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I've installed Nest for my boiler and have a second unit that I'd like to use for my underfloor heating in the bathroom. The current system was only put in a couple of months ago but I think it was done on a bit of budget and we have a bulky unit, with a crap user-interface that contains the...

I'd like to rewrite my hallway lights so that I can have a two-way switch in the landing, a two-way switch by my bathroom door. This would allow me to turn the hallway lights off from the hallway or upstairs (I always forget to turn the lights off and then realise once I'm upstairs). Where do...

Has anyone renovated an attic room-in-roof with lath and plaster ceilings? I'd like to tackle mine at some point and was considering some of the schemes that subsidise costs but I'm not convinced that any of them would actually be any good. The room-in-roof isn't particularly cold in winter...

I'd like to install a new socket in my kitchen on an outside wall. The nearest socket that I could run power from is on an adjacent wall and the path of least resistance (I think) is to drill through the wall and run the cable outside. This would avoid having to channel through the plaster in...

That's great. I'll give that a whirl.

Not easily. The drain sits around 1.5m below ground which is covered in decking. Yeah, thinking of giving this a go but space is tight and it'd be a squeeze getting the drill bit in there, ensuring it hit the cement and protecting the drain in the process. Any suggestion on the volume of...

My Victorian terrace has a drain in the cellar that became blocked recently. We're not putting much into it (washing machine, condenser dryer, condensing boiler) but at some point in the house's long history, some moron has poured a load of cement down the drain. A plumber was able to unblock...

The property has a room-in-roof, so the liveable area is already spread over 3 floors. However, all the houses on the street were built this way so while there is a smoke alarm on the top floor (possibly others than I've not noticed on the ground and first) I believe this has been installed by...

I have no idea mate. I've never owned a house before! I think there is one smoke alarm in the loft...might be worth looking into in more detail though. Regarding the fire escape, a big window that a large human could climb through should be sufficient, shouldn't it?

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I've just moved into a Victorian property with a cellar that I'd like to convert into a proper utility area for now and liveable space in the long-term. There are effectively three rooms in the cellar: one below the hallway, one below the living room (front) and one below the dining room (rear)...

I've just moved into a late-Victorian, mid-terrace property with a great space in the cellar that we want to use as a storage/utility area. While there is a useable drain, there is no ventilation to the space and I'd like to make sure I'm on the right track with my plans. Two surveys didn't...