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Hi, Next door to us is a development of 4 new houses. They are replacing the side boundary fencing and we asked about whether they could do a bit extra at the end of the Garden. There is an old, straggling privet hedge about 8 ft high and 9 metres wide. Our neighbour has said we can go...

Hi, They have built new houses next door to my property and doing the hard surfacing. A guy was using a plate vibrator next to my house. The problem is that we have travertine in our kitchen. My wife noticed hairline cracks, about 2 metres long. This was after the use of the plate...

1. The Live wire feed from the supply to the 45 amp dp plug was burnt, and had burnt the actual plastic of the terminal. 2. If I fit a trip fuse in the fusebox then if there is a fault won't it trip out? Isn't this safer than an old style brown 2 pin fuse with 45A fuse wire? I've now...

Hi everyone, Bit more information.... 1. The 45Amp Double pole switch was very hot yesterday. I came to use the shower and no red lights in the Triton Shower unit. 2. I went to turn off the power in the box but couldn't work out which plug in fuse worked the shower. I am now pretty...

Looking at the fuse box, I can only find 1 fuse with 35A on it - and it is the only fuse that isn't an RCB. It is an old brown plastic fuse. Is this illegal?

Hi, Found my shower not working this morning. The external fuse switch outside the bathroom was red hot the other day so guessing it is something to do with this. HOWEVER.... I'm not sure which fuse in the fusebox is for the shower so obviously don't want to open up the switch to have a...

Hi, Just been in my loft, rummaging around for things and accidentally placed my foot onto the floor of the loft. I now have a cracked ceiling in one of the bedrooms !! The crack is a small hole, with long cracks - approx 50cm long in irregular lines. The ceiling is artex and I plan to...

Thanks Adam_151 for this tip. However, I have read this too late. I ended up using two ladders and my wife, to hold the light fitting on her head, whilst I wired it up and then attempted to fix it to the C bracket. I dropped the fixing screws several times, leading to my Wife getting rather...

The light fitting doesn't have a switch on it as it is on the ceiling. Thanks for your help. Just need to get it onto the ceiling now - very heavy!!!!!!

Great. It does have a green and yellow wire for Earth, and also an Earth Wire fixed to the chrome fitting. I'm assuming I fit both Earth wires into the choc block connected to the circuit Earth? Just wondering why the live and neutral wire doesn't matter with this type of light fitting?

Hi, it has 5 x 40 W mains Halogens's - G9 Capsules

Hi, recently purchased a new Ceiling light (Franklite Senza). I'm wiring it up but find the Live and Neutral wires are exactly the same, with clear plastic insulation around them. I was told you can see a thin thread of blue or brown in them, but even with a torch and magnifying glass I...

joe-90, I have considered ripping it all out and replacing with pvc back boards, sofits etc. Only last week I had a quote for the job and was quoted £3900, with black and white as it is at the moment, with painted render at front. This also included new gutters, sofits, barge boards and a 30...

Thanks for your extremely useful inputs so far. In terms of paint, what products work best? Also, misterhelpful, you have found where the extra cost could be, as the gable end has a garage and a small passageway, which isn't wide enough for a ladder so will need scaffolding. However...

Hi, My house (1920's semi) is in need of a bit of TLC. The exterior boards need painting on the front, side and back and also a side window. A lot of the paint is peeling off and some wood is exposed. I have a few painters and decorators coming out, but would like to know what kind of...

Sorry, the approx dimensions are 4 m x 3.5m. Hopefully the photos should be here ??