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Hello folks, today I fitted a second light switch in my garage so that there's a switch by each entrance, and wired it up to the original switch. When I turned the power back on, I found that the new switch works but the old one now doesn't do anything! The old one is a two-gang switch that also...

Hi all, I can't find a way to separate these two parts of an Erbauer core drill set to be able to fit them back in the box. I only used it once and it's stuck solid! I've tried putting it in a vice but the trouble is the extension piece just turns when force is applied to the bit... Thx in...

Hi All, I've almost finished converting my garage to accommodation with the help of a builder acquaintance. So far we've had a few lights & sockets in there hooked up to the house via an extension lead. A local sparks has been out twice to advise and was supposed to be coming some time soon to...

Hi all, I recently moved house and the lounge has a longish tv aerial cable coming in through a back box where there must have been a socket at some point. I want to be able to plug my tv in, either directly with that cable or into a wall socket. I don't want to leave the ugly square hole there...

Hi, going to replace my lounge carpet. The room is exactly 5 metres long: could I get away with buying a 5-metre roll or do I need to get a 6-metre roll to allow for adjustment?

Hi and a happy holiday weekend to all, I wonder if anyone could advise me on this... I'm going to make a side door in my single skin brick detached garage but have a couple of things I'm not sure about: - See photos - the roof slopes towards the garden end where I took the pics from...

Hi all, I've replaced my old pedestal basin with a vanity unit. There are 2 issues: as you can hopefully see in the attached photo, my waste outlet is slightly out of line and angled and my new fully extended bottle trap is slightly too short What's the easiest way to resolve this? TIA

Hi all, I just bought a replacement shower for my old Triton. The water inlet is a swivel-type and lines up with the supply ok, but when I tighten up the compression elbow I am using between them and open the shutoff valve, water gushes from the connection to the shower, even though the olive...

Hello all, I have installed a new Expelair fan with timer, taking its power from a cable with fused switch that was previously used to power a bathroom wall-mounted heater that I have removed (I've changed the fuse from 13 amp to 3 amp). I decided to try to use it without using the timer...

Hi all, Recently moved into a 70s bungalow with no extractor in bathroom. There is an electric fan heater on the bathroom wall with a pull cord and fused switch outside the bathroom door at head height. I don't need this heater so I am considering using the wiring for my future fan, but with a...

Hello, I have just replaced one of the two old pull cord light switches in our kitchen with a new wall switch. The trouble is, the new switch only works if the remaining pull cord (by the back door to outside so used less) is in what I presume is the on position! I need to also replace this...

Hi all, In the late summer, I had a local builder completely rebuild my garage roof (it was full of woodworm and leaking, mainly near the house wall). He then got a flat roofing firm in to refelt it. He told me cutting in the flashing would be tricky due to the house having uneven stone...