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I've stripped some old vinyl tiles from a concrete floor while renovating an old cottage. The tiles were laid about 15 or 20 years ago and most came up easily, the adhesive being dry and brittle. A few were still well stuck down, but about half a dozen came up easily with a runny sticky goo...

Thanks to you both. Gave this a try and can't hear anything. I notice that the service pipe is black alkathene. Would this affect hearing anything if there was a leak? Also the indoor stopcock is a bit inaccessible being behind a ktichen cupboard - OK for turning on and off, but requiring...

How easy is it to check if there is a leak in the service pipe between the outdoor and indoor stop cocks? I ask because I would like to eliminate it as a possible cause of a damp patch on a floor near an outside wall. I believe the service pipe runs nearby. The house is old and there is probably...

Problem fixed! I took the cover off the consumer unit prior to checking the MCB as suggested, and saw that the neutral wire had broken from its terminal. A few seconds work and all is well again. A good job too as I didn't fancy locating and checking the junction boxes. Is this a cautionary tale...

All the lights on a lighting circuit now fail to function, although a flicker was seen to continue from a fluorescent light after the fault occurred. I have measured a voltage of about 20 to 30 volts across the terminal of a switch suggesting (to me) that the circuit is intact and the fault lies...

Dry lining a wall with tapered edge panels and jointing tape seems easy and cheap and avoids having to skim plaster afterwards. However, how do you negotiate corners, especially those which are 270 degrees such as at window and doorway reveals? Do you just butt the boards and fill the gap, or...