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It seems the bigger 6 inch fans are mostly classified as kitchen fans and a lot noiser than than the smaller 100cm fans, and options like back-shutters and humidity control is a bit limited. If I wanted to go for a 100mm bathroom fan, short of replacing the glazing to have a smaller hole than...

Hi everyone, I would like to replace the very dated (and faded yellow) electric extractor fan in my bathroom window with something modern and quieter. The diameter of the hole in the double-glazed window appears to be 18cm across. I've looked online but can only see 10cm extractor...

Thanks to everyone for their great replies. I've checked all my wall sockets, they have the same modern wiring as that coming out the trip board. However, the light switches are once again the old wiring. More worrying for me, the previous owner installed dimmer switches on these lights...

Thank you to everyone for all the useful replies. I've attached a photo of the ceiling rose showing the old wiring; and also of the earth leakage, which only has modern wiring coming out of it... Also just to clarify, i've not changed the light fitting yet, the chandelier was...

Thank you to everyone for all the useful replies. I've attached a photo of the ceiling rose showing the old wiring; and also of the earth leakage, which only has modern wiring coming out of it... Also just to clarify, i've not changed the light fitting yet, the chandelier was...

Hi everyone I was looking to replace my dated 3-lamp chandelier with something more fancy from B&Q (an irony I know). I opened the plastic ceiling rose & found really old wiring. There is 1 black and 1 very dark brown wire coming out the ceiling, both appear to be seperate cables with...

thanks Stem and jobloggs. The plumber wants to install the MagnaClean directly onto the vertical return pipe feeding back into the boiler, which is where the debris becomes audible with all its rattling. The other thing I've noticed is that the water pressure in the boiler seems to...

Hello everyone, A few weeks back I had my old backboiler ripped out and new Valliant combi boiler installed. 4 weeks on I've developed a problem! It sounds like there are a few bits of gravel rattling in the return pipe running up the wall and back into the boiler from the floor...

Hello, I have several old sockets on my skirting boards, which are covered by a plastic cover. I would like to remove these if possible to get the skirting nice and flush again. The follow image shows whats under the plastic coverings. Unfortunately the wires are live (tested it...