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Looking to replace light fitting at voth bottom of stairs and top of stairs. Both lights are operated by both... The bottom or/and top of stairs. This is the existing. How should i wire the new light, which has N / E /L ---- how i read it is... - the existing neutral to N - the existing...

Hi, my toilet wont flush very well. The handel is loose and you have to sort of pump the handle quickly to have a chance of a flush. Anyway. I cant see online is its best to replace the syphon like for like. Replace for a (more modern?) drop valve ? Such as attached? Should i Replace the...

Hi all, thanks for clicking. So .... In short: we want a "bigger" parking area...abit of space to walk around the car, getting kids in and out ect. Were on a bit of a budget and totally diy. Budget: up to £900-£1000 My thoughts were to fence off and dig out the grass, the "patio bit" and dig...

Hi guys. Just wondering if anyone here has had a similar situation or know if theres something im doing wrong. Fitting a new kitchen, weve installed the hob extractor. Plugged it in, you get a beep. But the touch buttons dont do anything. Im obviously trying to contact the people who make it...

Hi guys. Got a fcu off of the ring main to then supply power to a gas boiler. Simple enough. Im looking for a way to get an outdoor socket fitted in this area, and am wondering if i can put a cable from load side (so, along with the boiler flex) to the new outdoor socket. I cant see a problem...

Hi guys. Im trying to plan a kitchen layout ect. Ive a question (which im pretty sure i know the answer to) regarding ovens. Currently... Its pretty standard. 6mm cable straight from the fuseboard, (32amp??) Goes to a cooker connection unit. From there it goes to a freestanding cooker AND hob...

Hi guys. An easy (hopefully) one for you today. Please see attached current set up in the UTILITY ROOM (GARAGE! ) At the moment its a WASHING MACHINE WASTE going into the 40(?) mm waste. Happy days. Were looking to put a CONDESCENDING dryer next to this appliance. (The type that condenses...

Hi guys. Ok so my cold bath tap has stopped working. Probbaly cartridge, no worries ive got a replacement tap. However... I cant get the old tap off as it's THAT old it seems rusted/fused on. So my plan is to cut that fitting off and replace. So the thread on the tap itsself is the same as the...

Moved into a new (to us) house recently. Anyone able to tell us what this is? Theres a few, at least 3 throughout the house. My first thought was maybe doorbell? But the doorbell is elsewhere. Thanks guys, and goodluck

Hi guys!! Lemme paint you a picture! Weve moved into a new house last week and on the list of things to do are turn half the garage into a utility area and also, a WC AS you can imagine we needed washing machine set up fairly soon. So ive done that, i took the water in from the sink in the...

Hi guys. So ..... Not really a "normal" question but im wondering if anyone has brought.. or even fitted any conservatorys in the past couple of years. Were moving into our new house next monday, and were thinking about what to do, we REALLY would want a 2nd reception/lounge room. Our choices...

Hi guys. Okay, so ive had the jcb 20v combi drill (with 2 batterys) brilliant drill, never let me down really, getting old but still works. Anyway, im about to start fairly large renovation and ive seen the jcb impact driver, 18v My question as im sure youve guessed by now. Can i buy the BODY...

Hi, ok so, weve purchased this house and are looking to convert most of the garage into living space. Hopefully my "plan" make sense to you. Also, photo of front of the house (the house in question is on the right, evident from the floorplan) Would there be any issues? Would it need permission...

Hi, were looking to buy this property and are wondering what the rules are regarding external doors. As it stands, there is a front door, and a rear door, from the conservatory to the rear of the house. There is also, a side door in the (small) kitchen. We would be looking to gain more space...

Hello all. Thanks for reading. Im getting a new oven come monday, boy my oven now must be years old, was in before we moved in. Anyway. Il drop a link to the new oven. Its pretty much like for like. Just a quick question regarding whats best for the connection. There is indeed a flex...

Ok so i changed a faulty 3 port valve. After turning the water back on.. the heating nor hot water works. The boiler may fire up for a minute or so then turn off... Im assuming its a saftey cut off, as maybe a blockage... No water going i to the boiler. Hotwater taps run... But run cold of...

So.. today i changed a couple of lights in my kitchen. The first light i changed was simple. Live to live neutral to neutral ect. So when putting in my new light fixture, i just did the same, obviously. However.. when i came to the 2nd light there was more going on. Have a look at this photo...

Hi. I want to replace a floresent tube light for LED strip. The type youd get from bnq ect. Please see attached photo of current set up. The tube light has a switch on its own body. And wired into what you can see in the background. How should i go about getting LEDs into this set up. Im...

Hi there all and thanks in advance. I have pinhole leaks in a copper pipe in the loft. The pipe that feeds to header tank (old school, huh?) Am i able to chop out the damaged (and nearby) area. And replace with poly pipe. So it will be copper to poly join poly pipe for 1foot to poly join...

So.. my kitchen is quite old as I understand it. It has a non vented recirculating cooker hood. We do get condensation from cooking things such as pasta, ect. From boiled water My question is.. can i install a vent to outside. Exactly like how i did with my tumble dryer. Duckting along the...