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BTW, I also wondered if there was some kind of humidty sensor that could be use to turn the fan on when the shower is in use. It seems stupid to have the fan on if someone is using the bathroom for non showering / hot bath duties so why can't the fan just turn on when it detects humidity? For...

To get around the night time tinkle issue I stuck these in all the bathrooms. It means anyone can go to the toilet at night without the need to turn on the lights and have the fan whirring up. Sylvania Battery Operated Gizmo Wall Square Sense It costs £5 including the batteries. They lasted...

Ok, thanks for the confirmation. I will skip the CU. Here's the fused switch that controls the lights. That's all there is. The armoured cable is fed in from the bottom and a single trunking comes out of the top. That trunking has two wires: one that feeds the sockets and the other feeds the...

I have a house which is 2.5 years old. The garage is wired up with a cable coming in from the house and then into a switched fused outlet. This outlet powers a single light fitting and in the outlet a spur is fed off to power a double socket. I want to expand this to have lights at the front...

Yes I totally agree that is the kind of standard of some houses, and has been for quite some time. But this is - what we assumed - is a better quality development. The houses cost much more than your bog standards Persimmons, and the main bathroom, and downstairs toilet were tiled quite nicely...

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I have just moved into a house that was built 2 years ago. The en-suite shower leaked within a few days of moving in and the builder will not do anything to help out here. They are stating that the 2 year warranty had ran out a week earlier so tough cheese, pal. I am trying to determine if the...

I want to add LED lights to the top and bottom of a bedroom wardrobe unit. This is where LED strips are added to the top of the wardrobes and overhead cabinets (lighting up the ceiling), and three spot lights are added to the underside of the overhead cabinets (lighting up the bed headboard)...

Yep already done that as in Diagnostic => 3. above. Just put a load in it and it's working fine. As to where the licence is. Who knows.

Yes that seems perfectly feasible! I just put it back together and set it on a rinse and spin. No wrong noise, no block, no fault code. Is it possible the previous load had totally shredded the card to bits, and that it drained away?

Hotpoint: AQM8F 49I Washer Dryer Wife reckons a driving licence (new credit card style, not old paper) is stuck in the washing machine. She seems to remember it being in a trouser pocket, and forgot to take it out. After a batch of washing there was a "slight noise" and now she can not find...

I need to mitre 5 corners (4 internal, 1 external) for a 120mm by 19mm upstand that has a rounded top front edge. I tried a test piece with a saw but the cut was not good enough. I could probably get away with the internal corners but I just know the external one will look crap. What's the...

A relative needs the roof tiles, batons, felt replacing on a 1960s bungalow. A few quotes have been obtained (£4K to £5K) and nearly all have offered to reduce the total bill if paid in cash (if you know what I mean). That's fair enough but am I right in thinking that a valid receipt...

Haha. I was thinking more of a relay race. The appliances gap is around 105cm so I don't think there will be sag (not tried loading it up yet). What about a pole or half depth piece of panellingbetween the two appliances, mid point, 30cm from the front? Would not really notice this and it...

Replacing sink, sink cabinet and worktop. The old worktop was about 1.8M long and was mostly resting on the sink cabinet and a 1M baton 'nailed' through to the blockwork behind the dot n dab plasterboard The new one is 2.5M with an 800mm sink unit at one end and a 300mm unit at the other...

Had to be a black product. Ordered Duropal Brazilian Black. Hope it's nice!

Looking at replacing a laminate worktop. There seems to be three different options for a budget upgrade. B&Q / Wilsonart These are really cheap ranging from £45 to £82 for 3M depending on what is currently in stock. But some of the comments are a real put off. It seems these scratch too...

Here's an update if anyone is looking for a similar solution. I found a local kitchen fitter / dealer that supplied Hafele products. Obtained a 2m cabinet hanging rail for around £12. Rail was mounted on the wall with 4 screws going into 4 studs and 3 plasterboard anchors roughly half way...