Recent content by Spadez

Unfortunately im still having issues. I think this is a special type because it's above the shower, but I can't turn this at all. Maybe I need to really tank it, but trying quite hard I can't get it to budge.

Ok let me have another go at this tomorrow, thanks

That’s what I was trying to do but I couldn’t get it to fit. Now I’m confused if I should keep trying that or if the bulb is meant to be fitted from below

Thank you. Ok so the bulb shouldn’t go in from above but from underneath. So I should take the bulb out, go downstairs, try to take off the cover from downstairs and feed the bulb up from the bottom and potentially buy some sort of retaining clip. Is that right? The only bit I didn’t...

As in, those spring clips are missing? It’s not meant be a different design. To be clear it’s the bulb that won’t sit in the holder not the holder fitting in the ceiling.

Hello, I'm trying to figure out laying loft boards in my attic. A few points: My boards are 1220 x 320 x 18mm I've got loft legs to lift up 200mm I was trying to create a walk way anyway between 300mm up to say 800mm wide My joists are 400mm apart I'm trying to figure out how to do, a few...

Hi, The bulb is still working but when I went into the loft it was just sat loosely about the ceiling spotlight unit. I tried seeing how I could reseat the bulb into the unit but I couldn't figure it out. Is this one where the lamp does get put in from the top, and if so, other than simply...

Hello, We're looking to put an offer on a house but there are cracks in the front elevation of the first floor and honestly I can't work out if tis a problem or not. If we proceed we know we need to get a structural engineer in, but before potentially wasting the sellers time with an offer that...

Hello, I’m trying to replace an antique high level cistern with a more modern ceramic one. The flush pipe is routed in a very specific way so the new one will probably need to be bespoke. Does anyone have any experience, or at least seen, bespoke flush pipes? I was hoping they could be made...

Any more insight?

Thank you for the reply. I don’t really assume it was the service because it’s worked many months since, from my side I was just trying to make the point that we haven’t missed a recent service or the like. Is there any checks I can do my end? From what I read it would be a blocked input pipe...

Hello, I have a valiant boiler ecotec 824 that was service about 4 months ago but has suddenly had a problem where the hot water for either the shower or the taps will run hot but flick between being luke warm and hot. The pressure is ok at 1.6bar. The temperature on the rads is low but water...

Hi Ken. Thank you for the reply. I think a functional fireplace would be nice if it didn’t add a lot to the quote. However I suspect it would, and I would think it’s 80% likely we would go for an aesthetic fireplace only.

Hello. I had the fireplace removed in my house but the back wall bricks are in bad condition. The surface is crumbly around the area behind the opening, but seem to be ok higher up. Although the quick job would be just to cover it, i want to ensure the structure is still strong it may make sense...

Right in the middle of this job and realised I don't know what I'm doing. I currently have a Crabtree switch on a light in my living room. The switch had three wires on it which feed into terminals on the switch labelled: L1, L2 and L3 However on my new Crabtree dimmer switch the terminals...