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Hello, I'm trying to figure out laying loft boards in my attic. A few points: My boards are 1220 x 320 x 18mm I've got loft legs to lift up 200mm I was trying to create a walk way anyway between 300mm up to say 800mm wide My joists are 400mm apart I'm trying to figure out how to do, a few...

Hi, The bulb is still working but when I went into the loft it was just sat loosely about the ceiling spotlight unit. I tried seeing how I could reseat the bulb into the unit but I couldn't figure it out. Is this one where the lamp does get put in from the top, and if so, other than simply...

Hello, We're looking to put an offer on a house but there are cracks in the front elevation of the first floor and honestly I can't work out if tis a problem or not. If we proceed we know we need to get a structural engineer in, but before potentially wasting the sellers time with an offer that...

Hello, I’m trying to replace an antique high level cistern with a more modern ceramic one. The flush pipe is routed in a very specific way so the new one will probably need to be bespoke. Does anyone have any experience, or at least seen, bespoke flush pipes? I was hoping they could be made...

Hello, I have a valiant boiler ecotec 824 that was service about 4 months ago but has suddenly had a problem where the hot water for either the shower or the taps will run hot but flick between being luke warm and hot. The pressure is ok at 1.6bar. The temperature on the rads is low but water...

Hello. I had the fireplace removed in my house but the back wall bricks are in bad condition. The surface is crumbly around the area behind the opening, but seem to be ok higher up. Although the quick job would be just to cover it, i want to ensure the structure is still strong it may make sense...

Right in the middle of this job and realised I don't know what I'm doing. I currently have a Crabtree switch on a light in my living room. The switch had three wires on it which feed into terminals on the switch labelled: L1, L2 and L3 However on my new Crabtree dimmer switch the terminals...

Hi! Im moving into student rental accommodation in September. I saw the room today and its not bad, but the Anaglypta wallpaper looks terrible. He has given me permission to paint the room but not remove the wallpaper. I know that painting it a matt colour will make it less noticeable, but...