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I would suggest booking an install visit and asking the call centre to get the engineer to drop off the cable, isolators etc for you to run. The engineer can pair all the boxes with the smart cards on the one point in the house where the cable comes in and leave you them all working and you...

The coax cable in place probably is not up to the standard needed to carry virgin media signals. Best bet is the Ethernet over power line adapters and another wireless router set up to cover the dead zones.

The white cable breaks down outside as its not UV stable. A quick look on ebay found this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-PAIR-EXTERNAL-BT-SPEC-PHONE-CABLE-2-48-PER-5M-/290691927144?pt=UK_Phones_PhoneLeads_RL&hash=item43ae96cc68 Its slightly stiffer than the white internal stuff so holds a...

You could fit a fused outlet instead if removing the plug is never needed?

I would wander into B&Q with the screw and see what fits... Do the whole poke it through the plastic bag to find the right one thing. That will make sense once your in the aisle! Also last time I was in a B&Q I got small washers up by the rivet guns rather than with the washers - dunno why...

First of all dont let these things get you down - we all screw up and in a couple of years time you will be doing jobs for your mates because they are too scared to even start them and they know your the DIY hero. This often means free beer :) For the spice rack I would use a few washers...

You need 4 core, it will have blue, white blue, orange, white orange. In the master socket do: 2: Blue 3: Orange 4: Blank 5: White Blue In the extension do the same: 2: Blue 3: Orange 4: Blank 5: White Blue White orange is not used - 90% of the time it wont matter if you put it...

As others have said its probably your extension wiring (also check the extension socket for damp / corrosion). If your checking the extensions causing the problem by taking the faceplate of the master but cant see anything wrong with the extension then check the faceplate as well... I spent a...

I cant actually get the chuck out anyway - I think the clutch or gearing might be slipping actually. With the grub screw removed the actual chuck wont unscrew, it just clicks like the clutch. Checked some youtube videos that didnt really help either - put the drill away before I resorted...

Thats near to what I found, the drill was a present from my wife however and has been a trusty tool for so long I don't think I could just replace it...

Hey, I have a bosch drill that I was given 4 / 5 years ago thats used for general DIY work around the house. Buying an 1940s ex council house two years back its seen some heavy use over the last year or so and the chuck has started to fail. When you use it on hammer the chuck will refuse...

Of course not, I get changed in the van first... :lol:

I find that if your drilling into blocks behind plaster board start the hole in the block with the drill not on hammer action, so drill action only. Once the holes started it will keep the bit in line and then go at it with hammer action. This stops the wandering bit trashing the plasterboard.

I'm hoping for some recommendations on waterproof work trousers... Part of my work is outside work (bit of digging and a lot of kneeling ladder climbing etc) and part is inside peoples houses running cables etc. I'm looking for work trousers that are waterproof but have space for kneepads...

It links the two sides together and lets you adjust the amount of slack in the cable - its a threaded rod in a cage that tightens / slackens the cables. I got one from a scrappy for my corsa a couple of years back - its an easy part to get at a scrappy as all you need to do is stuck your head...

I bought a £50 SDS effort from B and Q for doing my kitchen recently. SDS drill with a thin chisel tip worked wonders. A bit more plaster will come off than if you were doing it with a hammer and chisel but its so much quicker and easier that its quicker to fix the plaster after. Dont, no...

The tivo will output on scart if you have a hdmi cable connected. It's usually rgb but it will have a box in the middle saying hi Def not available please use hdmi. No way round it without unplugging the hdmi that I know of. Sorry! V plus is hdmi or scart if you have it set to hdmi. Old v box is...

I have a 1940s ex council end terrace house. Its epic and I love it! However its a bit cold... there is a bit of a draft coming through the bathroom floor under the bath and coming up through the laminate floor. I was thinking that this would be easy enough to sort by squeezing under the...