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I have recently moved into a new flat, all the skirting board and architrave around the doors are painted white gloss. I want the walls white, but it looks too much with the skirting also being white, i have soft beige carpets fitted. Its too much to remove the skirting and architrave, i...

really i didnt know that either. Just thought i could stick em in the loft.

Ok mate thanks for that, the roof space is above, its a top floor flat.

I wanted to use chrome pipe for the central heating system. Can some one suggest the cheapest place to get it, please.

In my new property there is a strip light in the kitchen, one like you used to get in schools. How easy would it be to change this to downlighters. Pro job or something i can do myself. Thanks in advance.

Sorry, yes box with a small from that come off, i managed to find out that it makes no differance where the wires go as long as they are in the same place on the extention box. This i did and its working fine.

My socket box only has two wires

it only just fitted into the mount , i recon thats why it has stopped working

Ok the light worked fine then i put it all in the housing with a bit of a shove and when i screwed it in place it now does not work. I think its the wires they are so old they seem brital. What can i put the chock block in to push it above into the ceiling, can i just wrap it in insulation...

I have a telephone master socket( i think with two wires into it), they are screwed in. I want to run an extention socket from it. My extention cable has 6 wires, i know i only use four of these to connect to my extention box. But which two do i connect to the master socket...

Mate i knew you were going to give me the tool up and drive nonsence, thats a round about way of saying i'm not interested in the little jobs, just the big ones please. Thats not the way to run a business cause i tell you this both the electricians i phoned wont get a referral from me, in...

In my head i know what to do dont know the technical terms. Plastic thingy = Choc block and chock box But i knew what i meant. Thanks mate. Might get it sorted soon as no electrians seem interested.

sorry, but when i connect the wires do i get some of those plastic things that you screww the wires into. And where do they go once i have done that, can i just stuff them back into the ceiling, or can you buy a proper plastic housing for them to sit in

lol, light bulb, i think i can manage that one, just anyway

I fitted a new light switch to a room last night. It is silver plated, it relaced a plastic one. I undid the earth that was connected to the metal box in side the wall, and reattcahed to the light plate itself. Is this correct. I am very new to all this and so will probably come on...

Well cause i dont know what the nor is i cant say I have moved into a new flat, the lights worked fine, i wanted to change the light in the bedroom so i went to do it myself. But there are just a few too many wires for me to be happy to do it. So i made the call, i get the impression if...

I want to lay laminate flooring to my flat hallway and kitchen. I know which one i want. However the underlay that is supplied does not look that well soundproofed, i want to respect the people under me, can you buy an additional soundproof for this flooring, or is there something else i...

Well i would expect it do be around £ 30, like i said for someone qualified i recon they could do it in 5 minutes max. But thats one job, I recon they would need to come back a further 4/5 times, £ 30 pounds a time. So less than 1 hours work for £ 180 i recon thats good money.

I rang two local electrisians on Monday and asked if they could come around and change a light in my property, ceiling light. I have recently moved in and need alot doing to the place, its a two minute job for someone qualified, Neither of them has come back to me, is this the norm, or is...

wELL IF YOU HAVE A CALCULATOR ITS DIVIDE BY 1.10 TO TAKE YOU BACK TO THE ORIGINAL FIGURE IN THE UK vat IS 1.175