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Hi, We have a small flat which we rent out. Our most recent tenant, who has just left, has disconnected his cooker leaving just a 1 inch piece of wiring sticking out of the wall. We are not sure what the wiring was like when he moved in, as previous tenant of 10 years, had a table top plug...

We live in a 200 year old farmhouse with the majority of main walls being solid stone or cob and 18" thick. At the rear we have a single storey extension which was originally added in the '70's, containing our utility and bathroom. This was originally built as single skin, but we upgraded to...

Our heating oil tank has an Atkinson Tankmaster valve and sight gauge fitted. We noticed a while back that the valve shut-off wheel does not seem to completely switch-off the supply; it just keeps turning, so seems to have come adrift somewhere. We are running down the oil level at the moment...

Thanks for your prompt reply. Funny you should mention the packers - you mean the things a bit like tile spacers? We weren't given any the first time, but having gone to collect the new units a couple weeks ago, they gave us some when I asked for the sealant. Will using these make that...

When we did up our house about 12 years ago, we had hard-wood windows and doors fitted, each with 4 double-glazed units. The original ones were pre-fitted when the windows were manufactured. Within about 4 years, the double-glazing on the windows which get the most weather started to fail, with...