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Hello I have recently moved into a new property and like a lot of people I have had to set up a a office at home. My property is from the early 1980s and is a little sparse on plug sockets. In the office there are two single sockets on each wall. Currently I do not have the funds to to get...

But what does self tap mean?!

Thanks, I think I read similar. So, what are self tapping screws?! They just look like screws to me :LOL:

Hi. I didn't know where to put this question... I am wanting to fit a smart doorbell. My external door is a porch which only has brick to waste height. At doorbell height it's glass and uPVC The uPVC on the right hand side (you can see where the old doorbell was suck on) is not part of the...

It's more a question is why do all my screws stop?! There's about 8cm of wood! It's like they are hitting concrete!! Is the pilot hole not enough? Too narrow, too wide?! I assumed they screws would be happy on their merry way once given a nice little pilot hole to jump in too!

So, I have very creaky floorboards I'm putting a carpet down, so taking the opportunity to screw them in properly The house is 1978 and I guess the boards haven't been touched since it was built. They have also been nailed down too, hence the noise. I drilled a pilot near the nail. I then...

So, my old laminate flooring was obviously a DIY job (and not a very good one). I'm having carpets down, and when removing the cork was was shoved in the expansion gap, I've found a section that was caulked on. Any ideas how to get it off? If I try grab it with pliers, all I get is a few mm.

The backbox doesn't have to in the wall...?

Sorry, yes I do own it. Could I cut the cable to my desired length and fit the signal socket box?

Just moved into a new property and have an aerial cable with about a metre four more flex coming through the wall into the main bedroom. I do not watch TV in the bedroom so do not need this. What is the best and easiest way to remove it or to at least do something with it? Thanks

So Dulux tell me that paint marring is very common in dark paint (I have a dark blue and a grass green green). Is this true? The paint marks with the lightest of touch.

Nah... Cheap as chips chrome one.

Top and bottom....? Old skool?

My house is in Yorkshire?!?

There's a plug on the other side of the room which pulls out less than a 1cm

Soooo.... What a lug :mrgreen:

So, I tried to change my first plug socket. Unfortunately, my new socket did not seem to fit my backbox (even though I thought they were all universal). I therefore removed the new plug face to put the old one back on. Unfortunately, moving the wires around mean they are not neatly twisted...

Hi. Thanks for the reply. My main issue is the marking on the wall from any contact however. You put a hand on the wall, mark. A nose, mark..... Star fish, mark

Any pics :love:

But won't the pvc look rubbish next to the white skirting?