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Hi I have a partial electrical background and I'm sure I knew this but I just cant work it out now. I'm retired now maybe I'm forgetting this stuff after not using it much. Anyway, I have a power supply for some LED tape, they all came together and I have one of those 2A round pin sockets to...

Also I've been trying to get the room done for Christmas, kids are hassling me to finish so they can put the decorations up, and I've been so messed about by the supplier that its getting difficult to achieve this now with the twice cancelled deliveries because they couldn't get the stock in...

Hi I am getting some Oak engineered untreated floor which I will oil with Osmo wax oil but when is the best time to oil it? I was thinking of oiling the planks loose and then gluing them once the oil is dry and then applying the second coat once its down and glued so that it gets an overall...

I have used this glue lots lately and find it brilliant but I need to lay a engineered oak floor now and have always been advised to use and so used PVA glue before on floors...

Just from connectors to the light fitting. The whole circuit is wired in 1.5mm Twin&E. The connectors are in 2 parts and so allow you to easily disconnect a fitting if necessary.

I have some Gu10 fittings that come with 50watt lamps and I've noticed the electrician is connecting them with 0.5mm flex. I have some electrical background and so can understand some of any installation. He has said it will be fine as the lamp won't draw anywhere near the cable rating. I know...

I.E. is it ok to have one of these devices in the office and have the cat6 cable coming from it into another one of these devices before splitting between the different tv boxes thus utilising the single cat6 cable coming down to the lounge?

Thanks for the help, I don't really fancy getting involved with Powerline adaptors as I have used them before and would prefer using proper network gear. Can I use one of these in the office on the top floor and one behind the Sky Q and Xbox as well? Would the Sky and Xbox interfere with each...

Advice please on best way to handle this, preferably inexpensively but with decent equipment if that’s possible. I recently upgraded my Sky package to Sky Fibre and Sky Q. With the old router I had 4 ports. I plugged into this my adjacent PC, an IP camera and the cat6 lead that goes down to...

What is the best way to install a sunken mat by the front door in the hall, i.e. one that you can left out and clean the recess? Do you need to do anything in particular to protect the surrounding floor from damp, for example snow getting in there and puddling? Do I just edge the floor around...

Hi I laid and engineered Oak floor in my bedroom and was told by the shop which underlay to have. They recommended this 3mm stuff. I couldn’t believe how thin it was after only having laid laminate before and putting these green sheets that were 7mm under that, but anyway I did as instructed by...

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Hi I have put a few radiators in, in the past but I am DIY not professional, so how tight can you tighten the stubs into the radiator, or how tight would you do them? I think I read somewhere that they are slightly tapered. I a always scared they will wind into the radiator completely, is that...

Hi I want to lay 12mm plywood sheets in my lounge to cover my roughish floorboards before laying insulation sheet and an engineered oak floor. The reason I am going to so much trouble is we live in a drafty 1930’s house that I am slowly insulating as I do each room and want a bit of overkill...

Hi I have bough 2 glazed oak doors for my lounge and a double door oak lining set which is all loose pieces and 2 sets of oak architrave. I can square a spirit level the frame as I put it in but how do I insure the door edge butt up to each other perfectly, ie if one side of the frame is even...

Hi I bought this radiator http://soak.com/300x1190mm-white-four-panel-horizontal-colosseum-radiator--roma-premium_p31238915.htm and amazingly it lined up with my old valves, one being a TRV4 valve but these radiators look symetrical in every way as if the could be put in upside down or back...

Hi I'm struggling to get the back box I want locally, I'm after a 6 gang flush mount for Mk grid system back box. The one that comes up does look like a surface mount box anyway, its Mk K893 but its out of stock. Anyway I can get the very similar Mk K8893, is there any reason I cannot use this...

Hi I am going to be decorate my lounge soon after a major alteration and it is all going to get plastered with a skim coat mostly although some areas will have to have a under layer of something to, bonding or whatever. We have used a B&Q Vinyl Silk for donkeys years, using the same colour...

Hi, I had a plumber in for another job the other day but asked him about some rads I had in our bedrooms. The rads are twins with no fins and have a bleed screw on each inner face at opposite ends. To me these have got to be the worst bleed screws ever, you need them tight so they dont weep yet...

Hi I am working with the council on my house, I have fitted a 8inch x 8 inch H shaped RSJ which has been red oxided. The council now want me to clad it and have said either double board it with normal plasterboard or use a single layer of pink plasterboard for the purpose of fire proofing. I...