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Hi, I’m replacing the light switch at the top of the stairs - it’s a regular set up, the landing light can be switched from upstairs or down stairs. I thought it would be simple but think I might have bought the wrong switch. The switch has one wire coming down into it (red) and two wires...

...yes, I’ll strip it down and have a poke around, maybe replace the wiring....after all it’s 30+ years old.

Thanks for all the responses!! So it sounds like I need a new element. Any recommendations for a supplier? ...I've seen a few online but they all look like they've been ripped from an old trolley - which could obviously give me the exact same problem.

Hi, We have a Phillips hostess trolley which was working fine. Earlier this year we had a new dist board with RCD's fitted and now the trolley trips the RCD's. I've searched the internet and can find a few people with the same problem but no solution. I'm quite handy with electrics, I'm pretty...

I’ve got a ‘mid-position actuator’ - a white box that looks like the 3-port valve in the Screwfix link above.

Hi, We had a burst pipe last week, I was decorating and stood on a set of steps and one of the legs went through piece of floorboard that was cut for elec access, the stool leg wend straight down onto a central heating pipe and broke a join! Fortunately I keep a rubber bung next to my header...

Hi, I'm trying to fit a new cornice in my kitchen. I'm using a mini chop saw (cuts up to 150mm) that I got from B&Q but the edges are looking like this... ...how can I prevent this? ...am I cutting from the wrong side? ...do I need a finer disc? thanks, Darren

Hi, I'm replacing my kitchen and the new cooker housing seems to be shallower than the old one and it's causing the cooker to stick out at the front. The cause of this seems to be the electrical connection box on the wall. It currently has a 45mm box on the back - I'm wondering if I can...

Yes, you are right - its a hell of a contraption! I've got it connected up now and it does work ok - drainage isn't in any way slow and I'm not getting any problems with the dishwasher... but the waste is sitting roughly half-way up the two downward pipes (I have taken about an inch off the...

Hi, I'm just fitting a new sink. As you can see in the picture, the fittings (as it's a double sink) give me an outlet that is quite a bit lower than the outlet in the wall... Bearing in mind that the old fittings we're that much higher (maybe three inches) - will this be a problem? ...can...

The boiler was serviced and had a new fan fitted about two years ago. The heating was fine last year, it hasn't been on since last winter though.

hi, I'm just trying to diagnose a heating problem that I've got. The boiler doesn't stay on long enough and sometimes doesn't come on at all even though the system is calling for heat. The timer seems fine, I tend to leave the heating on permanently and regulate it with the thermostat. When...

Hi, I've recently had a new (reconditioned) fan fitted to the above boiler to get it going again after two years of not being used - the new fan had been working fine since about October. Over the weekend it stopped working, it just shows the boiler light and the fan light - all other...

Hi, I'm planning to fit a new toilet to replace this old relic...... https://www.dropbox.com/s/mz4qrv4xlz964jx/Photo%2003-01-2013%2012%2020%2030.jpg I've just noticed that the new toilet that I've bought sits flush to the wall.....like the one in the picture at the top of this...

......I guess it must be flow rate.....there's less water coming out with the tap full open. No combi - hot water tank.

Hi, I'm replacing a bathroom at the moment, im not a pro. I've recently replaced the taps on the existing bath with a mixer shower tap. The pipes that run around the room are 15mm cold and 22mm hot. When I put the new mixer in I took a spur off of the pipes using 300mm x 15mm flexible...

Hi, I'm fitting a new bathroom and planning to aquapanel the wet areas around the bath. This area is currently tiled and the tiles are rock solid on the wall (i've taken off the tiles around the window and they took quite a lot of work to get off!). Rather than battening and screwing the...

Oh bugger! ....good save!

[/url] Thought so.....I'll send it back! I thinking of getting one of these..... http://www.wickes.co.uk/invt/210424 ...as its cheap and I probably won't use it very much.

Hi, I got one of these from amazon thinking I could use it for plumbing.......I received it today and its a lot smaller than I expected.....it looks like its basically a gas powered electrical soldering iron that you can take the point off of to expose the flame. I'm not a pro and will...