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My current light fitting has an earth so im sure it will be ok, hopefully Thanks everyone

Ive tapped the ceiling and I think they exisiting celing rose is screwed into a joist, I am still thinking I might send it back and buy a lighter one from a shop, im quite worried about it being dodgy now

Hello, In my bedroom there are 2 seperate cupboard next to each other. The normal doors were removed and a sliding wardrobe pit on the front of them. It was badly done and falls off all the time. I had a wardrobe company come in to give me a quote for them to install new doors but he was...

Here is a photo of the base, there is a sticker which says CE on there (no idea if its real). The seller wasnt based in China as the light only took 2 days to arrive

Hi, thanks for your comments, its a 1950s house with a plasterboard ceiling. Ill take a photo and upload it here, my dad use to do all my electrics but he passed away in November so im clueless. Is this a job an electrician would be bale to do?

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I have bought a new light for my lounge and it is a crystal type one and weighs 6kg. Is this too heavy to hang from the ceiling?

do you know where i can find the right person, I cant afford to be ripped off again, my funds are limited. Someone else has suggested contacting the building inspector and that I might be in trouble for not telling him in the first place, im very worried

Do I need to contact the building inspector about this or not as he was not aware about the pipe when he passed my foundations?

thank you for your help, who or what do you think my first action should be? The radiator is large enough to heat the room and there is also a towel radiator in the ensuite. There are 3 external walls and the temp is colder as I used a thermometer. Granted it was only 3 degrees colder but...

1. The pipe that you saw in the trench - had it been smashed or damaged or interfered with in any way? Presumably, it was a clay pipe? Yes it was smashed and it was a clay pipe with little holes in it? 2. If it was a sump drain where was it taking discharge from? Where do you think it was...

Hi, I’m looking for some much needed advice about a single story side extension that I had built 4 years ago. The original builder dug the foundations out and found a pipe. He told me that this was an old rainwater or soakaway drain that was no longer in use so wouldn’t be a problem. It is...

sorry to sound silly but what is a sump and how do I check if I have one? My rainwater from my gutters goes into my main drain in my back garden. This other drain is separate The walls, floor and roof were all insulated and the building inspector signed everything off on the extension. We...

Hi thanks for your reply. The manhole cover is in my back garden and the drain in question that the builder buried in my foundations is not connected to my main drains. I have had my main sewage drains checked and they are fine. This is a separate drain to carry rain water away from the...

I had a side extension built 3 years ago. The extension is freezing cold all of the time even when the heating is on. It also smells damp and of foist, the floor has started to sink in one corner and the skirting boards are loose. When my builder was digging the foundations they kept filling up...

im not sure as i have no idea at all about electrics. Have I broke my light fitting do you think?

I have a ceiling light in my sitting room that takes 10 G4 10w halogen bulbs, the bulbs dont last long so i thought id buy some led ones to replace them. I bought G4 2w ones I put 4 in and tried them and it worked great, i then changed all of them and all bulbs flickered and went off. I tried...

Hello, I want to change my internal doors to these white vertical doors but I cant find a one which is glazed for my kitchen to match in white. http://www.wickes.co.uk/geneva-moulded-door-1981x686mm/invt/165805/ Can anyone tell me if I buy this glazed door which is oak veneer can I paint...

the house was built in the 1950s and there has never been a chimney there, im going to get up in the loft this week and fight past all the junk lol

do you think I need to get in the loft and have a look where the spot is? I wasnt sure if water had come in the corner where the ridge tiles were lose but thought it would have dried up by now thanks guys