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Over the last few days there has been a delay when I turn on the hood extractor fan and/or lights. I flick the switch and there is a delay of anywhere between 5 and 30 seconds before the extractor starts or the lights come on. Any ideas what might be causing this?

I have a Waterside MC350 water softener. It's not been serviced for about 3 years - i've got a service booked in in about 10 days time. However....in the meantime the water tank keeps filling up (every day) and it keeps demanding more salt (even when there is about 2" in the bottom.) I've...

ok, so in the summer we got a water supply put in from an outside tap (on the house), under the drive to the (detached) garage where it went in, up through the roof and down into a utility room on the end of the garage. unfortunately during a -10 night a couple of days ago the pipe burst...

Currently above our front door we have a regular outdoor light operated via a 3 way switch just inside the front door (the other 2 operate the hallway and landing lights). I'd like to remove the outside light fitting and replace it with a low powered PIR motion sensor light so when i return at...

Hi All, In our kitchen we have a strip of about 6 halogen lights all mounted on the same fitting/gang/thingy. One of the bulbs appeared to have gone however when I swapped the bulb over from one out of the conservatory (that was working) it doesn't work. Any idea what may be wrong (as...

Thanks. Next daft questions.... 1) Assuming the planks are 22.5cm wide when i glue them together they'll be about 50cm wide, so i'll need a couple of pretty big clamps to hold them together...just had a quick look and didn't realise there are so many different sorts. Assuming i'll be buying a...

Alphanumeric86789 First off complements on the unit! Thanks for your advice, and very i'm impressed you found this on tinterweb! 1) I think i'll screw as the unit is going to be about 120cm wide, and 50cm high and 43cm deep. I want to keep the back open for the plethora of cables there...

Ok, so I am a complete novice to woodworking but am determined to make a tv unit out of old scaffold boards, stain them down to make them look a bit rustic etc. I hope to end up with soomething like this: http://www.tomrobinsonfurniture.co.uk/#Recycled-Scaffold-Shelves ...but about twice...

not sure to be honest. there are wires there that have been taped up. i think when they removed the socket they moved it about 1m to the right so it wouldn't be obscured by the built in cupboard

I've just ripped out a fitted cupboard and discovered a square hole where a plug socket used to be. The electrics have been taped up etc. Just wondering the best way to patch it up before re-painting the room?

yup, think i'll have to invest in a lump hammer and decent chisel!

ok so i took the plastic grill off that the guttering downpipe empties over. after sticking my hand down it seems that there is something like this in there: ...except my one is terracotta. there was a bit of silt in the bottom which i fished out but there was no obvious blockage. I...

amazing transformation!

We have a garage building with some damp issues. Some background: Down one side on the outside there is raised beds that butt against the garage wall. At one end there is a raised patio that is almost certainly above the level of any damp course (if there is one). Also at this end the...

so it has to go into a soak away?

most of my roof water drains to soakaways by the looks of it. i'm not sure how big the soak aways are or how far from the house. is it ok to reroute the guttering so it drains away into the mains drain?

We moved into a house about a year ago. Shortly after i noticed a few cracks developed on the render on one side of the house. Initially i put it down to just cracked render but it looks a bit suspicious that they eminate up toward that upstairs window. Also In the bathroom (the other side...