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I have a gastly looking single socket that is embedded amongst the skirting and looks awful I want to increase the height of the socket so I can get new skirting Ive unscrewed the face plate and it appears that there are three cables coming into the socket from below (not ideal) Can I use...

I currently have plastic faceplates/sockets in my kitchen I am wanting to put some chrome sockets in, as below pic Would these simply be a straight swap? Cheers

I feel like I want to modernise my upstairs balustrade and I want to replace it with glass I am very handy with DIY so I’ll do it myself Having never done it before, is it an easy enough job to do? Would you rip out the hole lot including end post and start again? Having never really done...

In my loft I came across 2 cables that are live and just loose ends connected to nothing. They come from below so I’m guessing lighting of some sort for upstairs bedroom. I turned the electricity off, stripped the wires down and pushed the exposed ends into 24A, 400v electrical connectors...

I’ve had a new boiler put in (ideal 24w max +) and replaced all my radiators (5 in total - 2 bed terraced house) In my kitchen I have put in a 1800 x 600 double panel radiator The only way I can get it hot all over is to turn off every other radiator and blast water through this one. I...

I have drips from both sides of radiator where I screw the plug in with a tail that the valve tightens in to I put approximately 20 wraps of PTFE tape around the thread before tightening it. Any idea what may have happened? On a sidenote, how far do you tighten this thread into the radiator...

Installing a flat panel rad Previously in the accessories box they come with plastic bits that sit onto the metal radiator bracket (u shape) This radiator doesn’t come with them Are these essential or can I install rad on metal bracket without issues?

Just installed my new vertical column radiator, plumbed it in, turned CH on It’s warming up but not on all vertical panels I’ve released all air out of the system via the bleed valve (until water coming out) It’s mainly the vertical column directly next to the inlet (TRV) side that’s cold...

I filled some gaps in with some gypsum plaster adhesive (used for dot and dab) I had lying around Edit: deepest fill approx 60mm How long would I have to wait for it to dry before wallpapering to ensure it doesn’t peel off? Cheers

Hi, I am screwing a bracket to a piece of 30mm deep timber (screwed to wall). Behind the timber there is a little void where the screws will be going (I took out real plugs and screwing to timber instead, so there are rawl plug holes) I don’t have any decent 30mm screws lying around, but I do...

I’m Using one of theee due to lack of space I am having a cooper tail coming out of the wall Do I literally just push the cooper onto the spigot end? And that’s it? Cheers

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I am clipping some pipework to brick behind a dot and Dab plasterboard wall (pipework for radiator) I am using foam to fill in the gaps/channel around the pipework prior to a final slim coat Can I use plasterboard adhesive foam for the job? Or so I need standard expanding foam? I’ve got an...

Hi Currently my radiator pipework looks like this but I am installing a new column rad I want to put the pipework behind the wall so it pops out where the valves are… just going to use pushfit behind wall with cooper tails coming out. I’m wallpapering over the finished article…. Can I just...

Hi, I have boarded over a repair and there is 2mm to ‘skim’ it level with the surrounding wall. I am going to be wallpapering over it so I don’t need a paint like finish Would it be suitable to do the job with some plasterboard adhesive? I have a huge bag remaining and seems OTT to have to buy...

Wow, this radiator job isn’t going to plan. I drilled through an electrical cable last night. Anyhow, while I sorted it out I screwed some timber to the wall, and I’ve also done similar for one of the lower brackets where the plaster blew while drilling holes Just after some advice. The...

I’ve been drilling for brackets today on a dot and dab wall and the plasterboard opened up a big gap, 3/4 times the size of the plug…. I have some plasterboard adhesive lying around …. Considering I am hanging a heavy radiator, would it be ok to just shove a big blob of plasterboard adhesive in...

Hi, what are these screws called? I am installing a very heavy column radiator using core fix plugs. The screws that come with the core fix don’t have flat heads, which I need to act as a washer effectively. Does anyone know where I can find the screws below… 3mmx100mm or 3mm x 90mm ideally...

I am installing a 1800x600 column / vertical radiator I have 170mm high skirting board I plan on installing the radiator so that the bottom of the radiator is 110mm/4.5inches above the top of skirting board Is this about right? Cheers

I have the tall skirting board (180mm) and I’m looking to get a new shoe cabinet Unfortunately the ones I like, the maximum height of the legs is 130mm, and I want it to sit flush to the wall rather than having a gap, because it’ll bug me every time I walk in my door and see a 18-20mm gap...