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I have pulled out an old working fireplace and superimposed hearth (which was a slab of lightweight concrete) and would like to now have a cast iron fireplace and slate hearth to go back into the same space. The fireplace is on the ground floor and my current constructional hearth is brick...

We moved into our house just over 5 years ago. One of the first jobs we had done was the kitchen which is at the back of the house and on a solid concrete floor (the rest of the house is on a suspended floor). The kitchen previously had one wall as brick with heavy paint at one end and the...

I have an'Essentials 9.5 J89L' electric shower in our bathroom. It was installed before we moved into the house so I know it is at least 5 years old. I have recently replaced the pull switch as it was playing up, however since changing it I have the following problem with the shower: When...

I have an 'Essentials' electric shower which has been in the house since before we bought it in 2007. It is not the best but up until now has been working fine. The shower is connected to a pull switch in the bathroom and then to a seperate 30A fuse in the CU. It is an old CU where you change...

I am decorating and updating a loft room for my three year old son. At the moment, the only heat source is a convection heater with a timer and a variable heat setting. It is a Glen 2172 which I believe is a 2Kw heater. The previous fittings were into the plaster board and had been badly...

I would like to convert a couple of sockets from single to double (and one to two doubles from a single) but have just found that my wiring is a radial setup. The cable comes from the fuse box and feeds 5 sockets at the moment (two doubles and three singles), over two rooms (living room and...

I let a property in England and the tennant has moved out recently. I am currently in dispute with him over a number of areas with one being an exterior light that he installed. He attached a light to the exterior wall of the house, ran the cable up to the back bedroom window, drilled a hole...