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Hoping someone knows these doors and can put me right. Just moved into a Taylor Wimpey new-build last year and the doors have hinges that mean you can slide the door off by just removing 1 screw from each of the three hinges. The screw goes through the centre of a plastic square that can be...

Appreciate your help, gents, but like I say, I already wired up and tested the cabling, it's the routing that I'm more concerned about. I'm not an electrician by any stretch of the imagination but I noted the existing wiring, consulted the wiring diagrams and got it all rigged up without issue -...

I've already had the switch off and wired in the new double-switch to check that it all works - I've got three lots of twin and earth and another with black-brown-grey-earth as the existing light is dual-controlled with a switch at the other end of the hall. I've marked up all the incoming...

Not so much an electrics question but more "how do I install an outside light with the minimum destruction to my walls?" I'm installing a lamp outside my front door, under a porch. Taking power from a switch just inside the door (converting to a 2gang to control inside and outside lights). I...

Apologies if this is covered elsewhere - I just can't seem to find the specific details anywhere. I'm looking to install a PIR-controlled lamp at my front door, with a conventional lightswitch as an over-ride. I've got a power supply courtesy of a socket on the other side of the wall (in the...

In case you've not already achieved this, a trick I've previously seen used sucessfully is as follows: Take a long ball of string/twine (more than enough for your cable duct) and tie something to the end of it like a largish nut and bolt, for example; Take a tennis ball and cut a small slit...

My dad's got an old Black and Decker hand drill from probably the 60s or 70s (wired, as I'm pretty sure it pre-dates anything cordless) which still runs but is languishing in a box as he's concerned it's not safe. The reason for his concern is that the motor at the back sparks when it's in use...

My parents' Barratt house has had the same door handles on since the 70s (ish) and all their door handles are broken as the springs have gradually given up over the years. I thought they were just being lazy but having tried to replace them myself have discovered that the latch mechanism (where...

Apologies if this is a little repetition of previous topics, but my situation is a little different to all the others I'm reading about, and I understand that it's a hot topic at the moment with new 'best-practice' advice all over the web. I'm living in an upstairs flat (typical...