fixed to a wall? I have laid some wooden flooring and where the threshold bar will be going the boards are bit jagged. This is due to the boards...

Ok thanks.

In reply to the spur question. Yes, it a spur from an existing socket but I have no idea if I have ring final circuit. I do have a light switch that is on the wall of the cupboard, I suppose I could spur of the that if its better?

Yeah, there is a symbol of a square within a square. Thanks for your help sparkicus! I'll give it a go tomorrow.

Like I said no transformer is needed. The voltage of the bulb is 230v. So, what your are saying is basically the live can go in any of the two connections on the light with the neutral in the other? What hapens to the earth?

Hi I bought a downlight from Wickes some time ago in a sale for the cupboard under my stairs. There is a socket in the cupboard and I want to run a spur from the socket to a fused unit with a 3 amp fuse in it. Then I would wire the light to the fused unit. However, I have lost the...

ok, i'll have a look at that. Cheers

There wil be plenty of room between the bottom of the rad and the floor its just the bottom pipe going it to the inlet or outlet valve. Its downstairs so pipes are not coming through the floor. There won't be enough room between the wall and the pipes so slide the skirting in either. I...

I just noticed I mentioned depth in my previous post I meant the thickness of the skirting board. Here is the link to the B&Q skirting...

I recently laid new flooring and the gaps around perimeter are between 12mm and 24mm. The walls I worked off are fine as they have the 12mm gap, so out of four walls only two of them have the varying expansion gaps. Its just the end boards boards that I have had to cut and the last row...