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I too have a posh (well, expensive) Bosch one and it's useless. Afraid there is no easy method.

Did this in my garage and my large garden room, running 20mm plastic conduit horizontally, except that I used 2.5mm green/yellow single for the CPC. Dead easy. Phase and neutral are therefore solid while the CPC is stranded, but an (excellent) electrician I consulted saw no issue with that...

Details? I have been concerned for some time at the quality of the screw terminals in the Logic Plus (is that what they call it) series. But I like their more recent screwless sockets with Wago-style connectors despite their high price.

Thanks all.

The house I bought five years ago has ten small downlights (LED I think) set into some boxing in the kitchen. I don't use them but that's because I find the colour temperature too cold. If I could replace the lamps with warm white ones, I'd be happy. But how to replace? They don't seem to...

Beware of the magnetic tape solutions. OK when new but I had a small pane - i.e. one well below the max size allowed - fall off a window above my front door as I opened it, and clobber me over the head. Thought for a moment I'd been mugged by someone inside my house. I added some clips to make...

The house I bought five years ago has an induction hob. First time I'd used one after years of cooking with gas and I was hooked. Easier cleaning, no noxious fumes etc - and the replacement I got was a DIY fit whereas a gas hob would not have been. Warning though: don't damage your posh Le...

I have a solid Zen Internet DSL broadband feed to the first floor of my house which works fine with streaming services (Netflix, Disney+) on a desktop PC wired to the switch I have connected (also wired) to Zen's router close by to it. However I have Cat 6 cabling from the switch via patch...

Indeed Wayners. However I've found that B&Q sell 2.5 litres of the new shade for £50, which is a much better per-litre price. Also going to check out a Sandtex paint at Wickes which may be a better colour match.

Actually not sure that they can do it for exterior use

Thank you yes; I appreciate that - but am too tight to pay what it costs!

I've found Dulux Weathershield satin in a light-ish green ("Fresh Sage") excellent for the front and garage doors and some other surfaces at the house I bought five years ago. But it was always expensive at £26 for 750ml and is now £33 for that size at B&Q, and seemingly about the same...

I wall-mounted several Kallaxes in my partner's flat and she filled them with Ikea DRÖNA boxes, available in various colours. They fit snugly and look better than all the clutter on open shelves.

FWIW a few months ago I took the smelly old carpet, underlay and gripper rods off a flight of stairs in my house, intending to fill and sand the gaps then paint before having a new stair runner put in. I also had to replace a couple of floorboards on a half-landing. That was Dec 2023 and I then...

I am not a plumber but don't understand what you mean by "perturbed". If you mean not flat, well, such tap washers which are flat when new will often (always?) deform after long usage. As far as I can see they look like standard old-style tap washers - maybe half-inch - although the one in the...

After mother's death in 2016 - Gloucestershire - we needed several normal-size skips to clear the house and from memory they were around £200 each. Here in North London in 2019, having 12 metres of fencing and posts removed - by an associate of the man who installed new fencing, with proper...

There is a similar worktop in my kitchen. Shortly after moving in five years ago, I lightly sanded out the various blemishes and the existing coating (I forget what it was) with a random orbital sander and 120-grit pads and gave the bare wood two coats of Osmo Top Oil. It's on the do-list for a...

Surely the trickle vents can be closed can't they? They can on the raft of new windows I had installed just a few months ago.

Indeed! What's the seller's excuse?

Please do not be tempted to pull the DNO's cutout fuse yourself. Electricians sometimes do it - those (good, NICEIC-registered company) who replaced my consumer unit a couple of years ago did, before replacing the CU and installing an isolator after the meter for the next time - but they...