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Dear all, My bathroom tap recently started leaking - a significant dribble when completely turned off. We have only recently had it installed (by a plumber) so this is rather annoying. I'd rather not have to get him back to fix it. They are 1/4 turn bath mixer taps. They contain 3/4"...

Hi all, I am laying a small area of granite floor tiles - something like these... http://www.toppstiles.co.uk/section108/page1/granite-tiles/ Can't quite remember exactly, but I think they are roughly 9mm thick. I understand I need a "water cutter" - is this the right kit for the job...

Hi all, My fridge door no longer shuts properly - it just closes with about 5mm gap between the seal and the fridge body. Nothing impeeds it, it just no longer shuts with that reassuring clunk... Is a magnet involved somewhere? Went for a play in Curreys with a similar model and it feels...

Hi all, I am about to paint my new front and back doors and frames using the Dulux Weathershield Exterior range... Weathershield Link If I was using Gloss, everything is straight forward... "Dulux Weathershield Exterior Preservative Primer +" followed by "Dulux Weathershield Exterior...

Hi all, I am getting a new (wooden) front door fitted next week. I want to replace the metal threshold seal thingy - see photo below. Can anyone tell me the proper name for it, and where I might get it from. Many thanks, Dan

So is it commonplace to use 5A junction boxes on a 6A circuit? Prusumably there is some tolerance there?

This is probably a really simple question - but I'm doubting myself... I'm building new bookshelves / a tv cabinet thingy in my front room alcoves, and want to install lights in the top shelf. I'm not going to bury the last run of cable in the wall, but instead in a groove I'll cut in the...

Went into the subfloor yesterday to wire a new plug socket I'm installing, and found a big damp patch. On closer inspection, the mains waterpipe that supplies both my flat and the flat above (c.1900 Victorian converted house) has a tiny pin-prick sized hole 3 meters downstream of the main...

I am about to install the cable for an outside light. I am able to come though the wall where I want the light, so no external runs etc needed. Can I use normal T&E???

I'm building a shelving / cupboard unit for my TV / DVD player / Sky box etc. It'll have holes in the back allowing the stuff to be plugged into sockets, which I'm about to install. I was planning to extend the existing ring main. I want to have a switch allowing me to turn off all equipment...

Many thanks for the comprehensive replies... a couple of final questions. 1) Just to clarify - in Plugwash's scheme (shown in red below), the cabinet lights are still a spur from a spur, but as Taylor pointed out they are "a reasonably light load" and I know lighting circuits are normally not...

In my kitchen I want to put a new spur socket below the work surface behind the washing machine as the flex is currently looping unattractivly round the edge of the kithcen worktop to the plug sockets above. On investigating the wiring on that side of the kitchen I found this... So...

Quick question - I had to replace the FCU for my cooker extraction hood. It had a 13A fuse, but as the total watts used is only 280W wouldn't a 3A fuse be more appropiate? Many thanks, Dan

I did a weekend plastering course just outside London (Romford) - www.goldtrowel.org - and have so far reskimmed the bedroom, including the ceiling. Ok Brist is probably right - you can tell it was me and not a pro, but I was totally surprised how good I got it. The girlfriend who is quite...

I might have made a DIY mistake... I have recently installed under-cabinet lights in my kitchen - a 12V screw-fix kit special. Added 30A Junction box in my ring-main, then from this buried a cable in the wall to the top of the cabinet to a FCU, then on to the transformer. The thing is, I used...

Hi all, I am currently preparing to re-tile the area around my kitchen sink. Directly above the sink is my combi-boiler. I've built a box one-foot square and an inch deep to cover the pipes, which I plan to tile. The problem is this new tiling will destroy access to the valve for isolating...

Hi all, I am currently preparing to re-tile the area around my kitchen sink. Directly above the sink is my combi-boiler. I've built a box one-foot square and an inch deep to cover the pipes, which I plan to tile. The problem is this new tiling will destroy access to the valve for isolating...