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Bit of an odd one, however we've got a rear garage conversion that has a set of French doors but no windows (no suitable place to put them) We've also got 2 small dogs, so unfortunately keeping the doors open to let some air in isn't ideal, and during the winter months opening the doors means...

Can't do that, sofas and TV are fixed due to doors. We've got recliners so but either way, a long inset fire is likely needed over the one we actually have at the moment. This type of thing (grey walled one) https://www.flames.co.uk/blog/media-walls.html

Our living room has a terrible layout, and is giving us bad necks from the ridiculous angle we have to watch tv at. We have a real chimney and flue for the gas fire, but ideally would like to create a media unit. Shelves on left, inset TV and fire. Building it etc isn't the issue, plenty of...

Cheers for the reply! I believe that the driver I linked is variable, so the DIP switch can be changed to allow for a 650mA output at 9-42V. Ideally what I'd like to be doing is similar to you, use a Zigbee rotary dimmer to control the LED driver. The LEDs themselves aren't actually bulbs...

We've got some trailing edge LED dimmers fitted at home, however they're not ones where the module can be replaced and we'd rather not replace them as they weren't particularly cheap. We bought a ceiling light that said it was dimmable, however it turns out that its powered by an LED driver...

When we moved in, we replaced the old TRVs with Drayton RT212. I'm in the process of upgrading these to smart TRVs, however I cannot for the life of me either get them to fit, or find the right adapter. The TRVs I've tried are: https://a.aliexpress.com/_v5mAx1 And...

Normally the pump would stop when you release the trigger, but it no longer turns off when I release, just constantly runs. Anyone know how easily repairable this is, and if so, what part I need?

Long story short, we've got a "pond" under a tree with a waterfall as below. Nothing fancy, about 1x1m in size. Our pump has just gone so need a new one, but I am forever scooping out leaves from the pond as it just builds up sludge which is likely the reason for the pump dying. Does anyone...

We've got smooth decking (not hardwood) and in the past, I've used Liberon oil which looks great. Unfortunately, water tends to pool in one particular spot, and over time its started to deteriorate, despite having reoiled it. The vertical pieces have only been done once 3 years ago and still...

Ah no you're right, Ive looked at the wrong receipt. It clearly says 0.75mm YY control cable

I've got a 5 core 1.5mm 24v "control cable" in the wall that I was going to use for my RGBWW LED strip, however have decided to go with a plugged version. One option, so long as it's safe was to solder barrel jack to either end of the control cable, however I'm not sure if 1.5mm gauge is...

Interesting you say this. I put Dulux Retail silk on the wall. 3 days later I caught it with painting tape and it literally peeled the paint off like rubber. Barely stuck to the mist coat at all. As for the ceiling... I'm currently on coat 7, using Leyland Trade. It's not bad, but I can't get...

I've actually got Aircon in the room. I can only do it in the evening so I might turn it on for a bit before I paint (and off whilst painting so not blowing) I'll admit it's extremely frustrating. Especially when I've managed to do the entire house without issue last year

Ok. I'll thin it down a little and just keep going. Ironically I used the retail stuff on the walls without issue. I usually go with little greene which is fantastic, but I can't afford £90/5L at the moment

I'm having a nightmare painting my ceiling. I did 3 coats of Dulux trade vinyl Matt which was HORRIBLE paint. So thick it's ridiculous which I think has left me with a bad start. I've since done another 2 coats of some Valspar paint I borrowed from the in-laws who are also decorating. No bad...

There was "damp" around the screw heads again this morning, however after removing one of the screws, I think its quite clear that this is condensation. The dust on the screw was bone dry, however the screw was very cold and the top of the screw head was slightly damp.

The boards aren't moving about the room, there just seems to be a bit of play in them horizontally as I guess something isn't perfectly flat under it. As you walk on them, the compression of the floor makes them creak/crunch

Yeah exactly haha. I've already redone the walls properly because they fell down..

Yup, previous owners had already done it and Bovis had signed it off as was missing when we bought the house

Can anyone offer a solution that doesn't involve ripping the floor up? I can't see how I'd have broken the DPM under the concrete. I've got 50mm insulation and 25mm floorboards, should be 150mm concrete and I only had a 100mm drill bit and didn't go in all the way