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Hello Everyone, I've recently noticed a small wet patch on my decking. Here the wider picture: The two red circles are toilet waste branches, the yellow circle is a shower waste. The green circle on the decking is my wet spot and the green circle at the top is where the newer PVC connects to...

If you are new to voltage pens, before you run it around the old cables, run it around a live cable you definitely know have current. Also there seems to be a white label attached to one of the old cables? perhaps that shows "dead" or "disconnected".

I had a very similar case when octopus came around to install a smart gas meter. The lever was not rusty, but the lever stop ring was broken, so it would not stop the lever after turning it horizontally (off position). So it could have been switched off, but was still deemed a risk as an average...

I have used these (turquoise) screws successfully and 45mm for regular 18m floorboards seems adequate. But like others have said, screwing down w/out knowing exactly where services are running is a very risky (and potentially costly) game. I'd be very cautious. You can also try a bit of talcum...

Hi, I can't really advise you what todo and I agree with others to get professional advice (structural survey) if in doubt. I did however wanted to share what we have done in a somewhat similar situation. We purchased a house last year, and found out that the property had a historic subsidence...

out of interest.. for today, what is the total solar generation today? so excluding grid charge, basically the cumulative total of your green line.

sounds reasonable. you will get a nice constant feed as the sun moves form east to west. I have 3 panels south facing and 5 panels south east facing. so in the afternoon generation goes down quite quickly as the set of 5 gets shadowed early.

I am surprised they offer solutions w/out, I thought microinverters is a standard now. They were in all my 3 proposals I received. I have no shading, but a small chimney stack that can cast a shadow. One other thing I forgot to mention, make sure your installer is MCS approved and will provide...

Hello, you definitely do not need to sign anything before having a firm quote. They all use the same software/webinterface where they enter all the information and the system uses some satellite database for roof size and and exposure, make some inferences and then have all the payback...

Yep. This hole thing started as by-project of us getting new flooring in the room. Flooring is only due in a couple of weeks so whilst I have access I wanted to so these things. Once done the whole room needs painting and fixing of some skirting board. I will probably get a decorator in for that...

Left one is free… there is a diagonal support beam going off the stud… so probably the reason it looks like its filled but just resting on the extra beam.

Top side is regular lath and plaster. Just not sure if there us a thin extra layer of some insulating stuff there.

Just a quick check pls. Installing a light outside my front door. Been a bit too aggressive and some plaster came off the ceiling. From the upstairs room everything looks like standard lath and plaster. I see some horsehair, but wondering about these white lines…

A bit.. seems quite dense and I don't want to break the edges around the cutout, so my leverage is limited. I don't really know how high it piles up, so even if I start removing bits with the VAC, more pieces might just fall down further. Long masonry drill bit might be an option, but I just...

Yup, I can poke around with a screwdriver and move stuff. I cut out the middle lath hoping it was just a thick layer and it will all fall off inside the void.. but no chance unfortunately. I've already finished the new socket 4 the same way and it worked perfectly fine. What would you think...

After spending a weekend ripping out the old flooring and dismantling 3 large wardrobes, I finally got to work on this. Hit a roadblock though… whilst moving socket 3 out of the skirting board and over to the right closer to the door, I found that the void between the studs is completely filled...

That's interesting thanks for sharing, I have exactly the same situation, although my windows are upvc, but at least 15 years old. The major difference between the rooms are the radiators. In my lounge I have a 1.8m wide 3 column radiator covering almost the bay and in the bedroom I have a 1.2m...

I am actually looking at a very similar project at my house. Depending on where you live, I would probably not leave the lights on all night. For energy efficiency, but I personally would also feel like your house would stand out (and attract unwanted attention) if it were the only one...