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hi, Im fairly good with electrical work but would like some advise on adding another outside light. We currently have a 500w halogen flood light with built in PIR , supplied by 1.5mm2 twin and earth cable, from a fused light switch, havent traced the cable yet to see where it is fed from, only...

hi, Had a bosch grinder 125mm (5 inch) that has now broke. Does anyone know of any 125mm grinders that have "variable speed"? like my old bosch did. Thanks.

hi, now time to varnish a 2 year old timber ladder, which varnish is best to do it with, a clear polyureathane varnish or yacht varnish? any help would be appreciated, thanks.

hi, been looking in loads of places and no luck, does anyone know where i can get a "Pitching Chisel" for cutting stone from, on the internet or somewhere in the manchester area? thanks

hi, have a pick axe that did have a fibreglass shaft, it cracked when digging out clay and stone so now have a wood shaft but that keeps working loose, anybody any ideas on how to tighten it? tried hitting it on concrete but it still works loose. thanx

I have a LCD tv 38inch i think (not my tv so cant be certain) that needs to be wall mounted on to a brick party wall which i think is single skin. Will 2 1/2 inch screws and plugs be ok or should i use 3 inch? i have mounted things on walls befour, just not a tv. so any advice on this would be...

the sparky that came to look at them never accturley looked, all he did was pull the bulbs out then put them back in and try them with switch then said i need new lights so in my opinon he didnt really cheak anything, he never even looked in the ceiling to check any wiring. all I am looking for...

i have 8 halogen lights fitted into a false ceiling 2 are dead, one went about 6-8 months ago and one yesterday, i have tried new bulbs in both lights but none work. the lights have 1 cable comeing out of the real ceiling through the hole from the origional light, that cable enters a junction...

no not in situ, and cant use hole saw because i havent got one. Becaulse its only a one off job i wasnt going to buy one, but i do have a router. I didnt think of drilling loads of holes but that could take a while. thanks

hi, can a router be used to cut the holes in fibre ceiling tiles for the lights? instead of a hole saw, and if so can i use a standard router cutter (used on wood) or a special one for fibre? quick reply would be appreciated thanks

Hung internal 6 pannel door but bottom hinge approx 6 inch from base of door, the screws are going straight thru into door, like theres no frame or blocks inside. anyway of stopping the screws going thru? ( hung 4 doors and this is the only one to do this.)

Hi, I want to change one of my switches it looks to be a single way switch as it only has 2 brass terminals and connects to one ciling light but it has 3 wires and all 3 are red. 2 wires are twisted and go into the same terminal and one wire goes into the top terminal. it is hard to see as i...

just want to know what is best to repoint a wall with Red mastic or mortar and what are the advantages of mastic over mortar. thanks

some of the bricks above upvc back door have come loose, there is only 2 rows of bricks above the door then the facias as its a bungalow, theres only about 4 or 5 loose so how do i go about fixing them. thanks.

there are some ladder feet i'v seen once that were like an arrow shaped piece of steel bolted onto the ends instead of thoes rubbish non slip plastic feet. does andyone know what they are called and where to get them.

My baxi back boiler boiler has just been serviced and everything was fine but now when the heating switches off it makes a clicking noise, it seams to be some viberation causing it, as the fire has not been put back as it was. The noise is simalar to when a hot car engine is cooling down. has...

Does anybody have a Baxi Bermuda G.F back boiler still installed as i have a mate that has had one in for the past 31 years and it is still in working order. So does anybody have one still? or are they compleatly obsolite. :?:

i think i have alot of kitchen waste around the pipe on the kitchen sink becaulse the drain flows ok but thaite is a slight smell comeing from the sink sometimes stuff gets stuck just below the plug hole. Would i be able to get to it by unscrewing the screw that holds the plug hole cover on? thanks

Does anyone know how to remove wood stain from wood, as i am rubbing down a chair where the stain is right in the wood grain. thanks :?:

does anyone know how to sharpen steel blade sissors? the blade is about 7 inches long and the sissors are very old but I don't want to get new becaulse they will not be the the same quality. thanks :?: