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I have a studfinder, a bosch gms120 but it's readout is inconsistent, the place I'd like to screw is about 1.5m from a light and it seems to think there is a livewire everywhere. Would I need to go into the loft to mark out where the joists are? can i just knock on the ceiling and accurately...

no i definitely would like to remove it if possible, so i can remove the circlip, what about the thing in front of it? is it just a spindle as mentioned above? do you think it would just slide out?

I just took delivery of a piece of gym equipment, I'm taking it apart to get it upstairs and I came across this, it makes no sense that I can't take it off, and yet there's no screw, and it looks like it's a designated space to collect oil from the moving parts. The assembly instructions just...

Hi, probably a common problem. I am going to install decking, just over the 30cm threshold above the current level of the patio. I would have no problem keeping it just below 30cm to avoid PP but I will be removing the patio and it's sub base, about 20cm depth, so 30cm becomes 50. I have...

I bought a house last year, the living room and dining room are connected into one room, the floor of the dining room is concrete and not very level, the living room is wooden floorboards, they don't match up. I would like to replace the concrete with wooden floorboards, so that it's level and...

ive got 2 stop cocks in the hallway, could it be one of them?

no but the toilets been acting funny, the floating ball wont go down and i have to manually push it down in order for the bowl to fill. could that be a factor? would turning off the stop cock and allowing the taps to empty do anything or will i need to get a plumber?

but the taps arent making a noise, its the pipes, and theyre doing it constantly. i also think the pressure in the boiler being so low is a factor.

i thought the gate outside was slamming but i went to the upstairs bathroom and realised it was the pipes. upon turning off the bathroom sink tap will produce kind of a slam in the pipes. the booming noise is random and will happen with no taps turned on. I checked the boiler and the pressure...