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hi all, when we moved into our house we found a thing called a 'superswitch' on the wall. it had 2 LEDs showing it had power, an LCD and a few controls. i believe you can set it to turn the lights on and off around the house when you're out. it also had a button that turned on the porch...

i will check out the cable direction. but for the ones that go straight up i'm just wondering which solution is the best for me. the self adhesive hooks would work as the stuff i need to hang is light, but i think these things are often ugly plastic. i could try the hard wall plugs but my...

great stuff, thanks everyone!

hi there, we want to hang small ornaments and pictures in a few narrow stretches of wall, but a few of them are directly above light switches. as i understand it the cables go vertically up from light switches. our walls are too tough for nails. so is there a way to hang things in...

thanks!

great. thanks mate.

hi all, i've fitted some new bannisters, they're natural light pine at the mo' and i'd like them to be a dark, but not reddish, wood colour. possibly dark oak, or jacobian dark oak. i bought oil, but it barely changes the colour. should i have used stain instead? or varnish? what...

hi all, i've just put new banisters in, with new new newels, handrail, spindles etc. the wood under the baserail is painted and the handrail, spindles and newel will be stained wood. does it usually look better to paint the baserail or stain it? i was going to paint it, thinking the...

the dimmer switch is great. it's the bulb that's the problem. the dimmer is for my son's room. really bright for play and tidying up, medium for going to bed, and low for when he's asleep. perfect. sorry mate, but £10 for a switch is far cheaper and takes up less space than multiple lights...

thanks hairy, just to be clear, these bulbs did indeed claim to be the world's first dimmer bulb to work in ANY dimmer switches. this is the company: http://www.govena.com/en;govena,products.html surely a criminal offence to claim to work with any switch when they don't? especially...

actually, i think it said 'most' i didn't expect it to break the switch though. i think it's this bulb: http://www.energybulbs.co.uk/products/Dimmable+Light+Bulbs/Digiflux+Dimmable+Spiral+Bulbs/Digiflux+Dimmer+Dimmable+Spiral+20W/1650744254

thanks. but on the packaging it plainly says 'works with all dimmer switches' is this complete nonsense then? will i have to buy a new switch? cheers

hi all, weird one this. i just bought 2 of these new energy saving, long lasting light bulbs that are designed to work with dimmer switches. i plugged them both in and found them quite noisey (buzzing) and difficult to turn on. you had to turn the switch on when they were on the highest...

thanks alot guys. that sounds perfect. it'll be a couple of months till i start, but i'm sure that'll work. cheers

hi there, going up my stairs there is a solid board under the hand rail instead of bannisters. i really don't like the look of it so i thought about taking it out and putting bannisters in there instead so the hall feels more open. trouble is the wood at the base of the board is really...

ah, good idea. i think it is the suction. cheers

hi there, i've stripped the bathroom of its old wallpaper, fixed a few holes etc. the walls are a bit uneven and messy but i can live with a few cracks and bumps. i went over the worse bits with a sander. i started painting with a roller just now and when i reached one section a thin...

thanks for all your help. i think it's ok now, i've unscrewed the small pipe and noticed that the clip should be lower on it and so keeping it up. i've moved it up and pushed the clip to the base where it's clipped into place. now this little pipe thing is as long as the cold taps and hot tap...

ok, tried that, i can take the tap apart but i think the washers are sealed within the base. there's a small pipe sticking up with a clip at the base, this comes off but then everything else seems to be one piece. they're kind of horrible plastic white based taps with brass handle bits...

sounds good, i'll give that a try.