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This thing in the photo started making a loud buzzing noise - is this an easy fix? …what is it? Video in the link… https://share.icloud.com/photos/09eJwW9Dp5Ih9yc7LiqOPGmxg

Hi, I need to remove this single socket as I’m building a tiled splash back that would go across it. As you can see there are plenty of sockets available so I just want to remove it. The cable comes in from the top. The cables for the double come up from the bottom. By process of elimination...

Hi, Our hallway radiator burst on Christmas Eve - it’s the second time it’s had a leak so I reckon, as it’s from the 70’s, it’s time for a new one. I’ve fitted radiators before and done bits of plumbing so I reckon I can do it. The wife wants a smaller radiator but a double so we get the same...

Hi, First of all, I consider myself a competent person, I do most of my own household electrics, I’m a qualified sound engineer and no stranger to a soldering iron. Is this a spur? …the photos show our conservatory so what you’re seeing used to be an external wall. The dining room behind it...

Hi, I’m just wondering if there’s any reason why I shouldn’t put a double mains socket at the position indicated on the photo? The reason I ask is that it is boxing-in for pipework (water going upstairs and back again from the boiler that’s on the wall to the left). If not, the whole wall is...

Hi, One of my projects for this year is a Garden Office and Recording Studio. With the 2.5m height restriction, I'm thinking about digging down say 1m to gain some extra headroom. The walls will be post and beam. Is this likely to throw up any problems? Also, possibly as a future addition. I'm...

Hi, I'm starting a garden office project and wondering if anyone has an recommendations for design software? I'd like to be able to plot out the dimensions of my garden and create the proposed design, if possible, with the materials that I'll be using (post and beam) so I can work out quantities.

Hi, Further adventures in the fitting of the 70’s avocado suite! I’m fitting the bidet. There’s not been one before so new hot and cold feeds plus waste. The waste isn’t a problem and I thought the water would be simple but when I lifted a floorboard to tee off of the hot and cold, the 22mm...

Hi, My wife is into everything retro - consequently I'm currently removing a perfectly good, modern white bathroom suite and replacing it with a 70's avocado suite. All's going well so far, we managed to get the cast iron bath up the stairs eventually. I'm currently doing the toilet. So, the...

Hi, I thought I’d start a thread here as this project is going to take a long time and will most likely involve a lot of skills I haven’t got yet! I live in a 1937 three bedroom semi detached house with a reasonably sized back garden (roughly 20m long and a little bit wider than the house)...

Hi, Our boiler keeps doing this (click on the image at the bottom to play the video)… https://share.icloud.com/photos/03d3i5kKsBnqm7RZkmZ5n3h3w When I move the control section it connects and fires up. Obviously a dodgy connection - is it an easy DIY fix? Find the dodgy wire and replace it...

Hi, I do a lot of my own plumbing. I taught myself to solder but I don’t do enough (it’s not my day job) to get a good technique going so I’ve mostly done compression fittings. I had a real plumber move some pipes around ten years ago (a job that I didn’t want to attempt at the time but would...

Hi, I’ve got a Hotpoint oven that’s 9 years old. Recently using the grill caused the electricity to trip. It did this a couple of times and then the grill stopped working altogether. The oven has two elements and the grill element works when the oven is on - so no working oven. I ordered a new...

Just replacing the hallway light switch. When I removed the old one the two wires that aren’t connected in the photo fell out of their terminals so I don’t know where they go. They control the upstairs light. The downstairs light works fine without the other wires attached. also, I’m fitting...

Hi, I’m trying to fit this rather heavy light to a plasterboard ceiling with a plastic decorative ceiling rose. I had it up temporarily with a screw in hook and (don’t judge me) cable ties but now that we’ve decorated, I need a permanent solution. directly above the centre is a 100mm joist...

Hi, I’m replacing the light switch at the top of the stairs - it’s a regular set up, the landing light can be switched from upstairs or down stairs. I thought it would be simple but think I might have bought the wrong switch. The switch has one wire coming down into it (red) and two wires...

Hi, We have a Phillips hostess trolley which was working fine. Earlier this year we had a new dist board with RCD's fitted and now the trolley trips the RCD's. I've searched the internet and can find a few people with the same problem but no solution. I'm quite handy with electrics, I'm pretty...

Hi, We had a burst pipe last week, I was decorating and stood on a set of steps and one of the legs went through piece of floorboard that was cut for elec access, the stool leg wend straight down onto a central heating pipe and broke a join! Fortunately I keep a rubber bung next to my header...

Hi, I'm trying to fit a new cornice in my kitchen. I'm using a mini chop saw (cuts up to 150mm) that I got from B&Q but the edges are looking like this... ...how can I prevent this? ...am I cutting from the wrong side? ...do I need a finer disc? thanks, Darren

Hi, I'm replacing my kitchen and the new cooker housing seems to be shallower than the old one and it's causing the cooker to stick out at the front. The cause of this seems to be the electrical connection box on the wall. It currently has a 45mm box on the back - I'm wondering if I can...